8 Ways to Document Life Through Photography

Recently I shared my Day In The Life which is a fabulous way to document what life is like for your family on a random day through photography. I will absolutely love to look back at this to re-live those days of having three young boys at home. I thought today I would share some 8 ways you can document your life with photography- some more manageable than others!

1. Day In The Life
Obviously you can do a Day In The Life. Take a random day and photograph as much as you can of your day from the minute you wake up until you go to sleep. Try to power through at the end of the day to get as much of your day photographed as possible!

2. On The Hour
Similar to Day In The Life, pick a random day and take a photo every hour, on the hour. Or at least once an hour. This would be great for those busy lives and you only need to take about 12-15 pictures!



3. Project 365
Many people tackle the Project 365, which is taking a photo a day for a year. I started this project in January and made it until the middle of February. For me personally, I didn't like feeling forced to take a picture and many times I hated those forced pictures. However, I am also the type of person who is ALWAYS taking photos. So maybe I don't take one a day, but several days out of the week I am photographing something and so I decided not to do the once a day deal. If you do want to tackle the whole year, check out Facebook for groups dedicated to this for inspiration and encouragement! Lots of people like this project to force them to find things to photograph that represent their life and then make a big book at the end.

4. Project 52
Can you guess what this is?! Yep- taking a photo a week for a year. This one is more my speed and I could pick my favorite weekly photo. Again, there are facebook groups for this too.



5. Theme Photos
Several blogs and websites pick a theme for the month, week, or day. This is to serve as creative inspiration to photograph something that fits with the theme. Check out Snap Maven who usually posts a good list of links with themes or CM Glimpse which is an instagram project with daily prompts.

6. Before 9am
Photograph your family's daily routine before 9am (or 7am, 8am, etc). This would be great for people with older children who are in school or working parents.



7. Every Day for 30 days
Instead of photographing for 365 days straight, what just 30 days? Seems doable, right?! This might be fun for a summer month when your routine will likely be different than during the school year.

8. Bedtime
Lastly, photograph bedtime, or any other normal routine or event for your family. Perhaps baths for toddlers, dinner time with the whole family, afternoon walks, family game night...there are probably lots of small routines that your family has that you can quickly photograph throughout the year.




Jen Faith Brown is a family photographer specializing in storytelling family photography session, either in home or on location. Jen is married with three young sons who keep her quite busy and give her abundant practice in photographing always-moving children! Jen is now booking 2015 sessions in Flower Mound, Southlake, Highland Village, Lewisville, Coppell, Frisco, and surround DFW areas. Please visit www.jenfaithbrownphotography.com for pricing and to view sample galleries.