The PHOTOGRAPH…

DOCUMENTED MEMORIES….. the PHOTOGRAPH.
We need them so we can reflect on the past, they can make us happy or sad, they help us remember the precious past.
Every day we experience connections with people, it may be family, friends or people we don’t even know. One very powerful and lasting way to preserve and reflectlife’s journey is through recorded images. PHOTOGRAPHS…
How do you remember a close family member who has passed on or a child who is now grown? PHOTOGRAPHS…
What can make you cry when you look at that printed memory and reflect? PHOTOGRAPHS…
Images have always been a very powerful form of media that documents the past. Before photographs we remember people and events throughout history from paintings and drawings. It is a vital testament to documented history that what we see in an image actually occurred.

A true story:
A few years back we were commissioned to photograph a birthday party for a client’s mother. She was turning 90 and her daughter thought to have the party photographed. It was set in a museum, ancient dinosaurs as the backdrop. How appropriate She loved the idea, after all they were the only thing older then her that evening… We witnessed everlasting love and interaction between the grand mom and her charming husband.
After decades of marriage, they still had it. We captured this and other very special moments between family and friends. We were only documenting a 3 hour pieceof history. That 3 hour piece of history was represented in a book that not only told the story of the elderly couple but also the spirit and mood of that wonderful evening. All of the people that attended, their unique personalities and interactions.They were the “characters” in the pictorial storybook.
About a month after the grand mom and her husband received the book he passed on….
So now that book, the PHOTOGRAPHS and the memories contained are a priceless treasure for the grieving wife. It is her memory of a good time with close family and friends. Her daughter told me she looks at it almost every day it helps her remember the “good times”. It makes her smile now, it heals it comforts her.
So just remember that it is very important and necessary to record these little slices of life…. We never know when we may need to look back, reflect and savor the memories of life.

Here is my piece of history…

We hope that you had a wonderful holiday season and wish you all the best in 2012!

We would like to celebrate with you by sharing a special engagement session. Special in several ways. It has been almost a year to the day that Sharon and Matt were engaged in the same exact spot at Longwood Gardens. We absolutely loved the challenge of photographing them during the amazing and colorful holiday light show. If you have not experienced it, you have to visit as it is on display till January 8th. The weather played tricks on us and we had to reschedule a few times. Finally it was going to be a clear day. Little did we know it would be the coldest day of the season so far! Brrrr. Sooooo cold.

We loved working with Matt and Sharon and are looking forward to documenting their wedding in the fall.

mike & jana

This family knows how to throw an amazing party!

We had the best time working with Sophie, her sisters and parents and capturing all the special moments as Sophie went through one of the most important days of her life. She was a superstar!
We are so happy that the family selected us to document Sophie’s day. What a great team to work with including Pat and Glen Productions and the team at the Ritz Carlton

You can view Sophie’s slide show HERE

Click the link to view the feature – Style Me Pretty
Make sure to read their super cute LOVE story at the end of the feature!