I loved this family session. Not just because the Roger’s family was delightful (which they totally were), or because the photographs that we created together were amazing (even though they really are). It’s because this session finally pinpointed for me what kind/style of photographer I am. Because for so long I have felt undefined. I didn’t feel like a portrait photographer, a lifestyle photographer, or a documentary photographer, even though I loved all three for different reasons. The sessions I offer when I am at my best and using the eye and perspective that I have been gifted are a mish mash of everything. Not long ago the mish mash would have terrified me. But this is exactly what I want in my family photos, and I know there are other families who want the same thing. They want the portrait, they want what is absolute truth and reality, and they want somethings to have a little order and control. I’m not sure if this makes any sense to you, but if it does, it probably means we were made for each other and I should come right over to your house with my camera. I’ll take off my shoes, I promise.
This session was pure magic. First, it was at their home. If you want to feel nostalgia when you look at your family photos down the road, do them at home. I mean it, your home is the most nostalgic place for you and your kids. We took some time for portraits, we hung out in one spot, but not for too long, because (ya know) toddlers. They played, ate pizza (the dog too). We did a couple more portraits on the porch. We went for a walk down their back alley and around the block, because that is their nightly tradition. And during all of that time, and in the in between times, there was magic happening. I got to capture it. So maybe I’m not a lifestyle, portrait, or documentary photographer, but I AM a “catcher of magic photographer”.
