Why Photos of My Kids Are a Priority

I am with my kids a lot.  I feel like the majority of my day is spent cleaning, feeding, teaching, and refereeing them. When we go out to do something fun, I take my camera. Ninety percent of the time, I just want to capture candid moments, and then yes, ten percent of the time I ask them to sit nicely and pose with a sweet smile on their face.

Why is this so important to me to get these photos?

1.  I want them to have memories of their childhood captured.

I appreciate all of the photos from my childhood and I think they will too. I don't have my mom around anymore to talk to about it and I can get a lot of information from those photo albums.

2.  I want to be in photos with my kids.

I spend so much time seeing them, them, them and I want to see us, us, us. We're a team.

3.  I want to freeze the good.

The hand hold. The arms around each other. The laughter. The eagerness. The excitement. It gets hard day in and out just seeing and feeling the weight of the fighting and the arguing and the negativity, I want to remember and savour the good, too.

4.  I'm wearing jeans and cute boots.

Let's pretend I always dress nicely. If I put effort into my clothing (aka not just in yoga pants), get me in those photos!

5.  Pictures are cuter with someone in them.

Yes, this gourd display is incredible but add in my sweetapotamus and yep, love it more.

6.  I love photography.  

If I enjoy taking photos, why not take them of my favourite people while they are having fun? Yes, it may feel annoying to them that I ask for five smiling photos in an hour but I think that they can handle it.

What about you: Do you enjoy taking photos of your family?  Is it a priority or not at all?  

Love, 

Louise