Quit screwing around!

"Quit screwing around!"

How many times did you hear that growing up (or still to this day)?

If you're like me, it was (and still is) frequently.

I am here tonight to call bullshit on that.

Why you might ask?

Well, let me tell ya:

While Emily, JD and I were at Niagara Falls, I was blocking her shots and waving my camera in her face while hitting the shutter release button (taking pictures), you know, screwing around.

As a result I got three of the most creative and interesting portraits I have ever taken. Something good came from screwing around! (Take THAT, mom.)

Now wrap your brain around this: I had my camera set completely to manual. Every setting. To take a decent picture I would have to adjust my aperture, shutter speed, exposure compensation, focus (technobabble for a lot of shit) and I didn't even have the camera up to my eye for the three shots. I wasn't even looking. You know, just screwing around.

Yet each of the three shots came out wonderful. What are the odds on that? I dunno, you'd have to ask someone that can count to eleven without taking off their shoes. (That would NOT be me, I was always screwing around in math class)

I have done very little post processing on this picture to show how much screwing around pays off.

So, with that, I am here to tell you....

Go screw around! Get on it damnit! And have fun!


BTW, here's a link to one of the other a fore mentioned pictures that is on my website (Shameless self-promotion)