Every year, I like to make a time capsule if you will. I collect news headlines, photographs, add our Christmas card letter and any other mementos that sum up the previous year of our family’s life. I love to sit down with these and look over where we were at that point in time.
It is amazing to me what a photograph can do. I can look at a photograph and be taken back to that moment in time. I can remember what I was doing, why I took the photograph, and how I felt about it at that time. It doesn’t matter if it is a personal photograph or that of a historical event like 9-11; photographs have an amazing power – they give us a visual history of our lives. Can you imagine what your life history would be like if it did not contain photographs? All there would be is memories and over time, memories become less vibrant but a photograph can bring that memory back to vivid colour in a heartbeat.
What does your visual history say about you? Were there landmark occasions this past year like a wedding, a newborn baby or a new house? Or were the memories equally powerful of events that were less monumental like a toddler’s first steps, the first day of kindergarten or university, or a missing tooth? I love looking back at these seemingly small moments of time that my camera captured – I love seeing where we were then, and where we are now. I love reminiscing over funny stories and I have sad/happy tears seeing my “babies” when they were tiny. Our visual histories tell our life story – I encourage you to pull out yours and take a look at your life over the past year.
I am going to share some of my favorite images from the past year. They may not have come from the very best sessions where the light was perfect, the children cooperating perfectly – they might have come from the most challenging session. They are images that make me smile and think to myself “I am so blessed”. To all of my clients who shared in creating Dragon Hare’s visual history last year – thank you! Thank you for entrusting us to create memories and capture those moments forever.
A fantastic couple, a fantastic evening even though we stood in nasty water and thick goupy mud!
A wonderful uplifting grad:
The perfect moment of serendipity:
An amazing, heart warming smile!
A nervous bride in a moment of quiet reflection:
A fun loving couple who were game for anything!
A perfect moment captured by Brian – the bride and groom’s ring on their cactus,
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A beautiful grad who braved the freezing cold March weather for a stunning portrait:
The perfect light, the perfect pose – I love this moment!
Simple, but sets the tone for the love story:
It always amazes me how beauty can get lost in a world of bright, vivid colours – and how simple and beautiful life can be in black and white:
My love of dance – my love of photography – a perfect moment captured:
A goal *finally* reached and an image *finally* created. It took a lot of work to capture this specific moment in time!
The look – I love to capture mystery and drama on camera, what is he thinking?
Old friends, reconnecting:
Gorgeous light, a beautiful little sun goddess and a game of peek a boo to find those fantastic smiles!
New friends!
A heart warming family!
The moment that made all the work/sacrifices of going back to school worth it – on a hilltop overlooking my farm (my favorite place in the world!) with a breathtaking sunset and listening to a brother and sister with amazing voices. This made me say “I LOVE what I do, I am blessed”
