Well, in a nutshell, its you in a photograph.
What I do as a photographer is strive to photograph you and your fiance’, children, family, etc. doing what you do. It is your Sunday walk. Its your family cooking and eating a meal together. Its reading in the library. Its your child discovering rocks. Its a trip to the zoo. It is anything that you love to do and gets your family to be themselves and laugh and enjoy their day while I get all the details and compile them into a story. It is the OPPOSITE of stiff smiles and cheesy poses. Sure, I’ll guide you with posing at times to ensure you get everyone together, but it is not inserting you into a prescribed formula. You know what I’m talking about. You’ve seen the portraits where people are inserted into poses and settings that are identical to every other portrait hanging on every other family’s walls all over town. Heck, you may even have them hanging in your home. And that’s ok, but I’m guessing you’re ready for MORE.
If you had the choice, would you rather have a fast-food chain hamburger or a hand-cut steak cooked exactly how you like it?
Now, there’s absolutely nothing wrong with hamburgers. I eat them. I enjoy hamburgers. They’re quick, they’re easy, and they’re not hard to find. But if I had the option for a thick, slightly charred on top, slightly rosy in the middle Porterhouse steak, I’m going for the Porterhouse every time. Why? Well, because the quality of a hamburger doesn’t even compare. The steak is cooked exactly how I like it. It didn’t come to me frozen from a truck. It came directly from the cow. And that’s what I want to eat. Cow. So, what’s up with all of this beef-talk when I’m supposed to be talking about lifestyle photography? When you invest in a photography company who inserts you into their mass-produced settings, that’s what you’re going to end up with: a hamburger. But lifestyle photography, like the steak, gives you exactly what you are looking for. It is giving you portraits of YOU. After all, why invest in something that only returns a false representation of your family and yourself? Choose lifestyle photography, and choose yourself.
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