Nowadays, you can take digital pictures instantly and document your entire life with a click of a button. In the early nineties, my family used those plastic disposable cameras where you go into a drug store and get the photos printed. Remember those? Well I do. My mom took as many pictures of my sisters and I when she could. We have albums full of them. Because they are tangible copies and not digital, they have a certain timeless quality in them that make them special compared to the abundance of digital photos stored on my hard drive or backed up in a cloud. They are instaneous, unfiltered, and literally a snapsot of life.
One of those tangible portraits I loved were our old one hour photo studio family portraits that you can see in this
post from last year. Since then, I think it's become a thing to take a family portrait when we are all together. During Thanksgiving we set out to do it again.
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| The matriarch, sisters, husbands and signifanct other, aunt, uncle, and cousins. |
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| We have a silly side too! |
I still find it hard to believe my mom had five daughters! The thought of parenting and being responsible for even one human life freaks me out. I still have a hard time being responsible for my cat! But I am so glad my mom did. Having four older sisters is amazing. They are my very best friends and know me better than I know myself. We are all so different and unique, but the same at heart, and it's all because of my mother.
How fun! ^_^ I absolutely love that you all color coordinate like that! My uncle always tries to take pictures whenever we're all together, but we haven't had an officially family portrait in about 15 years!!
ReplyDeleteOh gosh! 15 years? You guys need to make one pronto! It'll mean so much to you guys to have that snapeshot in time!
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