January 2, 2011
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Glover Family Shoot.
Hmmm, well, I think this year, I’m going to cut down on what makes it into this blog (as if my lack of updates wasn’t enough). There are the usual facebook albums and my photography website- I think I’m going to reserve entries on this site for whenever I have more content to tell rather than just a series of photos, though it is kind of nice when people notice my work here and sign me up for photo gigs.
Anyway, I’m posting this set of Christmas card photos because the husband and wife had the second wedding I ever shot as a paid photographer some two years back. It was at the bride’s parents’ house and very intimate- less than twenty or so people in attendance? Both families were super friendly and they even invited me to eat at the dinner table with the newly married couple and made me feel completely at home.
Sadly, I was still a fledgling photographer at the time (and I’m still trying to figure things out to this day), so I was kind of unhappy with how the photos came out (the house had high ceilings and the flash diffuser couldn’t compensate for the camera’s exposure). I did the wedding ridiculously cheap though, and when I delivered the photos, they were happy with the outcome. Then I never heard from them.
Until 2 years later. Now, with a new pair of twins, they asked if I could shoot their Christmas card photo. I love hearing about couples after that “happily ever after.” Because it’s always nice to know what happens next- I’d imagine this is what teachers feel when their students come back years later to visit them. Anyway, Tonya and James were just as I remembered them to be- they were friendly and completely inviting into their lives as though we’d known each other forever.
The babies weren’t particularly interested in my camera, so it was tough to get any shots of them looking at it. We tried to distract them with candy canes.
Tonya thought to try to put the babies in the box, but they had plans of their own as they made their escape.
Siblings.
After the shoot was over, Tonya told her daughters to cut me a slice of their cookie cake they had just made. So nice. I took it home on a foil-wrapped styrofoam plate to eat later.
Anyway, I actually don’t really make any money with photography, despite what my friends think. But all my clients have been really nice, down-to-earth folks who are genuinely thankful for my help. So in the end, photography is definitely a labor of love, and every appreciative client definitely helps to make it worth it.
