If there was ever a video that brings the power of portraits to life, it is this one. What an important job I have as a photographer in the lives of my clients. It is SOOO incredibly sad that sometimes they don't realize it or even appreciate it until it is too late.
I showed this video to my husband after I had been shown the video at a Photography Seminar in Dallas... and HE got a little weepy thinking about his father that passed when he was 11 years old... and that the ONLY photograph he has of him is hanging in his Mother's house, and there are NO other copies of it! It has already survived one fire and she won't send it to me to create another copy of it for him. I guess she is too afraid of what could happen to it in transit because there is NO AMOUNT of money that could now replace that image that was printed on a $10 piece of paper 30 years ago! When you think of it all like that... it is very overwhelming.
People... don't wait to capture those memories because you think you are too fat, that you want wait to loose those 10 pounds, or grow your hair out another 3 inches... DO IT NOW. You may not get another chance. I hear from my new Mom's all the time at the Design Consultations ... "oh, I don't want to be in the portraits with the baby, I am too fat! I just want pictures of the BABY." And you know what my response is back to them... "I completely understand! I feel the same way, but I am really not doing this for you! I am doing this for your baby! In 30 years from now, don't you think your son or daughter would love to look back and see images of their Mom and them? To see how much you loved them and wanted them? They are not going to think... 'wow Mom, you sure were fat', they are going to think how beautiful you were and how wonderful of a gift you gave them 30 years ago by having that portrait done!"
I became a Photographer because I loved the Art. I stay a photographer because of how important of a job it is in the lives of our future generations! I beg you not to wait to capture a family portrait... even if you don't choose me as your Photographer for what ever reason, just choose someone that will create the family portrait you and your future generations will be able to cherish for a lifetime.
People... don't wait to capture those memories because you think you are too fat, that you want wait to loose those 10 pounds, or grow your hair out another 3 inches... DO IT NOW. You may not get another chance. I hear from my new Mom's all the time at the Design Consultations ... "oh, I don't want to be in the portraits with the baby, I am too fat! I just want pictures of the BABY." And you know what my response is back to them... "I completely understand! I feel the same way, but I am really not doing this for you! I am doing this for your baby! In 30 years from now, don't you think your son or daughter would love to look back and see images of their Mom and them? To see how much you loved them and wanted them? They are not going to think... 'wow Mom, you sure were fat', they are going to think how beautiful you were and how wonderful of a gift you gave them 30 years ago by having that portrait done!"
I became a Photographer because I loved the Art. I stay a photographer because of how important of a job it is in the lives of our future generations! I beg you not to wait to capture a family portrait... even if you don't choose me as your Photographer for what ever reason, just choose someone that will create the family portrait you and your future generations will be able to cherish for a lifetime.
If you do choose me to create your Family Portrait for you, please mention this blog and I will have a special gift for you while supplies last!
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Wow! Tracy--That is compelling and moving. Keep up the brilliant work!
I'm a cheesy scrapbooker and I agree with the expression that I take photographs so that I can taste life twice...or 3 times, or 4... :D
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