Summer gave me the rare chance to shoot for myself—no briefs, no deadlines, just pure photographic joy. I returned to Slovenia, my homeland, armed with a lightweight Fujifilm setup and a desire to rediscover places I never truly knew. One location stood out: Cerknica Lake, a hauntingly beautiful, intermittent body of water that shifts with the seasons. What I found there was more than a landscape—it was a sensory experience of mint-scented air, swans gliding through emerald waters, and the quiet thrill of shooting without a plan.