Here and Now; Day in the Life March 16 – Poulsbo Family Documentary Photographer

When I decided to start this monthly, personal, Day in the Life project I knew there would eventually come a day like this.  A day where I just didn’t want to follow through.  A day where I was in such a foul mood that even picking up the camera couldn’t shift my perspective on things.  I mean, when I shot the first installment of this project I wasn’t in a great mood, but this past Monday really took the cake.

At this point our car had been in the shop for a little over a week and we have also been potty training our little boy.  Between being down to one car and a child that isn’t trustworthy in the bathroom department I had been relegated to the house for several days.  I’m a self proclaimed home-body, but everyone has their breaking point.  The inability to get things accomplished and the general lack of civility in our house was about to push me to mine.

So I pushed through, I shot my day (until 7 PM, when I just gave up) because I knew if I let it slide because I was in a bad mood, I would let it slide in the future for other various reasons.  I uploaded the files, confident I would hate all of them.  Then I let them sit for a bit.  I went to Yoga on Tuesday and didn’t start editing until Wednesday evening.  And you know what?  It was a crappy day, but not entirely devoid bright spots, and that’s certainly motivation enough to keep this project going.

So here’s Monday March 16, 2015.