In my photography I focus on the truth that I have come to know about God and people. That we are made in His image to reflect His glory. No matter what our circumstances, appearance, whether we've lost that baby weight or not...there is something glorious in all of us because we were made in His image, and that is what makes a picture breath-taking to me. I prefer simple, yet stunning pictures - not highly-posed, stylized or accessorized. My style is laid-back and genuine. My family portraits focus on relationships between people. I use few, if any, props. I go into each session looking for whatever is unique to the family or individual, and what they will want to remember in the years to come.
Here is a good example from my own life, though I cannot take credit for actually taking these pictures! In May I begged my husband to take some pictures (he is a very talented photographer!) of me with our girls, going about our normal routine. At the time, we had a few unique things that we were doing that I wanted him to capture. If you're a mom too, you can identify with my feelings. There are so many times during my day that I think, "I wish there were someone else here to share this with," or "I just need to burn this into my memory so I never forget how special this is." Pictures are a powerful way to do that. I remember from childhood, looking at pictures and "remembering" things that I couldn't possibly actually remember! I hope these pictures do that for my children. Someday we'll talk about how sweet E was to Bugger when she was an infant, and maybe that will strengthen their bond because they have "memories" of loving each other.
This first one was about the last time I nursed my youngest, Bugger. My older daughter, E, liked to climb up on the arm of the glider, put her arm around my shoulder, and together we would dote on the little Bugger. E is such a little mama! Obviously, this was something that only lasted for a short season of our lives, but I wanted something for them to look back on and "remember" how sweet they were to each other!
E and I were in the habit of having Tea Time together and reading books. We read Charlotte's Web and she was enthralled with Templeton, the rat. Here we're doing our morning Bible Story from a book that I think will become a family classic for us. Tea Time is something we don't do often any more, but I hope it's something that we'll take up now and again as my children get older.
This is a prime example of why waiting to have your pictures taken is not a good idea. Bugger got "fangs" as we affectionately called them - her side 2 teeth came in before her middle ones. But I didn't get around to it fast enough and this is the only picture we have of that stage - after the middle ones came in. Oh well. You can still kinda see that the sides are longer than the middles - fang-ish, right?
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Ashley Netzer
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