Ladies and Gentleman, Charge Your Cameras!

I challenge you all (or at least those of you with blogs) to a Day In The Life blog post.

My dream photo session would last all day. The photographer would blend seamlessly into the background of our everyday life. They wouldn’t document anything “special.” They would simply preserve all the small moments of an ordinary day. These moments may not seem like much now, but I imagine 20 years from now I’ll forget what Kendall’s sleepy smile looks like as he wakes me in the morning, or how happy Leyna is hanging out with her daddy in his office while we both work during the day.

I don’t know that that dream photo session will ever come true, but that doesn’t mean that I can’t capture those moments myself. I’m challenging myself to capture 4 random days throughout the year, from waking until sleeping, approximately 16 hours. These days won’t be any different than most of the days we have. I’m not going to go to great lengths to organize outings or deep clean (though I do think I’ll at least strive to keep piles of dirty dishes out of the background). They will simply be ordinary.

I was inspired, in part, by this video. I’ve shared it with you all before, but it’s always worth another watch.

“The Gift of an Ordinary Day” by Katrina Kenison

So the challenge goes like this:

Pick a day, any day. Make sure your camera(s) is charged, then place it by your bed before you fall asleep. Take one picture an hour from the time you wake up until the time you go to sleep. Don’t over think it. Don’t pose or request your subjects yell “cheese!” Don’t let the picture taking take over your ordinary day. Set a timer on your phone for every hour to remind you to get a shot. Then once you’ve got something, set the camera aside and move on with your day as usual. Don’t get caught up in camera settings or perfection. No need to use a fancy camera. You could do it all in Instagram/phone pics if you want.

My day this week is Wednesday, and I’ll post our pictures here on Thursday. Whenever you finish yours, come link up (I’ll try to figure out that Mr. Linky thing again). Then we can all peek into each other’s ordinary days and marvel at how similar or different they may be.

Are you in?

Kendall is 3 years 4 months and Leyna is 8 months old

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