Ten seconds of actually watching the sunset beats ten photos of it you’ll never open.

Photographing something is a way of promising to look at it later, and later rarely comes. Meanwhile the camera removes you from the only moment you had, because framing is a different activity from looking. The sky was available for about four minutes, and ten seconds of real attention to it is worth more than a folder you never open.

Take one photo this week and then put the phone away for the rest of it. Watch until the light changes, which is usually longer than you expect. If you catch yourself filming a whole event, stop after a few seconds and spend the rest of it there.