Family

The other day I was talking to a woman who needed to reschedule an appointment I had with her co worker because the co worker was sick and she was unable to fill in herself because her mother was in town and not feeling well.

As we were talking it came out that her mother was 91 years old and how she really enjoyed the visits with her and that she would come to visit and stay for a week every few months. To be honest I thought this was amazing that at 91 she was still moving and traveling. I had asked her when she was going home and she said she would be going home the next day. I asked her when was the last time she and her mother had a life portrait done. This idea was new to her but as we talked she told me it was such a great idea to capture time in pictures to have and to remember. We often think about photographing our children but it is rare to document our Grandparents or Parents.

As we approach this holiday season and if you have a family get together try to remember to take a picture of everyone attending. If you can hire a photographer to come and take a portrait of the whole family but if you can’t do that at least take some record of where your family is at in that moment. It does not need to be a production it just needs to be you with your family.