On not having a photographer's eye

Children's hideout, originally uploaded by jiihaa.

I took a few photos of a children's hideout in a nearby forest, where there had been eager construction work going on. Later on I regretted not taking photos of the small details - the self-made bow, toys laying on the ground, view from inside of the hideout etc.

There would have been a lot of photographic opporturnities there, and I didn't notice them at all. Instead I took snapshots trying to fit in as much stuff as possible. The novice photographer's world is full of lost opportunities...