OK, I'm going to be transparent about why it is I love my "job".
I lost my Mom in a car accident back in 1993. We didn't have many photos of her, let alone portraits of her, our family, or just the two of us. She always put her hand in front of her face when a camera was pointed her way. I was a Speech Pathologist back then, busy with my own life, and hadn't thought about having portraits created of her, for her, or with her.
In 2001, my husband underwent a quadruple bypass. At that point, I retired from my career and picked up a camera. I had always loved photography but hadn't wanted to photograph people. That changed and I found myself beginning a whole new career.
In 2003 my husband began radiation and chemotherapy. Once he stabilized following treatments I insisted that we have portraits created. We had not done professional photographs since our wedding in 1986. I'm so glad I did, as the portraits we chose got me through those first few years after he passed.
I was then faced with my sister having significant health issues and my fear of losing her. I knew I wanted portraits with her! They are in my consultation room and I'm thrilled to say I love them and I still have my sister. She is 100% healthy!
The past few years have been difficult on everyone, many have lost loved ones and some people were not even able to see them in their final days or hours. We don't know when we will lose someone or when our time will come. I photographed a friend of mine and her mother who was in her late 80s at the time. When her mom passed in her late 90s she said, "Now I know what you meant when you said, "you will never know the value of these portraits until they are all you have left"!
I joined the Professional Photographers of Canada in 2004 and have never looked back! I now have the honour of creating portraits for other families. I love photographing babies, children, families and siblings, but especially sisters. I guess because I don't know what I would do without mine!
It provides me with so much joy knowing that these families have these portraits to enjoy and share with the next generation. I know that they may not really know the value of the portraits I create until some time in the future. If you have a mother, father, sister, brother, partner or friend that you love to pieces. I invite you to celebrate that relationship with portraits. It all starts with a complimentary, no obligation design session so we can decide if we are a good fit to work together. Just click the link below to book yours!
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