What do you see in this photograph?
What are your eyes drawn to?
My tendency as a photographer is to sometimes pick apart a photo and notice things that I missed.
I can tend to look and see, "I wish I had a higher shutter speed and capture mom's hand in focus."
But then when I step back and look at my images as an artist
as a mom
I see something totally different.
I see an incredible bond between a daughter and her mother.
I see love, giggles, trust, security and friendship.
I see a young girl who for now still sees her mom as her world. Who has an innocence and purity that only childhood can produce.
I see a mom who knows that her daughter will grow up.
That she won't be this little forever.
And because of that, she is embracing every moment.
They didn't say these things to me,
but I can look at this photo and I can see them.
I can see me and my own daughters in this moment.
I can see their curls and the way they bounce as they run around, care free, embracing their childhood.
I can see the way they jump in my bed in the morning, and the way I pretend to be annoyed and sleeping-
yet secretly I would give anything for them to jump in my bed for the next 20 years.
I'm thankful for these imperfect moments that are in every way perfect.
I'm thankful for clients that allow me to see myself in their stories.
So what is it that you see?
