On twitter today a friend posted a link to a news article that got me thinking. The article in The Dallas Morning news talked about a Cancer victim that was trying to spend as much time with her kids as possible before she was going to pass away from Breast Cancer. You can read the story here.
The article got me thinking about the pictures I take as a photographer I’m always trying to get that perfect shot. Chase Jarvis has taught us to realize that the best camera is the one you have with you. I would add that you need to use the camera you carry. Take lots of pictures!
Don’t stress out about everything looking perfect or being perfect. I’m talking about being out with the kids and family and perhaps you don’t have a reflector with you to get the shadows out of the subjects eyes or maybe you just did a long hike and everyone is tired and it’s hard to show everyone happy. In your head what are you going to remember? The number of times the kids asked are we there yet, Or looking at the kids all standing on top of a mountain.
The article reminded me to capture those moments no matter how imperfect they are. Life was not perfect for this mother but she made the best of it and took pictures and made memories as many ways as she could. I’ll try to remember that as I take make pictures in the future.
