There are days that just feel blah. I feel uncreative and stuck. I don't like anything I shoot and feel like I have run out of ideas. I imagine it feels like writer's block for authors. It's definitely draining and frustrating.

Then, bam, like lightning, something sparks an interest or a pique in creativity, and my mind goes running. It comes out of nowhere, and I don't question it. I just let the ideas flow, usually onto paper in my bullet journal so I can flesh them out later.

Normally, the things that get me going with ideas for clients are things that I would want for myself. A session with lots of color or a theme that screams FUN! A peaceful look between a baby and daddy or a mommy laughing with her little girl. For me, capturing those small moments is the big one, the thing that makes me love my job and my clients.

Inspiration can be all around us. In our physical surroundings, in what's happening in our life or someone's life who is close to us, or even what we want from the future.

For example, my daughter is two now, and since I totally missed a photo shoot around her birthday, I am planning a princess-themed shoot instead. She loves all things Disney, and in 20 years, I will look back and remember how she sang Let It Go to her Mickey Mouse and Pluto stuffed animals. It's the memories of our everyday lives, in a beautiful setting.

What are the things that inspire you?