Buford GA Family Photography Session At Little Mulberry Park – The D Family
I find it such an honor when someone I knew in elementary or high school reaches out and asks me to photograph their family.
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It’s not only a pleasure catching up and seeing what we’ve each been doing over the past decade, or two. But it’s fabulous to find that I like these people.
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That as a teenager, I did have a good judge of character in thinking these folks were pretty stellar at the time.
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As parents, I think they’re even better human beings. It’s cool to see them raising little people of their own.
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Little people who are testing the waters in everything. Running. Saying, “NO!” Running some more.
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Seeing their patience and amusement with the whole process. It’s fun.
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To see parents find such enjoyment in their children is THE best.
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They speak with fascination and pride, telling me, “He’s putting together two and three word sentences now!”
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That’s pretty rad. That these two parents delight in what seems like such a simple task for most, but knowing it is hard work for their two year old.
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I really like that about them. It makes me wish I had paid better attention to my children when they were first developing. That I had taken more time to be amazed in what seemed so ordinary to me. But was truly extraordinary for this little human figuring things out.
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I love capturing these moments of parent and child together. With hands being held. The safety net is there, if needed.
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These little guys. They grow so fast. It seems like yesterday that my son was this size. And now he’s almost as tall as me.
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This was such a neat park. It had trails that circled a lake. The fog that was on the surface of the water when I first arrived had all burned off by the time my family and I made our way around to this little dock.
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They were constantly pointing out things to their son. Look at this! Look at that! And his eyes would follow in wonder.
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I love the need to assert independence. To be his own self. With this pensive little stare.
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So we might have made a few photographs without him, while he was running around. 🙂
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In spite of his excellence at being two years old, we did manage some smiles.
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It was a chilly morning and we were nearing the end of the universal amount of time for children under five to hold it together, so we headed back after this family photograph.
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Where we had mucho fun stepping on leaves and squealing while running in circles.
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Because who doesn’t love to stomp on leaves and squeal? Or am I the only adult who does that?
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Before we parted ways, I made a couple of photographs of my parents together without their younglings. I think that’s important. Having reminders of being a couple that is separate from being a parent. While parenting is largely life consuming in these early stages, it is not the only thing that defines us. We need these reminders that we have a partner in crime at our sides. To hold our hands and squeeze us tight. Throughout the wins and the losses.
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You guys are amazing parents. And people. I thoroughly enjoyed our morning together.
And the peppers and jelly that you sent home with me. So. Delicious.