Photo by Michael Clemens
Last week while I was checking out Farmyard Darlings new shop in downtown Lafayette I met a Lafayette photographer, Michael Clemens, who creates Day in the Life photo essays for families where he captures candid family moments throughout the day, from the moment the kids wake up until they go to sleep. Check out his incredible photographs being featured at Farmyard Darlings new shop as well as on his website, appropriately named Sees the Day, here. I’ve included some of his photographs here as well as an essay he wrote describing what inspired him.
Photo by Michael Clemens
Michael Clemens writes:
I am a local Lafayette dad with two girls. The idea of the “Day in the Life” shoot came from something my wife said. You see, we have this little table in our living room that the girls “live” at.
They eat, do crafts, play games. . you name it. It is always a crusty mess. My wife was complaining about it one day as it always tended to make our house look messier than it actually was.
I said “Well, they’re getting so big now, why don’t we just get rid of it”? With welled up eyes, she looked at me and said “But that’s their table! If we get rid of it, then that chapter of their lives is over. I want to remember what today was like”!
