Photographs are such powerful tools. It would be nice if we could remember all the things we want to remember about our past. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work that way. My daughter turned 2 a couple months ago. I have the hardest time remembering what she was like as a newborn. Thank God for cameras and for photos that allow us to go back and relive the moments of our pasts! That kind of photojournalistic photography that documents my daughter’s life, my family, my friends. That is my ultimate passion in photography. I’m a person and photographer who values real moments, the preservation of real memories, commemorating real life, true stories. I like a pretty picture too. But in my mind, in my life, the photos that ALWAYS mean the most to me aren’t the ones that are *just* pretty. It’s the photos that remind me about how life used to be that really tug on my heart strings. I’m always after something real.
“Day in the Life” sessions are a way for me to share my passion for documenting life and preserving real memories with my clients.
This kind of session is kind of like having your own personal Paparazzi for the day. You don’t have to plan anything, do anything special, dress up, clean up. It means having a photographer there to capture what you would be doing anyway. That means everyday things like waking up the kiddos, getting ready, running errands, taking classes, going to events, visiting special places (like Disneyland) or ordinary ones (like the park or grocery store.) Plan your life as usual, then have a photographer show up to document it for you, to preserve your memories of your real life as they’re made in their usual way. Turn everyday moments into commemorative art, pretty pictures that also your story.
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Meet Elizabeth. This is a small sampling of her Day in the Life session, a typical Thursday for her and her Momma – hanging out at home, getting ready for the day, going to the park, eating, doing silly things like trying on mom’s shoes, cute things like taking care of her “baby”, and special things like taking dancing lessons from her Mom. A little slice of their real life commemorated in photos.
It’s my hope that these photos (and the rest of the photos we took that day) help Keersten remember what it was like to have a 1.5 year old someday…and that they someday give Elizabeth a taste of what her life was like when she was little. It’s a sort of heritage only we can pass down to our kids, to give them a chance to know where they came from. It’s a priceless gift.
Day in the Life sessions are available for small families and large families, little kids and big kids, and couples. They can commemorate a typical day (like this session) or a special day (like a trip to Disneyland). A day in your life, wherever, whatever, preserved forever.
I’d love to chat with you about what a typical day in your life might look like and how we can preserve it for your family!
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Check out another example of a different type of Day in the Life session Here.
