Weekend   Photographers

The camera helps tell a story sometimes.  One instant, irreversible moment at a time...in time... that we can share with others or hold dear to our own heart alone. Photography seizes little bits of history...that our future generations can see and hopefully understand the times we live in now...and lived in "back then". Wordless and motionless, pictures reflect the beauty, vulnerabilities, passions and absolute truths of nature and mankind.

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Photos in the media shockingly and sadly reminds us of the existence and evidence of hatred, anger, envy, vengence and the destruction created by warped, evil minds in the world. Our own photos, thankfully, shows us the love, friendships, caring, emotions, age progressions and vitality of our family, friends and children...and our children's children.   It chronicles our lives & events and the lives & events of those people and things around us, giving us tangible proof of our existence.

Imagine not having visual aids (photos or videos)  when remembering people and places from our past.  Eventually our memory weakens and gets fuzzy or even totally eludes us. Computer images are a wonderful thing but a photograph that you can hold in your hand, and pass on to your children or grandchildren, is a treasured possession. Precious are those pieces of shiny paper!  The images of our loved ones, that we hold so dear.

2000 Civil War Reinactment in Virginia. Photograph by Amy Mitchell.

Moments Captured, that will live on beyond us, and our Children too. Simple everyday things or Special Day memory photography are both so very important. We should always try to have our cameras handy for such moments.

When loved ones pass on, including the animals in our lives, part of our grieving process is remembering. Photos, bitter sweet though they may be, help us through the process. They  can ease the suffering, loneliness and pain. When we move to a new home, a friend moves away  or we change jobs we are sometimes caught in an emotional darkness for a time. Looking at old photos of the "way we were" helps heal the wounds of a broken heart, lightens our sadness and even through tears, can brings smiles and laughter back into our lives.

KATCOMPANY

1979 Greg & Kat