picturing.

I've been camera-less for a little over a week now- during my favorite time of the year.

It's been hard, but I realized that morning that it has been refreshing all the same.

Sometimes I get so wrapped up in taking photographs that I can miss the experience completely...there is only so much that can be seen behind the lens. Sure, I can capture some great moments with the click of the shutter, but if I'm not careful, I lose the moment in it's entirety- particularly the way the moment feels. Sometimes it becomes too much about making sure I get a good photograph, than allowing the moment to move me. Perhaps this is just because I'm an amateur photographer, that I just can't multi-task. Regardless, it's an issue sometimes.

So in these days of beautiful leaves, while I have no device to capture their presence, I have managed to have a new experience in these precious times.