Lyman Family Portrait - First Holy Communion

special days come and go and tomorrow brings yet more to cherish and celebrate. often i am overwhelmed with beauty and often i am reminded how very special a gift we all have in our children. the lyman family is a family with an abundance of "special gifts". i really enjoy meeting families through our photography because i learn more about people and their traditions than i could in any other way. the oldest daughter will be celebrating her First Holy Communion and i have been honored to etch her vision of grace forever on film. during the entire session i was reminded how very quickly children grow up and how our children mirror the very things we hold dear to our hearts; love, respect, peace, joy and honor. i say this because as i was leaving i was reminded by a little voice in my ear (my mother's) to say good-bye to all whom i have met. -love, respect and honor- for it is they who have honored me with sharing of themselves to do what i do. -with a whole lot of joy and i am at peace knowing that my talent is an extension of who i am and who i have become. it never seems to amaze me how by photographing a family in their home i can capture a spirit that can never be unveiled any other way. just the comfort and security alone that a home offers a family during, to most, an event that is so monumental really allows me to photograph a true and pure PORTRAITURE of an individual or of a family.