"Babies are such a nice way to start people."
A newborn shoot in January, made the perfect timing for this family to send out a Valentine announcement of the new baby sister in the house. Big brother found her less than interesting, but hey, it ain't easy giving up spotlight, people! Welcome to the world, baby girl...
Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. ~ Albert Einstein
I absolutely cannot believe that it's already the middle of February and only a couple days before Valentine's Day! The holidays had Suburban Chic Photography running mad, and we wouldn't have had it any other way! We loved spreading holiday joy through the many cards we made for customers, and it's continued now into the new year with new born sessions, valentines and fun events! (Photos of all to be posted shortly, of course!)
As of now, we are completely booked for the Texas Bluebonnet season and booked solid throughout the month of April, but we have a waiting list started -- Spring fever is approaching!
And so in the spirit of love, meet my hubby.... a scientist/engineer at heart... even he can't argue with Albert Einstein :)
Happy Valentine's Day!
Thankful
A few thoughts on this Thanksgiving morning...
"Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Some stay for awhile, leave footprints on our hearts, and we are never, ever the same."
I photograph beautiful families all the time, each with their own unique memory in my mind... and then I continue on in my work, adding to the client list, filling new appointments and cherishing an image or two from each of those sessions as they become a piece in my portfolio.
However this spring, I had the opportunity to meet a beautiful family who did more than leave just a memory and who did more than add to my portfolio; they left a footprint on my heart and I will never, ever be the same.
Their beauty wasn't just that they were pretty to look at; their beauty ran far deeper than picture perfect smiles. They loved and laughed out loud that afternoon, and they played and showered each other with affection -- which would make ANY photographer's job easy! And the following day, the mother went in for treatment to fight the cancerous tumor that would eventually take her life.
I knew this when I arrived, and not knowing what to expect (and tearing up at least 4 times on the drive to their home), I was completely distracted from the issue because they were so enthusiastic, so happy, and so full of LIFE, that I couldn't possibly feel sorrow. And as I drove away that Sunday afternoon, I was angry at the world and its unfairness, that a family that in love with each other would have such an impossible battle on their hands. That was May 5th.
In July while on vacation with my own family, I received a call that Stephanie Johnson had passed away. I hung up and cried. I had only met this woman once. I had only played with her family for two hours. And yet, I was totally taken by emotion. My lab rushed prints to them for the memorial service, and I burned CDs and shipped them immediately... anything to help ease the heartache, to send love to that beautiful family.
I received countless thanks for those pictures... from friends and her family too, and I cried each time I received them. And then I realized... Photography is not just a job. It's not just an art. Even more grand, it has the ability to give memories and moments to people that will last forever.
Thank you Johnson family. I am so very thankful for your footprint.
This is Greg Johnson's tribute to Stephanie with photos from that day:
And here are a couple of my own favorites:
Love amidst the family chaos...
And really, would you want it any other way? This family was so full of life, so full of energy, and the comedy of it all was icing on the cake!
Who ever said getting your pictures taken wasn't fun?
Shouldn't every morning find you this happy to hug your family?
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