When you’re driving to your photo session and your client texts, “We have an issue…,” it RARELY ends well😂 But come to find out, the issue— the field we were about to shoot in being FLOODED by an open fire hydrant— was actually a blessing in disguise. You see, there’s this MAGIC that happens when sunlight and spraying water mix, and I doubt I’ll ever be this lucky again💦☀️🌫 What we were unexpectedly given was this ethereal backdrop of mist, fog, shadows and light—and the results could not have been more heavenly!✨

However, the second we sauntered into the forest, both children began to meltdown😭😩 (I know, I know, every parent/photographer’s worst nightmare during a photo session). But no, I didn’t put down my camera. No, I didn’t stop shooting. 
Instead, when it seemed like all was lost and our session was doomed— my client, a single mother of two— scooped up her precious babies and started to comfort them in a way only a mother can. 
She didn’t yell. 
She wasn’t angry. 
She sat down in the soft grass and soothed them with her gentle voice, holding them close through every tear. 
And yet again, the sunlight shined brightly upon them, illuminating her selfless love and unexplainable strength.

Now, I’m not one who enjoys having her plans turned upside down or uncontrollable crying to occur during a session, but let me just say, if you can make lemonade out of lemons— looking for the GOOD in every situation, you might end up with the most stunning, unpredictably heartfelt moments. 
For most of us, seeing the beauty in EVERY circumstance does not come naturally— But doing so DOES change us and makes us not just better photographers, but better humans.

Finding the light in the darkness, staying calm amidst chaos and remaining patient under pressure—TOGETHER with my client—took this session from absolute ruin to one of the most meaningful I can ever recall♥️ (09.26.19)