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Candid Photography

Stefani Vader
2 min readMay 9, 2021

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Capturing The Real Moments

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Someone asked me when the last time we had a family photograph taken and I can honestly say over a decade ago.

Why?

A professional photography session is expensive for one thing, but the real answer is, I don’t want photos to see what we used to look like. I want real photos that bring back memories and capture who a person really is.

For example, in the picture above my son is getting a baseball signed. It makes me remember his smile when he caught the fly ball and how nervous he was to walk down and have it signed. I remember how he paid with his own money to buy a baseball stand and set it on a shelf where it stayed for years.

He was so proud of that ball.

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My other son is an animal lover. One of his favorite things to do is cuddle up with the dog and relax. He’s always cold inside and rarely is found without a hoodie. This picture captures his laid back personality.

What kind of memories can be captured by a professional shoot? Remembering the photographer say, “Stand here, lean more this way, put your hand here…”

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Stefani Vader
Stefani Vader

Written by Stefani Vader

Lover of reading and writing. Hater of retail work. Small fish in a big pond, learning as I go.

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