Since I was a young one, my house has always had at least one fancy camera sitting around. This is usually due to my father’s interest in photography (and his job, but that’s a story for later). Around 2 years ago, when I was 12, I developed an interest in nature photography. This probably stemmed (pun intended) from this very strange nature based weekend group I was attending (another story for a later time). After pestering my father enough, he let me take one of his cameras out on a walk to take some photos. There was only one issue: I didn’t know how to use it. There were so many knobs, switches, buttons, I couldn’t keep up with it! I scoured the internet, I looked everywhere for some answers, but all I got was more confusion. After a while, I just gave up, put the camera down and forgot about it. A year goes past, and I decide to pick it up again. What harm could it do? This time, though, I took a different approach: I just… tried things. I pressed buttons, turned knobs, probably messed at least something up (probably the autofocus). Just taking this more tactile approach provided amazing results: my photos were beginning to look amazing! Now, as a little disclaimer here: I did bother to learn the technical stuff. I find that the tactile approach was supplementary to learning all the technical jargon behind it. So, if you ever want to take great photos: just mess with stuff. What’s the worst that could happen?