Waving your camera around like a tourist

Sometimes, you've got to unlax. Feel the environs. Get in the mood. Wave your camera around like a tourist.

What do you get for that?

• A refresh of your feelings about an activity or a scene. Not the photography aspects. But your personal perspective.
• Practice in handling your gear in a casual manner and the boundaries between casualness and image quality in the field.
• The liberty and freedom of NOT taking a technically perfect shot.
• Finding out whether the people you hang out with (the community on your social network) will travel with you on your journey or despise you because you take less than perfect shots.