As I’m sure many photographers can attest to, there are times when you peer through your viewfinder and think, Am I making this f-ing shot AGAIN?  I’m boring myself.  Same use of light, same composition, same brain.  And so I’d like to announce the perfect (and laziest) way to surprise your creative brain and remember that, thankfully, there are a limitless number of ways to see the world.  The test shot.

You didn’t look through your viewfinder.  You guessed at the metering.  And you didn’t bother to focus because you were using your focusing hand to stuff your face with the last bite of the chicken burrito you splurged $4.50 on at the local mexi-wagon.

Art works in mysterious ways.

And, come to think of it, I want to see what your test shots look like.  Send me links.  Maybe we’ll have a test shoot off.

Salmon Street Springs. Fountain in Waterfront park.

Pendleton Round-Up.