Sometimes it’s fun just to pick up the camera and play, and really I don’t do that often enough. When I have my camera in hand I often approach what I’m doing more like work. I’m in my head and thinking through every decision, and very often I choose not to even pick the camera up at all if I don’t feel like the end result will serve some purpose. I guess sometimes I forget that the beauty of this thing I do is that it fills the need to create, which is perfectly acceptable to do just because it’s fun and I want to. But every now and then when it’s been too long since I’ve made something I start to feel antsy and I allow myself the freedom to make pictures just because. And sometimes I even like what I come away with. These were all taken early one morning while I was visiting my mom. I can never resist the opportunity to play with light and shadow and reflection.