I find that I'm never not subconsciously looking for my next photo idea or at least something to be used in editing.  Even when I don't think that I'm thinking abut photography, the creative side of my noggin is always waiting right at the edge of my brain to strike when it sees something of interest.  One of the things that I'm ALWAYS on the lookout for are great textures. They can definitely be overdone but when used correctly can add a lot of interest to an image. Plus, it's just fun to bring bits and pieces from all of my adventures harmoniously together into one image. For example, in "The Unobtainable Kiss" I used pictures of steam leaking out of a clothing steamer here in the studio, a picture of a baking sheets from my kitchen, a photo of the side of a shelf at an Anthropology store in Baltimore, a pic of a sidewalk in Philadelphia, clouds taken from a plane somewhere over the middle of America, and of course a picture of a frog on a face from Silver Lake New York.