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Last week I posted a press release from Studio 3 Photography which announced that their Holiday Mini Sessions this year would be a little different (click here). A quarter of the price for each session booked is being donated to the “Hope for Brian” fund, which benefits Brian a 3 year old with a rare and terrible genetic disease called Atazia-Telangiectasia.
As you know, I am a planner. I like to have advance notice to get things done. I calculate, I coordinate, I prepare. This time of year, especially this week, I am crazy nuts. So, although I planned to take my kids over to Studio 3, I didn’t get around to making an appointment. Enter Caitlin, who knows me so well that she knows I need to be nagged. So I received a text from her asking what day and time I would be in this weekend. I was so swamped I happened to have one time slot on Sunday that worked, I was not prepared in the least which at first freaked me out and then I decided to “let it go” and just go with the flow. I was lucky enough to have purchased the casual Christmas outfits for my children (told you I was a planner) so I went with those and left the rest to Caitlin.
Before we went I explained to (A) that we were doing a good thing because of the donation. It is a reoccurring theme in our house, all of the time, but we really try to emphasize it during the holiday season. Almost everything that we do has some sort of give back attached to it so it was perfect.
Here’s how it went. We walked in, and I sat on a couch. Caitlin took over, making my children laugh, and just be their natural selves :o). The backdrops for the photos (of which there are three) are just as promised, simple, leaving the opportunity for your family to be the star of the show. The result is adorable, silly, classic. Caitlin captured some really amazing shots. The kids had so much fun, making faces, standing on a box (E’s favorite game was climbing up and down), and trying out the different props.
A rare photo of the process, Caitlin entertains (A) and (E). Disclaimer: These were my cell phone… doesn’t do any of the process justice…
Goofing around in between takes.
Getting set.
The pictures are my kids, pure kid, and pure gold. How is Caitlin able to get my squiggly little monkeys to stop and look right at the camera? Ask her to do her fantastic elephant impression.
My goof-balls.
What I cannot stop looking at is their eyes. Looking into their eyes in the photographs is like looking into their souls. Which reminds me of Brian. As I see my children holding a picture of this beautiful little man, I couldn’t be more positive that finding the time to book my session was the right thing. Brian’s parents deserve a chance to see those beautiful eyes grow, and to help them to show joy, not pain. Now I have these amazing pictures for my walls, my Christmas cards, my photobooks, my heart. I was also able to help their families fight, to continue to find hope.
If you are interested in booking your session with the amazingly talented ladies at Studio 3 contact them at 845-680-8888 and register on their website www.studio3photographers.com/hope-for-brian/.
Due to Studio 3’s high demand for all events photographic (newborn, wedding, professional, birth story, portraiture, and more) mini-sessions are only available this week 11/3-11/8/14 (all day). If you are on the fence allow me to give you that final push. Take some time to make a memory and help Brian in the process.
Here is a picture of my babies looking at someone else’s baby- one who needs some “Hope”.
