For me, I do much of what Wolf says but it's not really at a concious level anymore. It used to be (even at the Trolloween festival in October), but over time much of it almost feels like instinct to me and not a concious thing. Because of the type of photography I do (event and street mostly) I tend to try and flow with what is going on around me. To anticipate what people are going to do and then capturing the shot. Perfect example is the photo I first posted from the Lunar New Year (Daughters of China I). There was no way for me set up to get that shot (not unless I had for-knowledge of their routine, which I didn't). In the moments before she moved into that position, I saw and anticipated the shot, zoomed in, focused, opened up to f/5.6, composed to eliminate distraction, levelled my camera, checked for a green light on my exposure and took the shot. If I'd conciously ticked off that list one at a time, she would have been long gone. The only thing I can remember thinking that whole time was "Got my exposure...what a weird shutter speed" (camera had choosen something like 1/120th instead of the more common 1/125th). The point though is, I learned the lessons before they became somewhat second nature. Wolf's list has some good stuff on it that we should all keep in mind. -=>Donald