Sometimes a photo can be overdone, over thought, over planned. We want the perfect headband with the perfect boots to match the perfect backdrop with the perfect props. (Ugh. Props.) Have we ever sat back to look at the “props” that are quite frankly right in front of our face? Or the nonfictional moments that happen on an everyday basis that are in desperate need to be captured. Hmmm, still not following? Maybe it’s the look on your child’s face when she sneaks off with your other daughter’s toothbrush. Or her inconvenienced sentiment when you try to take it away? Perhaps it’s breakfast time, when she craved pancakes over hot mush? And the unforgettable morning dramatics while you force her to eat it. Or is it possible to catch her crunched up, snickering nose when she giggles while hiding in her most favorite secret hiding spots?
These photos are no where close to perfect in composition, quality, and sharpness. In fact, how can they when they are being snapped while hiding the camera under an arm or by my midsection. They are real, raw, historical and tangible. Moments that I habitually want to remember.
Award winning photos..they are not. But unplanned perfection…yes, yes they are. For these subjects are absolutely perfect to me.
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