With our perfect Instagram photos and sharing highlights of our ‘best lives, I’m feeling like we may be losing a bit of who we actually are. Don’t get me wrong - it’s my job to capture you all living your best lives and looking beautiful…. and although I love to capture a few ‘normal’ photos on my shoots, I shy away from sharing ‘normal life’ photos online, because perhaps they are not ‘aspirational’ enough…
But am I wrong in thinking this? I’m starting to think that a photoshoot documenting real life would be a wonderful heirloom to have. REAL stories are precious, and that we will be digging deep for these ‘average’ moments in the future when we look back at our lives. They will be the missing details of our lives.
This is my little one playing chef at breakfast. It’s not styled in the slightest (clearly!), it was way too early in the morning to change anything for the sake of a photo! BUT the light was good and I’m a sucker for good light... She was dressed in her favourite mismatched morning clothes, cut up some dried apricot and scattered it on her toast. Then requested that she blew milk bubbles - until my ocd kicked in…
So how about more of us shared more of our every day normal? Wouldn’t we all feel a little bit better about life? I’m sure that one day I’ll look back and be glad that I took these types of photos.
And if anyone would like to have a photoshoot documenting real life - please get in touch! I’d love to document your everyday beautiful.
