tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469358417943528542.post3627578318620052404..comments2023-07-04T04:34:23.560-07:00Comments on A Day in the Life: Musings On Decisions About Family PhotographyAllysonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03419478404083689083noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469358417943528542.post-7616207294514334082010-04-27T18:58:20.355-07:002010-04-27T18:58:20.355-07:00Let me share with you a different point of view. ...Let me share with you a different point of view. My aunt died a couple of months ago. She had five daughters, the youngest just a year older than me. As she got progressively worse (over only 6 weeks, this was a nasty disease) the girls put one photograph next to her bed. It was a studio shot from KMart, the girls ranged in age from about 2 1/2 to 8. They had gone without their dad so that it would be a gift for Father's Day. <br /><br />Here is what Carrie had to say about it. "It was one of the pictures we had next to her bed the last few days she was with us. I am pretty sure it was taken at a Kmart Photo studio as a gift to my dad for Father's day. I must have been around two and a half.<br /><br />It reminds me of how amazing she is. As we spent the days next to her bed, I looked at this photo and I tried to imagine myself with five girls under the age of seven. Chrissy's soft hair and barrette make me think of how she must have taken us each, one by one, and picked out our clothes and did our hair. She had five heads of hair to do, plus her own. She had to load us in the car and we all, miraculously, appear to be happy.<br /><br />I think a lot of people would not have put in the effort. But my mom did. She didn't let much of anything stand in her way of making things happen. And because she didn't let the hassle of getting five kids ready by herself for a photo shoot, we have this image of a moment of her life as a young mom of five little girls."<br /><br />I'm not saying that you need 800 photos of your family, or pay big bucks to get some. But don't forget that a few photos WILL mean something to your children someday. Maybe more than you know. BTW, I love the photo of you all in front of the church. I think it's great.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12999470516050863054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8469358417943528542.post-80967930776589066702010-04-27T11:19:53.332-07:002010-04-27T11:19:53.332-07:00We have never had a professional family pic...well...We have never had a professional family pic...well one, for church and it was SO bad. I mean SO bad...like laughable bad. I set up our camera with a tripod last year and got one good one after an hour of torture. I am way too picky about photos (the way I look...I'll throw everyone else under the bus) so I have to do it myself.<br />Kellee Laser is in your area...just move there from my area...her pics are awesome and she is super down to earth and normal and could relate to everything you just wrote.<br />I have often lamented the same thing as you...but remember, we didn't have the digital options they have today....at least I didn't with my oldest...just in the last couple years has it gone crazy. (That's my excuse and I'm sticking with it.)<br />There is something refreshing too, about not having so much. Do you really think these kids are going to want to look through 1,674 pics of them the first year of their life. I always pictures my boy's wives saying, "What the heck am I supposed to do with all these photo albums and scrapbooks of you? Stick them in the attic...they ruin my color scheme!" :)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14912466557223829314noreply@blogger.com