Leafing through famiIy albums is what I loved doing ever since I was a child. There are a few of them at my mum’s house - big, heavy, leather bound old fashioned albums that are such treasures. The earliest photo in them must be the sepia image of my great grandparents taken in the late 1940s or early 1950s.
There are a few images of all the extented family on my mother’s side, taken at my grandparent’s garden, as it had become an annual summer tradition since my uncle, who was an avid photographer, started bringing his film camera along. This is the reason I have a few photos of my mum in that family album - she wasn’t the one who was taking photos. She was a part of the image.
Fast forward to modern days, and most women that I know ( even photographers ), take photos of their children and family instead of being present in them ( apart from selfies - but not a lot of people would print photos off their phone ). These photos don’t end up on the wall, or even in a photo album. They tend to stay on the phone, sometimes backed up, sometimes not. Sometimes, sadly, they get lost.
This is why I can’t stress the importance of these two things enough - getting all the family in the picture and actually printing those photos.
Seeing images of the people you most love on the walls of your family home would fill you with happiness. The children love seeing themselves being little, or doing things they no longer do - like taking their first steps, being fed with a bottle ( or breastfed! ), blowing bubbles in the sunshine or playing with their baby brother or sister.
Prints don’t have to be expensive - I offer a free one with every mini session.
But the larger prints and frames are so worth investing in.
These frames make the house look lived in, authentically yours. The albums would become treasures of long forgotten memories to you and your children, and your legacy.
Every time I get a print or an album after a client session, I feel giddy. They are beautiful, shiny, they will definitely become your best loved art. So let me capture ( and print! ), your memories.
Julia x