Contest Entry | Laura

I was honored to do Thomas and Julia's first professional portraits. Both of these sweeties have had a long and winding road after being born prematurely, but you'd never know it, as they are two of the happiest children you'll ever meet. It warms my heart to see their images of their smiling faces, and I hope the images hung in their home will be a reminder to their mom and dad how much they all have overcome!

Once in a while someone will say to me that they don't want to do portraits because their little one is changing so fast. That's exactly WHY to do portraits! Everyone's family is in a constant state of change and growth, but someday you'll want to remember who you are as a family NOW, and who your child was and their place in your family at this time of your lives. Isn't that what portraits are all about?

Here is what Laura had to say about her pictures:



My pictures of your pictures do not do them justice! Seriously don’t know how to explain to you what these pictures mean to me. I look back at where we started and can’t believe where they are now. They images are sooooooo beautiful!

These are the ones I have hung up right now - need to get frames for the others yet. The 3 picture display can be seen from our living room. Our bedroom is off of the living room and there is a mini-hallway to the bedroom. The pictures on hung on that wall. The frame in the middle of their pictures has this on it ...

"For a long time, there were only our footprints and laughter in our dreams and even from such small things, we knew we could not wait to love you forever."

The other display was hard to take a picture off. The big wall hanging in on the wall in our computer nook and their pictures are part of that. I had to take 2 pictures to get the whole thing.