On the first of January this year, Joel and I sat down to discuss where we wanted this business to go, especially since we were both now fully invested in it while we bring up our little family. We both agreed that no matter what type of session we were doing, all we wanted was to just be truly honest with ourselves and to capture things that are dear to our hearts. Love. Family. Relationships. The Real Stuff.
The portrait side of my business has never really been defined. I accept the occasional booking where I can but after bending to a few too many ‘standard family portrait’ requests, I realised it wasn’t where my heart was at. I wanted to be able to bring my portrait photography beyond the typical to something people connect with, and starting the year off with Tyler’s first day of school coverage was testament to how much we love this type of work. Hanging out with the Mason family to document a little afternoon in their lives brought me the same joy, and I hope to be able to do more and more of these types of sessions this year, for those who give me the honour of sharing in a little bit of their lives.
It doesn’t need to be a ‘perfect’ session (who’s perfect anyway?), it just needs to be real. And that’s what it was with the Masons. In the couple of hours I shared with them, there were crazy squeals and tummy-aching laughter, and tears, and sooks, and everything in between. It was just a little window into the blessed life they lead, with three little boys under their wings and another little munchkin on the way.
You might know Ronnie, she is the amazingly gifted lady behind Pink Ronnie and she constantly inspires me with her dutiful journal keeping and super time management skills. I think I also learned more than a thing or two about parenting watching her and her husband Rick with the boys. Thank you guys for letting me come and hang out. Thank you for opening your home and your hearts to be captured on camera, and thank you for reminding me and many others just how precious our children are, and how special it is to capture a little part of it, before we blink and it’s there no longer…
And because this post is about being honest with myself, I will shamelessly put a plug out there to say pretty please drop me a line if you’d like to have something like this captured for your family, it would make me a very happy little lady. Much love! xo
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In love. Thank you so much for capturing a slice of our family life for us…
These are beyond precious.
Ronnie xo
Amazing! I love these. Truly a slice of beautiful, unique, touching, rough, real family life. Wishing you all the best with getting more of these types of dream jobs = once day you may be doing one for me ;)
and as an aside, ummmm how AMAZING is their home decor!? love all the olive furniture, pop colours and textures!
Trish & Joel,
I have been following your eyes (read: photographs) for years now and every frame brings me immense pleasure. I don’t know you personally, nor have I had the fortune to work with you, but to see your business expand, your art develop and your family grow really warms my heart. Congratulations and thank you for extending your talent to capturing this stage of life. With every picture, I learn a little bit more about my own life and thus you are both truly masters of art. I look forward to many more entries and the opportunity to someday share my family’s life with you. x
Oh these are beautiful – you’ve become such an amazing storyteller Trish. I love the simplicity, intimacy and genuineness. Thank you (and Ronnie) for reminding me that the everyday is just as important as the ‘big’ days in life and is in itself a milestone…(worth capturing of course!). xx mel
Absolutely beautiful work. This is the type of photography I hope to be able to capture someday… the true essence of a family. <3
Ronnie is one hell of a lady… and those boys of hers! Oh wow, so precious. I can not imagine how much fun you must have had that day. :)
Beautiful imagery. Truly… amazing. You definitely captured their essence… and love for one another. But those last three shots… Oh my, they had be bawling. They really do speak volumes. Gorgeous work!!
As I scrolled through the wonderful images and before I got to the text, I thought something was very different and true enough, I was right. I LOVE what you did and will continue doing, and the heart behind it :)
just lovely ! loving this new direction this portrait side of your photography is taking off to, Trish! Can’t wait to see more :)
Absolutely beautiful pictures of a gorgeous family and home, very inspiring!
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These are something wonderful! :)
xx
Justine
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