May 11, 2024
I was also recently having a conversation with a newer mom and she was stressing out about having her picture taken with her young child because she hadn’t lost the baby weight or had time to get her hair done. My advice to her was that it doesn’t matter, she is a beautiful mamma to everyone that matters, especially her child, and to take the photos!
I spent 37 years working in the photo industry, so I know a thing or two about pictures and I am adamant about the importance of them. Your kids or friends or family DO NOT CARE if you look perfect (to you) in a picture, because to them you are perfect just as you are. You will never regret being in pictures and having them to look back on. You will regret if you are not in any of the photos.
This photo is a prime example. We were at Whistler and we had gone on a long bike ride. I was hot and sweaty and had major (I thought) helmet head so balked when Makenzie wanted to take a picture of Doug and I. They insisted, so I did, and it is one of my favourite pictures of us. I am glad I “took the damn picture”.
Get out this weekend, have fun and take some damn pictures with you in them!