I've always been one of those people who plan ahead. Fine, so not always consistently; it's more like I plan ahead on random things, and then just let other things.... happen. For example, early in my married parenting years, I would have family pictures taken of just me and the boys. No Coach. Remember hearing somewhere in here that the early years of my marriage were not always sunshine and rainbows? Well, I had those family pictures taken that way specifically so I wouldn't have to cut him out of any of them. And yes, I know how spectacularly fatalistic that sounds. But hey! We've been married for 17 years now, so apparently I got past thinking he wouldn't be around for future family pictures.
Except.
Except for the small fact that we haven't had a family picture taken since Bug was 6 months old. For those of you counting, that would be 11 years ago. What I need, in order to make up for this fabulous lack of memory preserving, is to have someone take a wonderously spectacular picture of my little family. Not in a portrait studio, where we look staged. We just aren't a "staged" sort of family. Combine that with the small fact that the only one of us who owns any sort of dressy-type clothing is me (and even then it's work clothes), and well..... we need someone who can do awesome outdoor shots. Of my family in jeans and t-shirts. It would be nice if this photographer was someone who could make Coach and I look like the type of people who, upon admitting that they have a teenager and oh! rarely exercise and love to eat, hear other people exclaim how Fabulous! and Young! and Wonderful! they look. But, we'd settle for a photographer who would be awesome at making us look like the best us that clothes, make-up, hair product and lighting can make us. For as little as possible expected to come out of our bank account in return for such fabulousity. (Weird....Blogger spell check seems to like that word. Does that mean it really is one? Huh.)
The problem? We know of no such photographer. Looks like this is going to fall under the heading of Just Letting Things Happen.
8 comments:
I'm gonna send you some links of cool family shots I've seen that fit your description. Then all you have to do is find a location and a photographer.
Well dang. I wish I lived nearby. I'd do it for nothing. Not that I'm a photographer or anything, but anything's possible with a nice camera. Don't you have a tripod and a timer?
Outdoor light is THE BEST for photographs! Do you have a digital camera? The good thing about a digital camera is that you can take a dozen and then keep the one you like best, but that wouldn't probably make the "a pic to show the grandkids" cut.
Hmmm... that picture attitude seems to have worked for you... I have a couple of 'couple shots' that never came to pass... and I wonder why do I even keep them..?
Y'all have no such problem. My suggestion is to keep a disposable camera handy in your bag and maybe you can catch a situation in 'real life' that would fit the bill, you know..?
Failing that, you can go to a studio. That will still be a nice thing to have.
Yet another reason for you to live closer to me. I'd totally do it for you. Of course, after looking at my less-than-fab pics you'd probably be frantically thinking of ways to politely decline.
I guarantee that there are budding professional photographers in your area who would do it for nothing or next-to-nothing. The trick is finding them. If you were just about anywhere on the East Coast, I'd be able to think of someone. So, how about you move?
Uh, you forget that I used to live there. I know of two really good photographers (that are very good friends of mine!) who could do those mentioned shots!
I would tell you to just move MY way, but everyone seems to have the same idea. SO I'll just say that I really wish I was heading your way sometime in the near future. It would be fun for SO many reasons...
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