Dairy Queen features a candy cane blizzard in December, so after today’s work was done Livia and I went out for ice cream. We found what we were looking for, right before the dinner hour actually. Dinner tonight will come later, after all that sugar and milk has absorbed into our systems.

With ice cream in hand we went searching for something to photograph. This “we” was really a me scenario; Liv was a captive audience, literally strapped into her seatbelt while I drove all over kingdom come.

I chased after a setting sun in attempts to perhaps catch its rays through a wreath in a parking lot. After that I drove further, capturing the shot that wins for today’s image. Then we slowly made our way home, stopping in a small cemetery to grab a few more shots. (This is where Liv questioned me, “Are we allowed to drive in here?” and then, “When are we going to be home?” Oh the sad life of a photographer’s child.)

My hunt for something deemed photo-worthy is one story out of a few hundred stories in the December Photo Project. The more I hear from you, the more I know that we’re all doing the same thing, for 25 days straight in December—we’re looking for something beautiful or something noteworthy, something worth using up one of our 25 days.

So where did you stop and shoot today? What risks are you taking? What’s your favorite subject and what draws you to it time and time again?