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finding beauty in your home

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“I adore her (Sally Mann) work, and I subscribe to her basic notions of photography – shoot what you know, and – you can find great images right in your own backyard. One of my best friends and I have an ongoing discussion surrounding this topic – he thinks he needs to pack up the car and get away somewhere for a few weeks in order for the photography muses to show him the way.

I have to admit, I waffle during our discussions — there are times when I’m convinced I need to pack up a few cameras and a bag full of film and head back to Havana – or to some faraway place — but then I realize that some of my most favorite images were taken within a 10 mile radius of home.”

– Bob, the brilliant photographer behind No Traces.

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I love this.

Because sometimes I do forget. The simple joy of a piece of chocolate cake and a glass of milk. My children playing lying on the living-room rug, the gentle evening light. The delightful sound of someone laughing, or falling rain. Sometimes I forget that simple, truthful beauty can be found in every little corner of my home.

Gather up the joys and the love, capture the beauty of your life in your home and share the links to your images in the comment section below.

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Comments

  1. That photo on No Traces is unreal!
    I was just talking with a girlfriend of mine who is right along side me feeling the need to do just what you are takling about. Take photos in our homes of the obvious things we walk by every day.
    we think its the onset of the winter months. =)
    Great post. thanks for sharing.

  11. i recently started this set on flickr, photos from our mornings since our routine will be changing as i head back to work. this was my way of savoring all that was good, in our home, in the morning hours.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerashymomma/sets/72157608786534818/

    and i do find inspiration in my home, with sunlight and boy at play. but often when i am lacking in motivation, i’ll head to the nearest park for a change of scenery and always always taking photographs of flowers and trees and all things i love about nature get my mojo jumpstarted for homelife again.

    great post. love the photo!

  12. I’m lucky enough to live on a tropical island, so beauty is all around me every day. But I find the most meaningful images are always of my family. Watching my daughter blossom provides endless inspiration.

  13. I love photographing the everyday. I’ve started looking back, as I’m nearing the end of my photo a day year, and am so thankful for what I caught with my camera. They aren’t all great pictures — some are blurry or clearly taken in a hurry at the end of the day — but they show LIFE in every shot. It’s amazing to see, day by day, how things changed; and how much has stayed blessedly the same.

    They are beautiful because they tell a story — not because each photo is a work of art.

  20. Thanks, as always, for the wonderful reminder. We all get so caught up in trying to get that next inspired image – and, never moreso then at this time of the year – there is magic within our own worlds.

  25. The timing of your post is perfect–exactly the reminder I need right now. I’m sitting here with my DSLR and my point and shoot digital camera on my desk. I’ve been glancing over and wondering where I can go to shoot. I’m beginning to realize I’m already there. Thank you!

  28. I find hours of entertainment shooting my cat, Marvin, inside things in the house… From pants to closets to drawers, he’s everywhere!

  31. Thanks for another beautiful post….it started me thinking about all the photos I’ve been trying to organize lately – my older ones are mostly travel snaps and my newer ones seem to be more from the home…altho both have their places and we need both I think I enjoy taking and looking at the simple ones from home the best. Now that it is getting colder that is a good thing!

    My example shows pretty colors in the clutter!
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/22733432@N08/3053902066/

  32. Here lately, I’ve been more of the mindset that I wish we could pack up and run away so that the photography muses would be my friends again. I think that it’s mostly because everytime I try to shoot something, the clutter distracts me. Hmm, maybe I should worry about some "stuff removal".

  38. I adore taking pictures in my home, and that’s where I spend like 90 percent of my time, so I never run out of inspiration here!
    Here are some little images from it:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/3050926643/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/3045143691/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/3053555449/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/3037700549/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/3032652500/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/juliealvarez/3027382337/

  39. Wow this is sooo what my photography seems to be about. With my busy schedule I just don’t have time to wander far from home. So lately I’ve been concentrating on beautiful things in my home. And light. Light seems to pop up everywhere near me lately lol. I’m walking up my stairs and I say.."mMmm great light!"
    Hubby thinks I’ve lost the plot. But it’s ok. I’m just finding it =)

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/jodyangel/3043807253/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/jodyangel/3052342107/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/jodyangel/3034962739/

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/jodyangel/2781812580/

  43. Oh yes-the gorgeous {NOT} seventies wallpaper in my kitchen is not an ideal backdrop but it is home and with each room we redo my kids get nostalgic over the loss of pattern (hideous though that peach and brown are). So I know someday I will look back on the pictures of the kids doing crafts at the table and say-ph remember THAT paper…yes but it is still home.