The muse is not a harsh mistress, but don't keep her waiting.

The muse is not a harsh mistress, but don't keep her waiting.  Some day she may be gone.

You ignore the muse to your peril.  She is a true lady, but it does not do to ignore her overtures.  Be prepared in season and out of season.  Where is the best place to take photos?  Where you are.  When is the best time to take photographs?  When you have a camera.  If inspiration hits, go with it.  See where it will lead you.  Learning to take photographs is not difficult.  The difficulty lies in learning how to see.  When the muse beckons, I think that it is because there is something worth seeing, but if we repeatedly ignore the nudgings, perhaps we will forget how to see, or else we just forget to see.  we cultivate our talents or we bury them.