i'm a photographer

I call myself a photographer - not a professional, but an ever-learning photographer.

I carry my camera around like a mother carries a newborn baby.

I experiment like a mad-scientist.

I capture scenes like any artist does.

I photograph babies

and bumblebees

and converse-wearing ballerinas.

Oh, and don't forget the bokeh.

And often, on that rare occasion, I lend my camera to begging siblings.

I watch them trot off, happy as can be with a new gadget that they get to hold.

But, I don't leave.  I keep them in my sight.

And, when they've held that camera for just a little too long, I'm often the one begging to have it back.

Literally.

Because, I do not believe I could go through a day without my camera.