People tend to think of all of the normal reasons and milestones to get professional photos taken.. Babies at specific stages, weddings, engagements, kids, high school graduations etc. This last week, I was lucky enough to shoot for another reason.. just because a couple was in love. A good friend of mine, Tara as many of you heave either read about, know yourselves or someday will hopefully be lucky enough to know, asked me to take some family photos. Among these photos, we decided to try some of just the two of them.. almost “engagement” style. What we ended up with is a great keepsake for them as a couple as well as their families. It got me thinking though, why not get photos taken of you as a couple for no real milestone? It’s an obvious decision for engagements, weddings, and then 25th or 50th Anniversaries? What about that gap? After seeing the en d result of the (maybe 10-15 minutes of shooting) session, I want these for my husband and I! … and for my parents, and my siblings and their wives, and for my friends. Have a look, and I hope you can see the bond and what makes these so important to them as a family and as a couple after almost 10 years of marriage. I think that any stage in a relationship, documenting through imagery is important and even if you don’t plan to share with the world, they are important for you to have as a memory. Guys, what a better gift for your wife for any reason than a simple photo session resulting in some great images she can keep forever. It’s not only the session, but the fact that you (if you’re anything like most of the guys I know) step out of your comfort zone and do something that you know she will enjoy and apprecaite. Sessions don’t have to be long, you don’t have to dress up, just be yourselves and ignore that I’m even around. You have total say in whether images are shown on my website, blog or facebook so you can be the only ones who know that a session even took place, but you will have forever memories for you and something your children and grandchildren will cherish.
Enough with the sales pitch, I’ll let the images do the rest of the talking! If you are interested in a session or more information, let me know! Email at jaime.salo@yahoo.com, call me at 218.639.1055 or send a message through my website at www.jaimesalophotography.com!
A splendid idea! I just realized the wife and I didn’t take ANY pictures of us together for our 10th [togetherness] anniversary this past weekend (even though we had cameras at hand the whole time). But now I don’t feel so bad since you made a good point that any time is a good time! When you look back at photos, it seems like the best memories occur on any regular day of the year, anyway.