Don't create the photograph if you can't see it in your head before hand and like what you see.
Someone once gave me this great tip about photography and while I usually follow it, sometimes I don't. It's easier to follow now that I have quite a bit of experience so I can see how light and my setting work even before anything is turned on.
When you don't have a clear vision on what you intent to create, it's pretty fucking hard to make something great. Great photographs are not accidents, they are made. If you work with natural or available light, it's much easier to envision the results compared to creating something from scratch in the studio. With available light and set, you just step into it and capture what you see, in a plain studio you are the one who creates everything.
I didn't listen to the tried and tested good advice the other day and in turn my results were shit. I wanted to take some pretty simple studio shots but I didn't really know what kind of light I wanted so I just popped up my lights and pretty randomly moved them around. Why did I think that would work!?
I'm posting these few shots as a reminder for myself and to teach you to not do what I did. Pretty fast after aimlessly moving everything around I abandoned my initial incomplete idea, moved to the attic with only my camera and tripod and created something I really truly liked. Those results can be seen HERE. Natural light and beautifully rustic and rough surroundings for the win.