Playing with light, water, and time

In the abstract
Deerfield Beach, FL
December 31, 2011
This photo originally shared on Instagram

Forrest Gump was right when he spoke about life being like a box of chocolates: We certainly never know what we're going to get.

Chocolates and photography may be more closely related than we'd like to think, then, because every time we wrap our hands around our cameras and head out on a shoot, we never really know what we'll end up with.

Perhaps this is as it should be. Preordained end results take all the fun out of the journey. It's the promise of the unknown that fuels that childlike sense of anticipation we wish we hadn't lost in adulthood.

Which brings me to this throwback image, which resulted from a spontaneous decision to play with long exposures beside a quiet swimming pool long after the sun had set.

A simple moment, really, but one that reminds me I need to wrap my fingers around the camera more often and seek out the unknown and the unexpected. Who knows, maybe I'll bring home another moment of abstraction like you see here. Or more likely something completely different.

In other words, precisely as it should be. And exactly the right thing to ensure I never lose that childlike sense of anticipation.

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