Picture Mommy - Photography by Marti Sears http://www.picturemommy.com Welcome to Marti's blog, your source for Picture Mommy news, thoughts on photography, family and more. Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:15:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 2011 Retrospective: October! http://www.picturemommy.com/blog/2011-retrospetive-october http://www.picturemommy.com/blog/2011-retrospetive-october#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 14:15:44 +0000 marti http://www.picturemommy.com/?p=1813 Monster post warning!

]]> http://www.picturemommy.com/blog/2011-retrospetive-october/feed 0 2011 Retrospective: September http://www.picturemommy.com/blog/2011-retrospective-september http://www.picturemommy.com/blog/2011-retrospective-september#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 00:49:12 +0000 marti http://www.picturemommy.com/?p=1808 September in Atlanta is one of my favorite times for family photographs. The weather is amazing and allows for plenty of time before the holidays. At the same time, a chill creeps into the air at the end of the month and everyone is eagerly anticipating fall.

]]> http://www.picturemommy.com/blog/2011-retrospective-september/feed 0 2011 Retrospective: July + August http://www.picturemommy.com/blog/2011-retrospective-july-august http://www.picturemommy.com/blog/2011-retrospective-july-august#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:17:45 +0000 marti http://www.picturemommy.com/?p=1806 Oops, I somehow missed this super sweet birthday party from June. It was certainly a special one and I was so happy to celebrate with Miss Ruby.

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]]> http://www.picturemommy.com/blog/2011-retrospective-june/feed 0 2011 Retrospective: May http://www.picturemommy.com/blog/2011-retrospective-may http://www.picturemommy.com/blog/2011-retrospective-may#comments Wed, 04 Jan 2012 14:15:25 +0000 marti http://www.picturemommy.com/?p=1795 And now we're onto May. Awesome month, amazing weather!!

]]> http://www.picturemommy.com/blog/2011-retrospective-may/feed 0 Bravery + The Argument of Now http://www.picturemommy.com/blog/bravery-the-argument-of-now http://www.picturemommy.com/blog/bravery-the-argument-of-now#comments Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:26:15 +0000 marti http://www.picturemommy.com/?p=1763 I am surrounded by photographs. As I sit at my desk to my left is a cubby of old pictures from my childhood. Directly in my line of sight over my computer monitor is a mantel with photographs from our last beach vacation. In my bedroom I have boxes of prints from high school and college. Most of these photographs are not professional. Some I have taken, some others have taken. But, each image is a piece of a memory I want to remember.

People who hire me to take their picture are brave. They are brave and they understand the importance of remembering The Now. I don't love how I look in pictures (there, I said it) but I force myself to be in them because what if I am not here tomorrow and these snapshots are the main memories the girls have of me? I am in awe of the mother I photograph a week after she has her baby. She is letting herself be memorialized in a less-than-perfect physical state. She understands that someday that picture is going to make her smile. That picture will make her look at her husband and say, "Remember when…." And, I promise it will be followed by, "We were so young and THIN."

I have been working on this post for some time. It started around November. I got lost in what to say. Today I saw This Post. Please, PLEASE follow the link and read it. It says everything I have been wanting to say…but in a much more lyrical way.

The bottom line: All of my clients are so, SO brave for choosing to have their picture taken and so, SO wise for understanding the power of capturing their family right here and now.

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This is one of my favorite images of all year. She is BEAUTIFUL!

]]> http://www.picturemommy.com/blog/2011-retrospective-april/feed 0 2011 Retrospective: March http://www.picturemommy.com/blog/2011-retrospective-march http://www.picturemommy.com/blog/2011-retrospective-march#comments Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:15:47 +0000 marti http://www.picturemommy.com/?p=1789 March, March, March!

 

]]> http://www.picturemommy.com/blog/2011-retrospective-march/feed 0 2011 Retrospective: February http://www.picturemommy.com/blog/2011-retrospective-february http://www.picturemommy.com/blog/2011-retrospective-february#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2012 15:00:58 +0000 marti http://www.picturemommy.com/?p=1784 The 2011 Retrospective continues…February!

Reena is so gorgeous, I can barely stand it!


 

]]> http://www.picturemommy.com/blog/2011-retrospective-february/feed 1 They Had a Baby http://www.picturemommy.com/blog/they-had-a-baby http://www.picturemommy.com/blog/they-had-a-baby#comments Sat, 31 Dec 2011 13:05:33 +0000 marti http://www.picturemommy.com/?p=1780 She was really early, and tiny, and adorable. But most importantly, totally healthy. And, I have never seen happier parents.

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