My personal project "A Year in the Life" continues.
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"Stacey was able to capture the real us with her documentary-style photography. She saved a moment in our lives - although it’s more than a moment - it’s a story. She gave us something we will treasure forever in the photographs of our Sunday mornings together. These are moments that I know won’t last long, and it’s so wonderful to save them in the way she does." -Jennifer
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Diana and I met a few days before the shoot to talk about the things her family loves to do and plan her family’s session. One of the things that really stuck out to me was her children’s love for creative play. We decided on an art session, with time at the beginning for the children to warm up to me and the camera.
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The best questions often come from children, don’t they?
Their honest curiosity gives them the ability to phrase things in a way that adult never would, and we’re so surprised by their bluntness, we’re encouraged to think about things in a new way.
A couple of weeks ago, I got one of those great questions from a client’s son. Right in the middle of painting a star, he turned to me and asked, “So, why do you like taking photos?”
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One of my very favorite things about photographing families is witnessing the love in each and every home I visit. Sometimes it's in the way a child lights up when she's talking with her mom. Sometimes it's the way brothers play shoulder to shoulder. And sometimes you feel it the minute you walk in the door.
This was one of those homes.
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I'm so excited to join the A Year in the Life 52 week Challenge for documentary photographers! Last year was one of huge growth for me, and I can't wait to see how my technical skills continue to improve and how my artistic voice will continue to emerge.
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When most of us hear the words “Documentary Family Photography,” we aren’t quite sure what it means. I mean, we know what documentaries are. And every day, we see film footage or photographs on our favorite websites, documenting current news stories, travel, and culture.
But how in the world can you document families?
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Many of you know that in-home, documentary sessions are where my heart lies. I truly believe that the little moments are the most important moments, and that looking back at photographs of real memories bring us back in time in a way posed photos just can't.
Before Christmas, Kristen and Nathan took a big leap of faith and invited me to photograph them in their home in Albuquerque. This was their family's first experience with a documentary session, so I asked K to write a little bit about her experience.
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When I was a little girl, one of my favorite things to do was look through the boxes of photos my parents kept in our hall closet. Each box had a little hook, and when you pulled it, and entire flip album pulled out. I spent hours pouring over those photos, remembering birthdays and Christmases, family reunions and vacations. There were photos of dance recitals and Easter egg hunts, ones of my sister and me contently cuddling up to read with our grandparents, and ones where we were clearly mad at the world (or at least our little part of it). I could see my dad building a little red wagon just for me and my mom carrying my sister's homemade birthday cake. There were hundreds of these photos in those boxes. Hundreds.
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