Thanks to Pottery Barn for this image....love the photo! More than just the delicious table setiing and the glorious colours, this shot reminds me to catch the details.
I love wedding photo collections that show not only the bride and groom and their attendants, but the ones that show the flowers and the jewellry and the table settings that someone spent so much time putting together.
This same paying attention to detail can apply to any event or thing that you are photographing....birthday parties: make sure to include the cake and the beautifully wrapped gifts, as well as of course, the guest of honour.
Granmas' house: I have of course lots of photos of my grandmother, but on my last visit (after she had passed away) I took photos of the old yellow patterned lino (that I used to lay on and trace with my finger as a child); the bleached white and so, so smooth floor boards (great for sliding on in socks!), the driveway (the oh so steep driveway that had us all huffing and puffing as we came back from a walk) and its pebbles; the creek with the cold mountain water where we spent many summer afternoons on our annual "holiday at Granma's". The rattly old bridge - I can't capture the sound on film, but the image of it brings back the sound that it made when driven over, as clear as if I were there now. Those little details that we might forget over time.
The images, when collected together, be it on a scrapbook page, or photo album or photo book, fill out the memories of that occassion, fill out the story. (a bit like that story about placing big rocks in a glass jar, and thinking there was no more room, but then filling the jar with small pebbles, and finally sand)
And just before I go, it has occurred to me that another month has gone by, so I must go through my photo files and select my favourites for my pictorial monthly review! :-)
