There were things I often saw that I wanted to photograph: women with matooke balanced on their heads, boys bicycling, this kind of thing. I saw these things and I thought, I’d like a picture of that. And these occurrences are common enough that I need only wait until there was a moment when camera and subject collided. But I’m learning as I take more pictures, that the best pictures aren’t the ones that I want before I’ve taken them, but the ones that just happen before me when my camera is ready and if I’m lucky enough to have all the settings right. At first, I wanted to document what I saw because what I saw was so different that what I’d seen anywhere else. But I’ve realized this isn’t enough. A well composed picture, even if the focus is perfect and the colors are just right, of something I’m thinking would make a good picture isn’t nearly as good as something that surprises me by making a good picture.