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This is not a sales pitch, it really isn’t. This is a true client story that happened yesterday. One client was in the studio talking about her daughter’s communion photos I took a couple weeks ago and we really were just having a nice conversation about pretty much everything. A few minutes turned into an hour and a half talk which was just what I needed. A nice break and some small talk.
Another client/friend comes in because she noticed her daughter’s oh so cute picture featured on my wall that I just made into a canvas. I make small talk with client #2 and ask how things are…she tells me her mom has passed. I didn’t know what to say and the longer I looked at her, I could see the eye filling up with tears. I gave her a hug as a friend.

She then asks me when is the best time to get a family photo taken. She’s been debating getting one done because she didn’t know if she would have more children or where she would put these photos. I tell her NOW. I tell her not to wait for a “special” time or occassion. We all do it, we wait for a reason to have something done. We wait for our children to turn a certain age, we wait for Spring, we wait and wait.

I told her about my experience about hiring a photographer that photographed my family when Amelia turned one last year. I told her that was the BEST gift ever that I could have gotten myself. It actually is my gift to myself and my family every year. I haven’t scheduled our famiy photos yet but I am working on it.
My thoughts about getting family portraits are this. Holidays come and go and trust me I love all the Spring photos, Easter photos, Summer photos, Fall photos and Christmas photos BUT capturing your family just because is something that is often forgotten. Think about it, we live very busy lives, we work, we are parents, our children are in sports, we try to be social, we do and do and time is flying by. Think about your family, whether it’s you and your dog, or you and your husband, or you and your kids, or you and whomever. The time is now to get that family portrait. To freeze the moment NOW, to document you exactly how you are now.

Those photos that were taken of Frank, me and Amelia last year are all hung up in my house now. They are on my walls, in my bedroom, on my desk at the studio and in my photo room in my house. Yes I made a photo room in my house, it’s my 3rd bedroom that is actually our laundry room/closet/guest room. On those walls are photos (like lots of photos) of our moments we shared together from old to now. I also have so many moments of Amelia that I have documented since she was born. I paired all these photos with our engagement photos, photos with us and our dogs, our life. They are not sitting in a box, they are front and center in my face when I wake up, when I go to bed, when we laugh, when we fight…they are there and I am reminded how special my family is to me. Those memories are hung up and I love looking at them every single day. They are a great reminder about our life together.

So if you are wondering when is the best time, my answer is NOW!