Too often we become so immersed in creating “serious” art or portfolio quality images that we lose the joy and the sense of fun that made us pick up a camera to begin with. It is important to take time for personal projects or to just have fun with your camera to ground yourself and remember why you love photography.

I started dabbling with intentional camera movement (ICM) photography off/on a few years ago as a way to blow off some creative steam and just play with photos. Most of the ICM images I make end up in the trash bin having never seeing the light of day. This isn’t because they don’t meet some self-imposed standard but because they were simply playthings taking meant to just have a bit of fun with. But, every once in a while, I’ll look at some of these images and think, “That’s not too shabby for just been messing around!”.