Even with as much work as we do, it is not very often that we get a client as enthusiastic about their portraits as this one is. In 1997, we photographed Don and Katrina’s wedding. It was a lovely wedding with plenty of emotion and warmth.
Well, 12 years later Katrina called us and asked if we could enlarge a photo from her wedding. She had long wanted a large portrait from her wedding, but wasn’t ready to get it just yet.
When she visited to pick out the photo, I was delighted to meet two of her three children. It isn’t often that we get the opportunity to meet the children of our wedding clients.
We got to work on Katrina’s wedding selection and she also brought in the kids (all three: Ashley, Allison and Adam) for our Easter Portraits with a Lamb. It was great fun trying to take pictures of three young kids AND a live lamb. Well, that’s another story.
We delivered the large portrait from their wedding not long after the Easter photos. We had it sitting up on an easel in the reception area of our studio, and when she walked in it was right in front of her. She was very happy with it.
After she got it home and put it in place, she called. She was very grateful and wanted to thank us for the extra effort we put into the photo and the presentation. We were humbled, of course, because our biggest reward after delivering the photos is how people respond.
Well, tonight I got an email from her. Attached was the photo you see above. The text of her message follows:
“As I look at my wedding picture above my bed EVERY day (and several times at that:) I want to pick up the phone and thank you again. It’s the best! And I LOVE the picture of my kids you were able to capture for Easter- with ALL of them looking at the camera. We’ve had several compliments on both pictures I’ve mentioned. Did I tell you I took the wedding picture to work with me? They all LOVED it too:)
Thanks for making me smile several more times during the day as I look at these pictures.”
This gave us a big smile and a little tear to the eye.
So we had to share. 🙂