In-Studio Portraits | The Nash Family

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Feb 7

Written By Abbie

We are now in the month of LOVE, so I want to show some love for the FAMILIES I photographed last year.

Nothing shows your family how much you love them like hanging a wall portrait in your home. You see it every day and it reminds you - and everyone in the photo - just how important you are to each other, how precious time is and how fleeting a season can be.

Last summer Mary called me and wanted her family photographed. With one child in college already and the other in the middle of high school (don’t blink - the high school years FLY by!), Mary didn’t want to wait another season. Plus, according to the questionnaire she filled out before the session, in their previous family photos “I had less children and more hair.” (That’s actually one of the answers she checked… can you relate?)

More importantly, she was celebrating a milestone birthday. Portraits really are the perfect birthday gift to give yourself! She had the right idea…and she will never forget her birthday gift.

family of four wearing black posting together smiling at Stories Framed Photography studio

According to Mary, her son Connor and husband Ken both had the same opinion about family photos: they wanted to be done with the photo session “yesterday”. But, in an effort to demonstrate their incredible intelligence, they both agreed to doing the photos to simply make mom happy. Well, good job boys! You’re not alone, first of all, and second of all, this bit of goodwill for mom will go a LONG way.

She wanted two different looks, one more formal (check!) and one more casual. In fact, this portrait will be displayed in their living room. (not their actual house in the photo)

comfortable looking living room displaying family photo by Stories Framed Photographyon the wall

But wait…. hang on…. don’t tune out yet! There was an extra special guest in my studio that day. A beautiful, furry and very well behaved guest named Cookie joined in on the family photos!

Australian sheepdog with heterochromia smiling in Stories Framed Studio

I could stare into Cookie’s mutli-colored eyes forever. Oh, yes, this sweet pup had me at “woof”. I had to literally snap myself out of the dog-trance and pay more attention to the people!

Oh, here’s a pop quiz: can you guess whose dog it is?

blonde woman hugs her Australian shepherd dog kneeling down on the floor

family of four posed smiling and hugging along with their brown and white dog

dog sits in turquoise chair with family of four gathered around their pet sitting and standing

family of two parents two teenagers and one dog sit on the ground smiling together

I’m so thrilled that I could help this beautiful family fill their walls with new portraits. I hope you still love your photos… and keep enjoying them for years to come.

P.S. Tell Cookie hi!

formal portrait of family of four with two parents and two teens — CLICK to view their family Time Capsule video

Is it time - or perhaps PAST time? - for updated family photos? Let’s talk about what you would like to do, where you want to go and how you wish to display these new portraits. Visit the FAMILY page and start the conversation today!

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