I’m not quite sure how long it had been since I had seen this dad. We went to high school together back in the day! Thanks to Facebook, we’ve been able to “keep up” with each others lives. Clint reached out to me via text asking about a last minute family shoot. Things were about to get stressful and hectic with his wife starting chemo that Thursday…was there any way I could squeeze them in before then?
As a photographer, I’m ashamed to say that I am not the best about my own family portraits. Life gets busy. School, activities, work, finances. All reasons to “put it off” for another few months. I was heartbroken when I read that text, but I was thrilled that he reached out to me. Could I fit them in? Even if I couldn’t, I would have made a way to make it happen! I can only imagine that hearing the words cancer, chemo, and radiation stop you in your tracks and bring it all into perspective.
Clint and Betsy, I hope you treasure these pictures and that they bring a smile to your faces! Kudos to you for taking the time out of YOUR crazy schedule to document this time as a family. I can’t wait for our next shoot POST cancer!!!!
Because I couldn’t decided on color or B&W…BOTH!