WHAT IS STORYTELLING PHOTOGRAPHY?
什么是“家庭纪实摄影”？
First, let me tell you what it’s not. It’s not about everyone dressed up in matching outfits, perfectly posed, looking straight into the camera with big staged smiles. – There’s nothing wrong with the traditional way of taking portrait photos. But when you look back at these pictures, what do you remember about your life at this point in time? Which part of you, or your kids’ personality came through?
As a mother, I know that each child is unique. Each family is unique. And our real life cannot be further from what’s portrayed in these “perfect” pictures。
Now, let’s sit back and look at your life as is. Which moment do you love? What do you want to remember? Maybe it’s the curve of your daughter’s lips when she is giggling. The naughty little lock of hair that always stands up straight on your boy’s forehead. The way the kids run to your husband when he comes home from work. A silly little game that never fails to makes your kids laugh. To me, these are priceless. We are missing out so much by leaving these important memories out of our family album, possibly lost and forgotten.
Please let me help your family tell the incredible story you have already so beautifully written. For you, for your children, and for their children. The laughter, the tears, the hugs, the crazy, the joy, the chaos…the love that shines through the everyday. Nothing is more important than documenting this, because many years from now, you’ll be able to walk right through these images to land at this very moment in time, and remember all these little lovely details that make you “you”.
Let me tell your story and show you the beauty of the everyday.
首先，让我告诉你什么不是“家庭纪实摄影”。全家人穿着相同式样的服装，摆着僵硬的姿势，在镜头前露出夸张的笑容，这不是“家庭纪实摄影”。——传统的肖像摄影方式无可厚非，但这些照片能勾起多少你对当下生活的回忆呢？哪里能体现出你，或者你的孩子的独特个性呢？
身为母亲，我知道每个孩子都是独一无二的。每个家庭都是独一无二的。我们的真实生活，和这些“完美”的照片所展现出来的大相径庭。
现在，让我们静下心来思考一下我们的生活。有没有某个小片断是你最享受的？你最希望能够记住那些细节？也许是你的女儿微笑时嘴角扬起的弧度。也许是你的儿子头顶上总是“鹤立鸡群”的一小绺顽皮的头发。也许是你先生下班回家时孩子们欢呼雀跃地奔向他的样子。也许是一个总能把你的孩子们逗得乐个不停的小游戏。对我来说，这些才是无价的。而我们却往往把这些珍贵的回忆遗忘在家庭影集之外。
你和你的家人早就写好了一个最动人，最独特的故事，现在，请让我来帮助你把它讲述出来吧。为你，为你的孩子，为你孩子的孩子。所有的欢笑，泪水，情感，拥抱……爱，就是这样点点滴滴地照耀着我们的生活。没有比记录这些生活片断更重要的了。因为多年之后，当你重温这些照片时，它们会把你带回到此时此刻的生活，让你记起所有这些独一无二的细节。而正是这些点点滴滴的细节，构成了我们温馨有爱的家。
请让我来讲述你的家庭故事，为你留住朝朝暮暮之间的至真至美。