Change, Transition and Planning

This weekend marks a big change for our family, home and portrait studio, one we knew was coming for years….. we have an empty nest, even the cat is leaving. Many of our friends, family and clients have experienced this moment too and for others this moment is years away.

It is change for sure and a transition for all of us. The kids are spreading their wings, meeting new people and best be going to classes. Rob and I will know where the car keys are, we won't have to guess who left dirty dishes in the sink at 1am or announce the day’s client schedule so the kids know when they need to lay low. Between the shopping and packing for two college kids, Elise has found herself lingering on the gallery of portraits displayed on the stairway wall. The gallery is one you can’t miss as you enter our home & home studio or anytime you go up or down the stairs. It is a visual story of our family, the WHY we do what we do professionally and one we are treasuring more than ever as our favorite subjects are now miles away.

Change and transition is upon us and certainly not limited to those who move young adults to college. Change and transition happen for families expecting their first child (or grandchild), seeing their child start 1st Grade, celebrating the start of a new job in a new state, a wedding, a medical issue and finding the nest empty. How do you celebrate these transitions? We, being photographers, create portraits of our family at milestone moments. We print them. frame them and display them in our home to remind us daily of what is important to us. Elise also preserves more day to day moments into scrapbooks.

For over two decades we have photographed our own family portrait sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The kids have been at home and they cooperate because they know it is important to mom. Don’t get me wrong, they do try our patience, but they are there and they enjoy the tradition. I am a planner and already seeing that our new reality will have fewer options for us to all be together for our annual portrait. We’ll figure it out, we’ll change things up and we will adjust because it is important, NOT impossible. Have a tricky situation too, but still want a family portrait? Give us a call, we can help, it just requires planning.

 What is important to you and how do you plan for it?

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