Treasuring Those Special Moments

"Photographs have always been a great way to capture our memories and share them--but it hasn't always been that way."


With the holiday season passing--one more year of memories that we can't really go back and re-live. Or can we?

Probably the reason I enjoy photography--and a main reason I started an online Etsy studio--is to capture times that I have enjoyed--and have the opportunity to share them or relive those moments again.

We all have those special times we treasure--the birth of a baby, a wedding, graduation, an anniversary, our first date, etc.

Just like good art--photography captures not only what was--but also what we want it to be. It allows us to "airbrush" our lives to be seen as we see within ourselves.

It allows us to share our world as we want to see it--whether it be our family, business, nation or nature.

And through this "artistic" side of photography--we can express ourselves and also "showcase" those moments with others.

This really took hold of me when I had returned from Yellowstone with pics I had shown co-workers--and they would comment how much they liked them and would want a copy of them.

A photograph of a model home tacked to my cubicle helped me focus on earning enough to put a deposit down on my second home which I lived in for twelve years. It was a great motivator to have me imagine what would be if I worked hard enough.

It's the same reason good pictures can enhance & promote your business--whether it's through your website, an eblast, brochures, etc.

And just as a smooth sounding original LP doesn't have all the digital processing of CD's (if you're an audiophile), a beautifully edited, enhanced and enlarged photograph can be framed and featured in our office, business, study, rec room--where ever.

It wasn't really until a friend (who worked as a graphic designer) took one of my pictures of my cats and enlarged it to 16x20, then framed it--that I really began to appreciate the art of transferring a "photo" into a masterpiece.

I now have it featured in my home as guests come in the front door.

Talk about an instant conversation piece! And it's personal!

I have a friend who would call on a prospect--notice the photo's he/she would have in their office--whether it was family pictures or a fishing trip. He would begin his conversation asking about the picture.

They might talk for a half hour about the man's family, or his vacation where he hot air ballooned, or whatever.

He was building a friendship and repoire with a former stranger--who now feels like he's become a friend.

And it was through mutual interests they shared from a  photograph.

Today with quality photographic cameras, printers and enlargement capabilities--getting that masterpiece is very simple.

Of course--photography wasn't always viewed this way.

In Victorian England--with the advent of the daguerrotype, families would have post mortem pictures taken of their loved ones.

Because of the high childhood and infant mortality rate, this was a significant way to memorializing lost family members. In some cases, this was the only photograph that depicted the entire family together.

And it's true today--as all of us have experienced the loss of a loved one--why a photograph is something special to keep the memory of our loved one alive.

I know that for me--we took some pictures of my mother in 2000 at Christmastime. Three weeks later, she had passed and we used that last photo with a hand-written note of how she wanted to be remembered at her funeral.

To this day--I still keep it and look at it often. 

It reminds me of how thankful I am to have had a great mother and to have a keepsake to remember her by.

And that's really what photography can do in all area's of our life. Just as it did in Victorian England. 

It's also one reason I began Artisan Photo Services--for those who want to breathe life into a photograph and turn it into a masterpiece to cherish for a lifetime.

If you have a favorite photo or pic you'd like enhanced, edited and enlarged with the eye of an artist and the feel of a poet--visit: https://www.etsy.com/shop/VerlinStudios?ref=si_shop.

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