This past 7 days has been very marriage focused with a weekend marriage conference and then my actual anniversary right after it. My wife and I still have our wedding attire and try and put it on each year on our anniversary as a kind of reminder and celebration of deciding to live our lives together. I'm lucky to have a very cute wife who is willing to step in front of a lens. As such, I've been making portraits of her each year in her wedding gown and this year we actually ventured out past our home and I'm very happy with the results!
Below are photos from 2009 & 2010:
As I mentioned, this past week has been very focused on marriage, and that brings me to a thought that the confluence of all the happenings instigated. Why doesn't every couple get anniversary portraits? Considering how so much emphasis is put on the wedding day and how it's only the beginning of what is designed to be a lifelong journey, doesn't it make sense to make a big deal out of every year you beat the odds and national averages? It is an accomplishment to keep loving someone year after year while getting to know the person in more and more unfiltered detail. You've made it through merging housekeeping differences, financial decisions, general misunderstandings, emotional events and swings, and more. They're still there, you're still there, and you still love each other. What's not to celebrate and memorialize when you find someone who's agreed to put up with you come hell or high water? Don't lie, you know you're a handful too!So now I'm thinking that I need to put together some sort of package for you married couples out there that want to make a portrait each year of you and your significant other. You could include kids but really I'm thinking the focus would just be on you and your spouse because that's a special pairing all it's own and if you are a parent, I'm sure you're familiar with the extra complication getting them in on the plan! The session could be like an engagement shoot or bridal session with a variety of fine art takes as well as playful romantic shots and really be tailored to your taste. I like the idea!
Having already shared these on Facebook, you may have already seen a number of these shots but I really can't help but use them again. :)
2009 I had a severe sunburn
ReplyDelete2010 I was super sleepy!
This years were much better, but the common theme for all of them.. it's hot in June!
I'm impressed you still fit your dress Brea! A good incentive, I'm sure.
ReplyDeleteI thunk a package is a great idea E! Maybe with their engagement and wedding, they could opt for a 5 year anniversary additional package as well. And then after the five years, they could opt for another 5 years. I think mote people ate likely to do it if it's already paid for, and they don't have to find the money every year, especially if they are going through a tight patch.
That would be "most" people. I love my phone. ;)
ReplyDeleteyes, but as a business owner it can be a terrible idea to have someones money on the books for 5 years and still owe them work.
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