Photographing by chance

Freeman Patterson, in his book "Photography and the Art of Seeing" says "Photographers who want to see in new ways should be sensitive to chance. They should encourage and cultivate it, because it is only through chance that many new opportunities for visual development will ever occur. The camera operates so swiftly that you can capture, as no other artist can, occurrences that happen by chance, or that you have caused to happen by exercises in thinking sideways. Even when you are not completely satisfied with the results, they can be instructive. They may suggest a new idea or technique which you will want to develop." Sound advice for all who aspire to great photography.