Guest Post by | Huong Forrest of Design by Huong Forrest Photography
As a photographer, I
stress to my clients the value of capturing the moments in life that all too
quickly pass. As a mother of two young boys, I constantly strive to do the
same, whether it’s with my DSLR, point and shoot, or iPhoneography. I don’t
know how other parents feel, although I have a pretty good idea, but I cannot
stand how much my boys grow and change with each day. While I love observing
their new discoveries and growth, a part of me just dies knowing my babies are
no longer babies and with each day, a new level of growing up is present.
I think we all have great
intentions of documenting every moment when we become a parent for the first
time. Then life happens and we find we pick up the camera less and less
somehow. Then maybe the second child comes along and we promise to make it up
by taking more photos and videos. We all know how that ends right? Life happens
and we shouldn’t leave our memories to chance.
I leave it to another
professional to take my family’s portraits and we do so about every 18 months.
I think I do a pretty great job at photographing my own family, but then I’m
not in any of those portraits and I don’t want to be remembered by my family as
the woman behind the camera for these special keepsakes. I personally love the
18-months time span as it allows us to take advantage of more than one season
and it’s just enough for me to order large canvases of my family to grace our
walls and let those who come to our home see the changes in our family with
each set of portraits.
I love looking around my
home and seeing our memories on the walls and in frames and being surrounded by
happy moments, life and love. When someone walks into my home, they immediately
know my family is my pride and joy and how much I value not only photography,
but my family portraits. As my babies grow, I’ll be able to look at a
particular photo from a certain moment and remember them exactly as they were
on that day, in that moment. I know with every single day, they are different;
an experience changes how they view the world, they discover something new, or
they learn they can get away with doing something I don’t approve of. Time may
and will change my babies, my family and myself, but having our family
portraits professionally documented every year or so will allow me to forever
keep those memories not only in my heart and soul, but also on my walls as a
visual reminder of who they are in those moments of life.
Meet Huong and her family
Photo Credits to Eden Rose Photography
This is such a great post. I know that I keep hounding my husband to have portraits made together. All we have now is just a bunch of snapshots, which is fine but it's not as special as a real portrait.
EEEKS! Thank you, Megan!
Love that you added the black and white photo in the mix ... really makes you see just how quickly our kiddos grow!
My family and I finally had our pictures taken together last fall. We're so happy we did it, but disappointed we waited so long. These are wonderful images of your family.
So fun to see Huong guest posting!
Such a great reminder of the importance of photos! We get one taken every fall so we have a Christmas Card photo to send out :)
great shots and words
Beautiful photos (ie; memories!). Very wise advice!
gorgeous fam!