I took my kids to see some fireworks on Saturday evening. I grabbed my camera and figured it would be fun to get some long exposures of the fireworks shooting into the skies with my kid’s faces lit up by the light of the explosions. Maybe I could capture some fun expressions and some cool moments.
I assumed that the battery was charged as I grabbed the camera and tripod and loaded up the car before driving fifteen minutes into town to see the fireworks.
You probably see where this story is going. I got zero fireworks photos because the camera had so little battery that when I pressed the shutter, the whole camera just shut off and didn’t start back up.
I was too far from home to get a new battery. I assumed and didn’t prepare.
I’m pretty stupid a lot of the time. this episode reminded me of a quote I heard a while ago. “The problem with stupid people is that they’re too dumb to realize it.”
Sometimes that quote makes many of my decisions make much more sense.