Our military families deserve so much honor and respect. Their entire families. In June I had a chance to shadow mom (my sister) and her five children as they live their everyday life while dad is deployed overseas, and it is hard. So hard. It probably requires a post of its own, but here is a story in photos of how a shopping trip to Costco requires packing up all the children and managing the shopping list, superstore and the children - while making it fun (because that's a great way to survive an outing such as this).
Of course the littlest (2.5 years) fell asleep on the way there.
These kids are amazing!! You can tell it's not their first time shopping with mom. But, of course there were some tears, too. After all, the youngest is two.
Mom says she tries to be intentional to make these outings fun, but I do wonder if the children were being a bit more mischievous in case mom would let them get away with a little more this time, since a photographer was following them.
Always stop and smell the roses. Always. And feel the breeze.
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And the shopping is done. Another circus awaits at home in bringing the groceries in and putting them away. While one needs help going potty, one spills something, and one needs food right now.
But there is plenty of food again. Until next week.
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As you can see, family photo sessions can be as different as there are families. During a typical one hour session we get a mix of photos, traditional posed ones as well as documentary style of the family interacting. But the session can also be purely documentary. A documentary family photographer can tag along to your most typical outings, whether they are to the store, to the pool, to the park or beach (really anywhere). Or the session can be held at home to capture meaningful routines and fun activities. It really is up to you, and if you need help brainstorming, I'm happy to help.
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