February 15, 2011

• A Valentine’s Reflection | Lifestyle and Family Portrait Photographer

  I know that Valentine’s Day is when we tend to think of that romantic type of love and I hope that everyone had a good one, but the other day I saw on Facebook that my friend’s father pasted away last week. My prayers and thought are with her and her family.  It made me sad to hear that news, it usually does, but I guess I am a bit more sensitive right now since I lost my own Dad this past June.  Like so many other Asian Dad’s mine was not always the best at sharing his feelings.  I know that he loved us and always did things in his own way to show us, even if we didn’t always get it.  I am hopeful that my Mom and Dad got to spend their first Valentine’s together in years.  I realized after speaking with many of my Dad’s friends just how much he missed her.  

   

  I am sad for my friend’s loss, but am glad that I got the chance to meet her Dad when I shot some family portraits for them a few months ago (I am not posting any here for their privacy).  Even in that short encounter I could see his fun and joyous nature, and he did a great job of hanging in there as we walked around in the hot sun.  It was a great honor that they allowed me to share a piece of their lives and record some images for them. 

   

  One of my favorite things about shooting family portraits is the time I get to spend with the family and enjoy their company.  I hope that the experience of going out to create the portraits is as much a part of the memory as the images that we come away with.  Please don’t take those around you for granted, cherish each moment because each one is special.  Hope everyone had a good Valentine’s, give someone close to you a big hug!  Here are some images from some family sessions I was privileged to share in.

   

  

  

  

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