As you might know from my previous post, that I’ve been adding voice-overs and video clips to my still photography to create portrait fusion slideshows.

I’m smitten by the results.

I love how mom’s or dad’s thoughts can be preserved for the future. When Baby J. is all grown up, he might not remember very much about being baby. Who does? I barely remember anything before age 3. But he can have a little token of the love he experienced. This is even a fabulous memento for mom and dad, because let’s face it—it’s hard to get around to recording all the little details about your baby growing up. Did you really fill out all of your baby’s 1 year calendar with all his miletones? I tried for my first baby and got it mostly filled out. I failed miserably for my 2nd and 3rd. I meant to write down all those neat, cute, funny, amazing things they did. I really meant to! I never got around to it, because life just got in the way. I can never reclaim those moments. How cool would it have been to have something like this?

Enjoy!

It’s become my mission to tell stories—stories that can help families remember the love they experienced together. Children are little for only so long. They grow less chubby each day. They say fewer hilariously innocent and disarming things each day. They grow in indepedence so quickly. And, I hate to be morbid, but we, as parents, are here for only so long. When we are growing up (and even after we’ve “finished” growing up), it’s so easy to lose heart and confidence as a result of the things that happen in our daily lives. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a little token to remind ourselves of exactly how much we are loved and how important we are to our family? This intense desire to create these things for my own family and children has risen up and is ready to permeate into the work I do for my clients.

Here is what I’ve created for the M. Family. This is what’s called by the photography industry a “fusion slideshow.” Fusion slideshows incorporate video with still photography. Fusion has taken hold to a limited extent with wedding photographers, but not not so much with portrait photographers. Still photography is still the main subject, but video is added to move the story along and add extra dimension.

The M. Family’s photography slideshow is baking-inspired. It shows how the little ones have endeavored to bake some cookies by themselves, with a little help and with lots of love. Enjoy!

I have always thought of photographs as love notes. They say something about the subject of the photographs, of course. They say something about the photogapher. And from the viewer’s perspective, when she is drawn in to pondering the subject, she is pulled into a triangle of emotions between subject, photographer, and viewer. Today is the perfect day to send these love notes. These are mine to my own child, to my family, and to you. Happy Valentine’s Day!

(If you weren’t included in the slideshow, it was because your parents weren’t right there at the booth to give permission. Sorry, guys and gals . You can still log in to the gallery to see your pictures.)

You can view the highlights of the Photo Booth in the slideshow below! Parents, you may want to preview the slideshow before you show it to your kids, because the music is a tad dark. If you weren’t included in the slideshow, it was because your parents weren’t right there at the booth to give permission. Sorry, guys and gals . You were cute and hilarious! Check out the gallery to see your images.

If you like the slideshow, then please buy something! Your money will go to kids and families who need a helping hand. Please contact me to get the password to the gallery and to get more info about purchasing a print. I may be away from my computer for about a day, so please be patient with me to get a reply. I will respond as soon as I can!

Enjoy!

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If you like this slideshow, then please leave a comment on the main blog post for this session.