Your family is the most meaningful thing in this life. Capture it- authentically and with rawness. Give yourself (and your kids) the gift of photos you can feel. Photos you can look back at that light your soul and pull on your heart strings.
As my own kids get older I wish so badly that I had more candid, unposed, real moments of them captured beautifully. I used to try so hard to get the perfect smiles and poses. I used to worry so much about the perfect outfit, the perfect location, everything being flawless. I still enjoy seeing those photos of them but I wish I had more photos that gave me something to connect to. That made me stop and stare. That showed me more emotion and personality .
That’s what I strive for these days in my work. It’s hard because people still want (or think they want) the perfect let’s all look at the camera and say cheese photo. The perfect lets prop the newborn with their hands under their chin photo. And I’m trying to give my clients a little bit of both so I can shoot what makes my soul sing while also giving them the comfort of having posed shots- I truly hate to disappoint and know not everyone shares my vision. But it’s the unposed that lights my soul. It’s the photos that make you feel and connect to a moment that make me light up and make me the most proud.
You’ll be seeing a lot more photos like that and less of the look at the camera shots. I’ve slowly been showing less and less of those.
The more my clients trust me and my vision and let go and allow me to create freely the better my art becomes. I’m still here to keep providing them all with what makes their hearts happy, but I do hope they can appreciate the soul hugging work I want to give them.
