Everything was great until it decided to rain for 4 days straight. Not like a shower rain, no. It was mad rain, with winds and nonsense. The dog refused to go out to relieve himself, then once I got the dog out the door, T refused to go out because it was too cold, then the fake grass from the garden blew out. That kind of a week!

Those little alleys in the local Japanese neighbourhood’s are so rich with mundane moments, especially in the hours when nobody looks at you or when nobody cares if you take their picture, that’s the time when those mundane everyday moments turn into fantastic documentary photographs.

Having a bit of a routine helped a bit to plan the next day. These series of photographs below were all taken 2 weeks prior we left for our holiday in Mauritius.

Those second ones are usually my most favourite to photograph. The moments where she is bored out of her mind, or where she is just doing cartwheels 200 times a day, or when…

Day at Átoa Aquarium by Sanïa Spiri - Documentary Family Photographer in Japan