Documenting Delight: day one hundred and seventy one {mini mechanics}

So here’s one thing I am learning about photography as I muddle my way through this project: the picture you plan to take within the day is rarely the one that you end up selecting.

Lately I have been feel a little uninspired on the photography front. Maybe it’s the cold weather? Maybe it’s just reaching the mid way point? Not sure. So this morning I vowed to stomp all over the winter blues, rug myself and the kids up and go for a walk to catch some lovely winter light. I picked a spot at a local park which I was sure would work well. This was the plan in my head and it was going to work out. Then..... we stepped out the door. While the sun was out, it was chilly and the wind, oh the wind. Finn and Harper happily went along with my plan on the journey to the park but once at the park Harper had what I could only describe as a 'weather related tantrum'.  Once my camera came out she plonked herself in the dirt, wept big old tears whilst yelling out “It’s too windy here!!!!” We toughed it out for a while by it was obvious this play moment just wasn’t working. Decent photos taken: zero.

We started walking home, where every 3 metres Harper would fall to the ground and proclaim “I can’t walk, it is too windy to walk!”  We made it to the local shops where there is a car sculpture that the kids have fallen in love with. Happy Harper came back as they climbed over it while we took a break from walking.

This is where today’s photo came from. Unplanned, but a moment worth capturing.