It’s May. I am officially 5 Months behind with blogging. At this point it’s become so overwhelming to me that I’m having to overcome feelings of panic when I think of the thousands and thousands of photos I’ve taken since the new year that are sitting on my hard drive. But I have to start somewhere.
I recently posted a bit about my struggle with balancing it all, the business and the family, being a photographer and a mom and wife. Just like everyone else, I’m busy. And my to-do list never seem to get any shorter. Blogging is generally one of the first things that goes on a back burner when I get to a point where that balance is in a precarious position. But it’s not because I don’t love it.
In all honesty, blogging is my favorite platform. I prefer it to websites and I prefer to Facebook. Facebook is great for quick posting. Websites are great for showing off favorite images in high resolution. Blogging is a way that I get to share the high points of an entire session as a unit, from my perspective, highlighting what I found most compelling and telling a little chapter of a family’s story in images. A session doesn’t seem complete until I’ve blogged it. There is so much satisfaction in seeing it all put together, a snapshot in time, a period in a family’s life commemorated forever. I just love it. This kind of storytelling through images is a passion of mine, something I do a lot of for my own family.
And I’m blabbing… which I really shouldn’t be doing because I have a couple dozen blog posts to get through. Back to it. I’m just going to take them one and a time and try to pick a few favorites from every session I’ve done in 2013 so far.
Here’s #1, a family lifestyle session I did with cute little 3-month-old Olivia and her parents back in January. I photographed Kevin & Natasha’s engagement session in 2011 and now have the pleasure of meeting up with them every 3 months to photograph their first child’s first year in a series of sessions, a “Year in the Life” of Olivia package. (I’m currently recruiting babies born in August or later for Year in the Life sessions. If you’re expecting and interested in more details in a baby’s first year package, I encourage you to contact me now and we’ll chat about how we can preserve your little one’s first year. Space is limited. And feel free to check out other sessions from Year it the Life series here.)
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