After writing recently about how important I think it is to take photos of our loved ones, even if we feel a bit uncomfortable or anxious about ‘putting people out’ by getting them in front of the camera, I wanted to share a photography related quote this week, and after a good google search I came across this one that felt spot on to me:
“A photograph never grows old. You and I change, people change all through the months and years but a photograph always remains the same. How nice to look at a photograph of mother or father taken many years ago. You see them as you remember them. But as people live on, they change completely. That is why I think a photograph can be kind”
– Albert Einstein
And I think that in years to come, the way they are now will be how I remember them.
Which is why I’m so intent on taking photos of them together whenever I see them. I want to capture them as they are now. I want those concrete images (to go along with the potentially unreliable ones I have in my mind) of the people they are today.
My parents, happy, in love, relaxed, together.
Brilliant quote – one I’ve never heard before. And such beautiful moments captured, you can almost feel the love. I wonder what your mum was laughing at? I totally agree that it is important to capture these memories.
Thank you so much for your comment, and my Mum was laughing at something inappropriate my Dad had just said to her! x
That’s a really interesting quote and I now completely see what you mean about capturing someone as you remember them. I have unknowingly done this with Little Button, but should really do the same with my parents too. Stunning photos, especially of the one where your mum is laughing. #candidcuddles
I think we do it quite naturally with our children don’t we, but don’t always think to capture our own parents! And thank you, I do love these photos! x