When you hear “family photo session,” what do you think? Most clients are used to photo sessions that focus on getting everyone to look at the camera and smile, sessions shot in a pretty outdoor location. Those types of photos are awesome and I want them as much as the next family. But I also love documentary photographs that capture children and families in their natural environment, photographs that capture tidbits of real life.
DelaLane Photography {Day in the Life} sessions are a different take on the typical “family photo session,” sessions designed to focus specifically on family photojournalism — telling a story through photos about this present time in your family’s history. They take place in your home and require nothing from you aside from being yourselves. This is a great option for families with small children especially. Who hasn’t been frustrated trying to get the perfect photo of your 2 or 3 year old sitting still and smiling at the camera? This is an alternative that allows children to be in their own space, with their own things, having fun. There is so much beauty in capturing the personalities and relationships that grow within the confines of your home. It’s personal, low stress, and completely unique to you. And best of all it’s memory-preserving.
A beautiful portrait can preserve a moment in time, a session like this can preserve an era. Instead of just helping you remember what you looked like (and what your kids looked like), it will help you remember details about their development, personalities, lives. How quickly forget our children’s passing quirks and phases, the things that frustrate us and make us laugh.
Capture it. Put it in a coffee table book or album. Take the images now so that you have them in the future when it’s harder to remember what it used to be like. Time is irreplaceable. We get one shot at it and our brains can’t store it all.
I don’t technically make “New Year’s Resolutions,” but one of my goals this year is to get back into taking more photos of the everyday moments I spend with my kids. That is what got me into this business to begin with. It’s how DelaLane Photography was born. It’s my first love and it’s something I want very much to share with our clients.
Contact Us for more info about booking your 2014 {Day in the Life} session. And check out another day, another family, and a day in their life HERE.
Tell Your Story | www.delalanephotography.com
Jacqueline Perez - Beautiful photos!!
Kristy Berends - These home sessions are just sooooo darling! I’m sure they will be treasured forever:) If we lived in your neck of the woods I know who my own family photographer would be:) Thanks for your posts – always inspirational and beautiful!
Amanda Tranmer - Thanks, Kristy! I would love that!! I would definitely be swapping that session for one with you if we did live closer. 🙂