It's not my usual practice to BEG people to come into the studio. But after making the promises that "This won't hurt", and "I'll make you a lasagne", my parents came in for a session yesterday.
My parents will be celebrating their 39th anniversary in April, so I was sure to get a few shots of them together. They swear that they have not have their portrait taken since 1969, but I can remember a couple family portraits kicking around when I was younger. Things were different back then though. I think every photographer had the same background and took three photos of each subject. My parents couldn't believe I did so many portraits of them together, then individually, then with different lighting, etc.
I heard them talking (in French) about how they could not possibly use all these photos, (my dad could not understand the concept of photos of his hands...he JUST wanted to do individual photos), but at dinner that night, they were all excited to think of who their going to give portraits to.
A 39th anniversary is a pretty big deal, but I think that turning one is a big deal, getting married, getting engaged, or hanging out at the beach with your family is a big deal too. All worth photographing and all worth TONS OF PHOTOS.
You can never have to many portraits. It's taken my dad many years to figure that out! Give me a call and I'll try to convince you too!
2 comments:
Wow Denise! Love the photo of your parents and I can attest that there is never such a thing a to many photos!
What great photos of your parents. I hope to be able to talk my "Tom and Denise" into photos soon! Its funny how much they appreciate pictures of the kids, but don't realize how much we'd all love to have memorable photos of them too!
~Michelle
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