Here and Now; July 15 – Poulsbo Family Documentary Photographer

My personal Day in the Life from July is the last installment of this project with our old kitchen, which makes it a special one even though it was a pretty uneventful day.  A quick play date at the park, followed by lunch, some work for me and a long nap for kiddo.  Then, we had dinner and bedtime.  Two weeks later we demolished our kitchen and now it looks completely different.

These images had been sitting on my hard drive for a little bit.  Shoved to the back burner while I put out more immediate fires.  Even though we started renovating the kitchen less than a month ago, it’s already become a permanent fixture in my mind; one of those things that is hard to remember what life was like before it.  So editing these images was a little odd.  I had already forgotten how red the paint in the kitchen was and the exact color combination of the painted counters.

The change in the kitchen was a healthy reminder as to why I push forward in this monthly project and why I don’t select special days full of activities to shoot.  Sure, the days full of new outings and excitement are fun to shoot and end up providing so much more photographic fodder.  But days like this, the days when we don’t do much, the days when I force myself to move forward in this project despite a lack of motivation, the days that are boring, are still important.  The boring days provide a truth about lives, after all, not every day is a trip to the zoo or a beach.  And if you look for it, the boring days can provide one last glimpse before everything changes.