Photographs are windows to our memory. Reflections of our life. Reminders of our blessings. Each Wednesday we feature 5 personal favorite photos from a Creative Team member or a friend. These 5 photos will remind of us why photography is so beautiful and why documenting the everyday is so important. The goal is to leave us all a little more inspired to cultivate a good life and record it.

Our inspiration this week comes from Creative Team member Ali Edwards. In her own words…

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Everyday life photos have long been my favorites – especially things that other people might wonder “why in the heck is she taking a photo of that?” To me these images capture the very heart of my everyday life – simple, routine moments.

You can see more everyday life photos from the past via my Flickr stream or check out my weekly Project Life posts here.

Here are five ways I approach/themes I keep in mind for my everyday life photo-taking:

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Peek in. Looking through a doorway into a room is a personal favorite. I love that they aren’t looking. I love that Anna is on the floor of Simon’s room while you catch just a glimpse of his hand holding his book in bed.

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Compare. Two photos placed together to create one – often in a his/hers or she/him format. I love capturing what’s different and what’s the same.

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Food. These are often inspired by shape (like the circle bowls) or color (contrast of the food next to the white dishes).

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Self-timer. Now that it’s just the three of us here at my house it requires a little more effort/fore thought to get myself in photos. I say a “little” because it’s really not that hard to use the self-timer or remote – the effort is simply in putting forth the physical action to make it happen. The result, seeing myself mirrored back to me in my daily life, is totally worth it.

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Connections. They may have been in an argument two minutes before or two minutes after, but for this one moment this is what I saw. Love made visible.

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You can learn more about Ali here + check out more of her photos and Project Life pages on her blog.

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