Back in my film days, I carried a full complement of colored filters. I would often use a green filter to lighten leaves and other vegetation. However, I've learned in Lightroom that green has a lot of yellow in it. In fact, most vegetation has more yellow in it that green. The targeted HSL sliders demonstrate this quite convincingly.

I wish more photographers embraced the idea of a Second Edition. Hopefully, we are maturing as we do more and more work, finish more and more images and projects. Why not take what we've learned to revise and improve our previous project by making a "Second Edition" like they do in the book business. Note that a second edition is not the same ad a Version 2.

A fun email arrived from a new Kokoro reader. He was mostly complimentary, but also a bit critical. He said that he thought that half of the projects in Kokoro are great, a third are maybe ok, and a handful are just awful. My curiosity was piqued.

Success favors the prepared. True, but success also requires a nudge now and again to get the momentum rolling. Here are two examples where a little action on the part of the photographer resulted in thoroughly unexpected success.

Part of my "basecamp" strategy is that it allows me to explore a road twice. If it's a short drive, I go to the end, then turn around and drive back. This gives me two views, two times of day with different light, two perspectives on the same scenery. For longer drives, I try to drive a loop, going in one direction on the first day and reversing the direction on the second day.

When I first became addicted to photography, I knew there were photographic skills I needed to learn. What I did not predict were how many non-photographic skills that would become useful, even necessary, as my work matured. I would never have guessed that I needed to learn: layout and design, typography, website production, PDF creation, color theory, creative writing, how to think in metaphors, and public speaking.

Pilots use preflight checklists. I have a set of preflight checklist for moving my trailer. Why not have a preflight checklist for a day out photographing? Like making sure my batteries are charged. Who would forget to do that? Not me. I'll never admit that mistake. And you can't make me.

I once heard John Sexton say that any road that has the word "canyon" in it is a worthy road to explore for photographs. It's a humorous line, but I've found it to be mostly true. From my experience, there are other words that lead to great photographs. Look for locations that are described as meadow, creek, prairie, refuge, or scenic corridor. Conversely, here are ones that almost never turn out well: overlook, lake, and worst of all is "photo spot."

There are a few photographers whom I used to admire greatly in my youth, but whose work now leaves me cold. I've discovered that I'm not at all unique in this. Tastes change and what used to be marvelous can evolve into the mundane. Not everything survives the passage of time. What does this say, for example, about Instagram?

I have a fairly large collection of images that exist only in my memory because for one reason or another I didn't make the photograph when I had the opportunity to do so. These images are among my all-time favorites. Well, they could have been.