One way to realize an idea is to go ahead and shoot it rather than wait for a commission. I often get ideas around specific events/times of the year, and taking it from concept to photograph is irresistible. Every time I begin work on an idea, I tell myself to start and see where it goes. Akin to the saying, "it is the journey and not the destination that matters."

I'd be lying if I said, "it is the journey, not the destination." The journey is a problem-solving, learning experience that helps add to my vocabulary--visually and technically. Over time and with experience, one recognizes when an idea has arrived or reached its destination. And, in whatever shape or form the journey reveals it to be, the destination is always delightful. Even if for only a few days until you start on another one of those journeys.