Seemingly Mundane but Completely Relevant
I think all too often we find ourselves looking at life and not really taking into account what will be important later on. For example, one of my best memories as a kid is me and my sister sitting on the stairs at my grandparents house watching TV. Now although that may not seem that significant, for me it was amazing. Why? Because the stairs were huge to me back then! And because of where the television was located, in the corner of the room, we could sit in our “little cave” and watch TV and be completely in our own little world.
This photograph will probably have the same meaning to these kids when they get older. In talking to Mom, she said that they always watch TV like that. No matter how much they have tried to get them to stop, they still keep going back to sitting on the arm of the chair. She even said with a smile, ” Yeah, we are going to have this chair that has one arm completely destroyed.” I hope that when these girls look at this photograph 30 years from now they will feel the same thing I feel when I think about watching TV on my grandparents stairs.
Family Photography Tip of the Month
There is tons of advice that we can give to anyone wanting to take better family pictures… So, for our March tip of the month, here is my advice. When you are taking pictures of you family periodically include the environment. Sure full frame up close shots are important, and it is what more people gravitate towards all the time, but if you include the environment you will create so much more value years down the road.
Now my boys will be able to look at this picture and see what the living room of this house looked like, which I know we will not live in forever, and that is very valuable to them.
Feelings towards My Dad
I made this for my dad a couple years back and thought it would be good to share again. It is nothing extravagant, but it is truly what I feel. It also includes a lot of photographs that mean a LOT to me, and I hope will mean something to my kids. My own family photos have a huge impact on what I am photographing for my clients.