Know your camera. Know what it can do, what it can’t, how to find options, what its quirks are. If you’re shooting film, well, getting to know your camera might be expensive. For us digital folks, there’s no excuse. Get out there and take pictures. When it’s too dark, go home and RTFM.

RTFM, you ask?

Read. The. FINE. Manual.

But you don’t have one? You’d be amazed at what you can find online if you have a modicum of Google-fu.

No excuses. Know your camera.