Why Be in Portraits with Your Children

1. Your children will want photos of you and them together in years to come.

Many young adults cannot understand why this is important until they become parents themselves. Why? When they become parents, their children will want to see photos of their mom with their grandmother. After all, that is the beginning of their legacy!

What will they find when they turn 25 and ask for photos of their mom? Will mom be "in" the photo? If not, it is already too late. So, make time now to be "in" portraits with your kiddos-there will never be a better time than today.

2. You are usually the one taking all the photos.

As we mentioned, moms are usually the record keepers of their family. Moms seem to be the main proponents in capturing travel photos, and documenting children and family's activities. Since moms are the ones taking the photos, they are not IN the photos with their family. My heart goes out to them because moms need to see and remember that they were at their son's first birthday, playing with him and celebrating that milestone. They need to see themselves at the park with their children, pushing their children on a swing, or swimming in the pool while on vacation rather than scrolling through photos on a phone seeing other family members in each image.

Mom, you did go on that vacation. You were at your son's birthday party. And, yes, you were pushing your kiddos on a swing enjoying the time at the park.

Just because you are the unofficial family historian does not mean no photographs should exist of you.