Being able to look back at all kinds of moments in my family brings me a lot of peace and joy. I love seeing the milestones, like birthdays and school portraits, but it’s the in-between moments that I really treasure. And I think this session with this 6-month old cutie pie is a perfect example of capturing the everyday.

While our access to photos has increased with cell phone cameras, it seems like our value for the photos we snap with our cell phones has decreased. It quickly becomes overwhelming to sort through the chaff and we find ourselves increasing our data storage with that irksome feeling that we’re wasting our money for a cloud full of out-takes. I’ve noticed this with myself and I’m certain I’m not alone.

After a while, I feel a bit anxious that I’m not doing enough to document our family and I solve this problem in two ways. First, I go through my images, month by month, and select the best, then trash the rest. And each year, I print that year’s worth of best images as 4x6s and put them in an old-fashioned album and back them up to an external hard drive. It can be overwhelming, but I wait until my slow season and add a month at a time to my to do list until they’re all printed and preserved in an album. And when I’m done, I feel so good!

mom and dad put him in this little bucket hat

And the second thing I do is schedule a session with a professional photographer. This serves two purposes; one—I get to be in the photos and secondly—the moments captured have a different feel when it’s someone other than mom behind the camera.

You’ve head it said the days pass slowly, but the years fly by! And I find this to be so true! If you’re thinking about scheduling a session with your family, I encourage you to make it happen because for me, every session I’ve scheduled for my family has grown in value with every year that passes. Let me know if you’re interested by getting in touch.

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