there will never be a perfect time
you will never have this day again.each day is a gift. breathe and notice. today. every day. relish the beauty and charm of the present. enjoy this day because... before you know it today will be gone. [modified from poem by jan hatmaker]
for my dear friend, robin, who i met during my air force days (we worked at the military hospital in tucson together). we haven't seen each other in over 12 years, but she will forever remain one of my dearest, truest friends. a few days ago, she wrote on my facebook wall...
My beautiful, talented friend....So I pose a question that lots of my friends are requesting an answer to as well...... I MUST get family photos done, but I hate the way I look in pics. I would like something hip and funky to wear.... Got any advice on photographing moms like me? Seems all the families you take pics of are BEAUTIFUL. Also, if you lived in a cold area, would you postpone your sessions until it warms outside? XXXOOO your fluffy friend.
short on time, my initial reply to her was that she is beautiful and fabulous through and through and THAT is what the camera will capture. and i shared with her that she needs to read THIS.
i told her that i would post a cold-weather chicago shoot here on my blog, for her to see. so here it is. i was supposed to photograph this family three weeks prior to our actual shoot date (when it was much, much warmer), but i was really sick at the time and had to delay my chicago travel. the original planned 70-degree weather ended up being in the 40s.
i also think it's important to include the words from my client, emailed to me after she saw her gallery for the first time...
I LOVE THEM! Thank you so much for the amazing pictures. You delivered exactly what I had hoped to get! I have looked over the gallery several times before sending you a note so that I could let you know some of my favorites, to impress upon you, more than just a simple thank you -- how happy I am. But I ran into the problem that I could not choose. I love them all. I'm so happy that I can look past the weight I need / wanted to lose before you took our pictures. Love love love. That is a lot of love coming from me. They make my heart happy. Okay YEAH...so excited!
of course, can't help but love the last two photos of the night. after our shoot, the kids were excited to show me their play room, so of course, i brought my camera back out and took a couple more photos.
and here's a few photos from my family's cold-weather session in kansas (2009), courtesy of leigh miller photography. it was FREEZING!
