Preserving the Heart of Your Holidays Through Family Photography
Sometimes what’s warm and familiar to us is something we don’t SEE. I mean, really see. We’re easily caught up in the doing + prep for the cookies, festivities, gifts for everyone, dinners, and beyond that we can miss feeling the experience itself.
I don’t know about you, but holidays aside, I crave more connection to what I already have. If we can live in THAT mind space, we can quiet the “I’ve got do this (and this, and this, and this), right NOW,” + obsession over desires for the future.
Calm. Content. Abundant.
Making + receiving pictures can do that.
Pictures are a tool to help us reconnect + acknowledge our values.
We have the privilege to give a nod to our values today by making a photograph.
We have the honor to help others re-identify their values, as well, through our voice and pictures, as photographers (you don’t even need to be a “pro” to do this).
My friend, there’s plenty o’ opportunity in the holiday season.
Whether you’re shooting for you or clients throughout the holiday season, start with the camera down. Begin by looking at what the holiday season means.
Not your to-do list; your “I wanna remember this” list. Then, watch and wait for the opportunity to make those pictures…
…knowing that when you push your shutter, you’re in total mindfulness + alignment with your values.
(not just making another picture for digi-Neverland)
I couldn’t help, but smile seeing how the photographers below got to what the heart of the season looks like for them!
Allison Corrin French
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Peggy Knaak
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Blimie T.
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Erika Roa
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Aleksandra Gajdeczka
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Jennifer Reese
Antonina Mamzenko
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Yehudis Goldfarb
Phil and Whitney Mayhew
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Stephanie Huber
Polina Bulman
Christina Voorhorst
Website // Facebook // Instagram
Kelly Krabill
Bronwyn Blodgett
Website // Facebook // Instagram
Claudia Pojan
Website // Facebook // Instagram
Nicole Gracen
Heather Ruppel
Website // Facebook // Instagram
Katie Jennings
Anna Nodolf
Ashley Ples
Website // Facebook // Instagram
Danielle MacInnes
Website // Facebook // Instagram
Angela Baron
WHEW!
We had so many holiday stories (in pictures) submissions that we couldn’t include them all here, but want to continue the sharing in the comments.
Have a story to share or seen one circling? Comment with the link.
We welcome and include all stories of the holiday season. Spark the season’s value in your life + make pictures of how you want to remember it all.
Hey Storyteller... Pick on and pass this onto a friend:
First, thanks so much for including me in this collection! And second, thanks for inspiring me to write about my own holiday traditions and what it is about them that feels so important! Here’s a full post to my story: https://aleks-gajdeczka.com/journal/2017/on-holiday-traditions
Hey F+F community! These are AMAZING!!! It makes me feel like the holiday spirit has arrived all over the world. <3 Thanks so much for sharing your little corner of it!
Great article, (even if I’m a few weeks late) I wanted to sign up for what you’re ” currently working on a new {free} thing around the topic of Love on Your Family More AND Rock Your Business.” but I get an “Oops, page not found!” when I hit go with my email address… help? Thanks!
Oops, just realized that page isn’t linked up anymore (our designer is working on a new one). Don’t worry, we’ve taken note of your email to send a note when it’s ready <3