Lisa texted me this morning “I
have an idea for a blog post. Do you mind if I use one of your family pictures
from the group shoot in the fall?”
I like the idea, but Skyped her
back that mine is not a photo you can just put out there without the
back story. Good, bad or ugly… our 2014 family photo tells a story about
our family.
The whole thing came about as part
of a larger multi-family group photo, using a photographer and friend of my
brother and sister in law. In the days before our scheduled shoot, I looked
up his online portfolio and discovered a plethora of creative genius with vibrant, edgy, style. These were no quaintly posed group photos; they were
families in action!
Inspiration struck.
We try so hard to make photos
reflect perfect people. Hair, makeup, clothes, smile. How
many times have you cringed when your child brings home their school picture? The funny
face, the missing button, the crooked bangs? Why do we cringe? A
photograph is meant to capture who you are… at that exact moment in your
life. We should embrace that!
While considering how to dress for
our family photo, I took a good long look at who we are as a family. Right
at that moment. What do I love best about our family? When do I find
myself watching them and smiling in adoration?
It’s all there… captured in a
perfect moment.
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Photo by L. Frederick Hinojosa |
My oldest daughter, resplendent in
her FFA official dress, growing into her own confidence as a young woman in a leadership
position, and competing in the State FFA LDE for Radio Broadcasting.
My husband coaching our second
daughter, demanding nothing less than her best.
My younger daughter, fiercely competitive, a team leader, developing her softball skills as a Catcher, but
doubled over in laughter, not grown out of her childhood yet.
My little boy…the unplanned joy in
my life… playing with trucks and happy to just be wherever we take him
along.
Myself when I’m happiest. Loving
them. Supporting them. Blogging.
This moment in time captured us.
* Photo by L. Frederick Hinojosa Photography