I was so honored to spend a morning capturing The Richardson family on one of the first beautiful spring days in Franklin, TN. I could have (and told them) spent the entire day doing a day in the life with them. It was THAT much fun. And Their son Ryder, is absolutely hilarious. The hardest part of my day was trying to not laugh, so I could keep my video skills on point.
I often times hear parents say their family is far too much of a hot mess to have a film. Their kids are too crazy, their house is too messy.
This film is my favorite so far in 2022. It is filled with what it feels like to live their life. Its messy, joyful, and feels like a dream.
Let me tell you that these families make the BEST films. Not because the film comes out a hot mess etc. but when the kids are allowed to be themselves and the house is not stressed about and the primary focus becomes connection and living fully, the film and the photo just radiate love and joy. There is so much beauty in that chaos – that you dont have the time to see.
What makes my clients unique is that they seem to get that time is passing by too quickly, that if they are not intentional in their living, they will miss it and if they are not intuitional in capturing their real life memories, they wont have them later to reflect on. My clients are parents who slow down and live more intentionally.
When I work with clients, I want to know them as well I can – so I send them a questionnaire. The Richardson family had the most amazing answer for the question “What made you book a film with me?” And I wanted to share it:
“We can’t handle missing a single moment of the treasure that our kids are to us. We know time goes by and it’s beautiful and a gut punch all at once. We also know we won’t live in this house forever, but we have had some beautiful moments here and want video to document the season that it’s been for our family. Selah was born in this house, Ryder navigated a cross country move with us in this house. we’ve only been here not even two years but it’s been significant For our family.”
I knew after reading this, their film + photography session would be amazing. Their film will come weeks from now…. But for now… these photos tell an amazing story.
You should read my friend, Beth’s blog about A birth she captured in Athens, Ohio.
