Exist in Photographs
#EXISTINPHOTOGRAPHS
#ExistInPhotographs – “for your children, for yourself, for the people who love you…” – Sue Bryce
Pick up your phone, scroll through your photos. Count how many photos you have of yourself that ARE NOT selfies. Now, compare that to the number of photos you have of everything else BUT yourself? Did you see a big difference? I bet, if you’re like me or well, most of us, your photographs are not of you but your family, your loved ones, your kids, your grandkids, etc.
That is why #existinphotographs as a hashtag means so much. When is the last time you had a professional portrait taken of yourself? Be honest. Many times, I’ve asked my clients this exact question and they’ve usually said “Oh, when I got married” or “Senior photos?”. If it’s been that long, it’s time for YOU to #existinphotographs.
Why?
Because – years down the road, when your children and family look for photos of you, what will they find? Sure, it’s great to see the fun selfies you took but wouldn’t you love to leave a beautiful professional portrait behind? One that you could pass on for generations. One that your family will forever cherish of YOU. I absolutely cherish the old photos that have been passed on for generations of my grandparents and great grandparents. Every time I look back at those photos, I just am in awe with how beautiful they are. I love being able to share these portraits of my family with friends and other family. Those images bring such great stories and such great memories.
This is Sally. Her daughter, a very close friend of mine, asked me to surprise her mom with portraits and I did jus that. Now let me tell you, Sally is a warrior. She’s faced battles and has defeated them. She has such a beautiful heart and it was such an amazing time being able to chat with her and hear her story, hear her story of her family, and listen to the memories she shared. During her photoshoot, she even pulled out family photos from years ago, and shared stories with me. This is why we #existinphotographs. For moments like these, where we can reminisce and share. I was so honored to be able to photograph her. She’s a wife, a mom, a grandmother.
Get yourself out from behind the camera and get IN FRONT. Have beautiful portraits taken and LEAVE A LEGACY.
You are beautiful. You are amazing. You are worth it.
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This tugs at all the heart strings! What beautiful photos and memories made. Couldn’t agree more, we all should get in front of the camera more.
It really is true that I am almost always behind the camera – such a good perspective!
Amen!! Even as a fellow photographer, I can attest that I have few photos actually with my family. Thank you for the reminder to exist and be present!!
Ahhh, I couldn’t agree with this more! These are amazing portraits!
I love this so much! Whenever I get together with my photographer friends, we try and be sure to do this for each other. My family loves them!
These are beautiful! I really love the message, exist in photos!
that is an amazing idea! You made methin about this…
Sally is absolutely stunning and you captured her beautifully! This is such an important reminder for me to get in front of the camera soon!
This speaks to me so much, it’s so important, but often lacks so much.
I love that as a Pittsburgh PA portrait photographer you write insightful blogs to help steer your clients into getting in front of the camera!
This really hits home for me as I got home from a family vacation and discovered that I was not in a single photo for two of the destinations that we stayed in 🙁 I am going to really make more of an effort after reading this! So glad I stumbled across your site in my search for a Pittsburgh PA portrait photographer
We need to remember to capture each stage of our lives with a great portrait photographer like you. What a valuable resource you are for Pittsburgh PA.