10/21/2025
It's not just pictures.
She saw someone else's family pictures and got envious. She wants her family to look that good too.
She spent hours on Pinterest, getting ideas and inspiration.
She asked her friends, family, and Facebook groups for recommendations for good photographers and then spent hours sifting through confusing websites, portfolios, and pricing pages. Terrified of making a bad choice.
She had a consultation with a photographer who gave her advice on locations,time of day, as well as wardrobe & makeup that would bring her vision to life.
She sacrificed lunch two or three times a week for months, just to save the money to pay for everything she wanted for this photo shoot.
She spent hours shopping getting everyone's outfits together, making sure they fit well and that they coordinated with each other.
She made sure that everyone had a haircut.
She paid to have someone do her hair, makeup and her fingernails.
She used crest white strips for a weak solid, and gave up her morning coffee hoping her teeth would look perfect.
She stressed over the weather on her appointment date and wondered what she would do if it would rain.
She is excited to get beautiful family pictures of the people she loves most in this world. So much so that she has lost sleep because she cant turn her mind off at night.
She wants to make sure that in 18 years her kids look back and know how much they were loved.
She wants her Christmas cards to be admired by everyone she sends them to.
She has found the perfect spot on the wall for the perfect picture that everyone will look at every day and remember that they are beautiful, that they are loved, and that this is where they belong.
And in some situations, she has had to endure complaints and arguments from members of her family on why they have to do this at all.
In some situations, it's a struggle just to get everyone to participate.
She's terrified that her kids are going to act out and embarrass her or worse that her husband will embarrass her with his unwillingness and impatience on picture day.
She doesn't want to be that nightmare client that the photographer will talk about for years to come.
She just wants to have beautiful family pictures like her friend.
So before you get annoyed or frustrated with her, look at everything she has done, everything she has sacrificed, and everything she is hoping to achieve.
Its not just "another photoshoot".
Its another day where she feels beautiful, where the family looks happy, and everything is right in her world. Its a visual reminder of LOVE.
Honor her. Give her this gift. And thank her. Because its also a gift for YOU.
