Olivia Brown wrote 01/12/2011 10:34 PM Tough photo shoot coming up... #311597 - 01/12/2011 10:34 PM
Olivia Brown Webboard User Reg: 09-13-2010 Posts: 220 Loc: Georgia Offline	I am a photographer and this weekend I have a very difficult photo shoot. I'm photographing a young single mother who is dying of cancer. I will be taking pictures of her and her 2 year old daughter. The mom has already started chemotherapy and is not expected to live longer than a month so I am very pressed for time. We will be shooting outdoors in a park near her home and I need some ideas that would make for some good pictures. The family is very poor and I'm doing these completely free, and since these are the only professional pics the little girl will have of her mom, I want to make them as moving and as special as possible. Any ideas for good poses or props? I'm planning on taking bubbles (blowing bubbles makes awesome pics) for them to blow together, I'm going to take some flowers for the little girl to give her mom...things like that but I could use some more ideas. "Vader" my 8 month mal
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Aaron Myracle wrote 01/12/2011 10:56 PM Re: Tough photo shoot coming up... [Re: Olivia Brown ] #311603 - 01/12/2011 10:56 PM
Aaron Myracle Webboard User Reg: 06-06-2008 Posts: 5062 Loc: WA, USA Offline	Is there water for skipping stones? If the girl is up for it, hanging upside down from a tree limb and giving her mom a kiss would be very nice.
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Barbara Schuler wrote 01/12/2011 11:25 PM Re: Tough photo shoot coming up... [Re: Olivia Brown ] #311615 - 01/12/2011 11:25 PM
Barbara Schuler Webboard User Reg: 01-15-2009 Posts: 5090 Loc: Lanexa Virginia Offline	Have them do something which the child can keep... Making impressions in plaster (what is the name of that craft plaster??) hands, feet, kisses... (careful on the kisses part). A photo of them doing something an object the child can later hold... Face painting each other... something messy and fun (toward the end of the shoot) Photo of mom writing a letter to her daughter... (toward the end of the shoot) Can you have an audio tape running (with mom's permission) so the child can hear her mom's voice in year's to come? My prayers will be with this young mom and her daughter. And you, as you work to give them both an experience of a lifetime.... but no pressure Olivia. What a privilege, Olivia. Truly a gift for the mom, her daughter, and yourself. I hope you can keep in mind, and believe, that regardless of how the next few months go, everyone will be okay. Even mom.
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CJ Barrett wrote 01/13/2011 12:25 AM Re: Tough photo shoot coming up... [Re: Barbara Schuler ] #311622 - 01/13/2011 12:25 AM
CJ Barrett Webboard User Reg: 04-19-2009 Posts: 1797 Loc: Offline	I’ve always been moved by those profile pictures, daughter looking up to mom, eyes connecting. Mom on a knee, looking up to daughter, beaming with pride. Fingertips touching, holding hands kind of shots. And everything Barbara said, how insightful and perceptive. Aaron too, those would be really neat. What a wonderful task you've been blessed.
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Lynne Barrows wrote 01/13/2011 09:24 AM Re: Tough photo shoot coming up... [Re: Olivia Brown ] #311642 - 01/13/2011 09:24 AM
Lynne Barrows Webboard User Reg: 09-22-2007 Posts: 2531 Loc: S. Florida Offline	Wow, Olivia, that is quite a responsibility. I also like an isolated shot of holding hands (close-up), or alternatively a holding hands while walking shot, taken as they are walking away (from behind)... Good luck with the shoot...
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Joyce Salazar wrote 01/13/2011 10:15 AM Re: Tough photo shoot coming up... [Re: Lynne Barrows ] #311650 - 01/13/2011 10:15 AM
Joyce Salazar Webboard User Reg: 02-28-2008 Posts: 2075 Loc: Dallas, Texas Offline	First of all, Bless your kind heart Olivia! It is such a precious gift you are giving this family. Photos are memories that are cherished for a lifetime. My niece lost her mother at the age of 7 years old, and she still has her mom's picture at her bedside (she is now 18) The picture is of her sitting on her mom's lap and they are both smiling and it is a wonderful picture, very genuine. I like the idea of the daughter getting to see her mom's smiling face, and getting reassurance of seeing her mom in happiness. I love all the other ideas mentioned too. One other thought that I had, is if you do get a fun/funny shot,( like Aaron's idea) that it would be cool to have that one made into a blanket. It would be a good memory as well as a comfort to her always. Because it will be these photos she will be needing to carry her through some tough days/ months ahead. I know it will be a hard day. But just know you are giving this little girl cherished memories forever. I so admire what you are doing. Joyce Salazar
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Betty Landercasp wrote 01/13/2011 01:08 PM Re: Tough photo shoot coming up... [Re: Joyce Salazar ] #311678 - 01/13/2011 01:08 PM
Betty Landercasp Webboard User Reg: 11-30-2009 Posts: 3724 Loc: minnesota Offline	My sister died at 24 (thyroid cancer) leaving a 2 and a 3 yr. old. As the girls became older they have really wanted to see photos of their mother up close so that they could really see what she looked like. As young adults they have become super curious about this. Death leaves a child with a feeling of abandonment. A photo that provides objective evidence that "my mother loved me--I can see in that in this picture" might help-- not so much now, while the child is a baby, but at some future time. IME. http://s922.photobucket.com/albums/ad67/Grasvaly/
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Kristi Molina wrote 01/13/2011 01:17 PM Re: Tough photo shoot coming up... [Re: Betty Landercasp ] #311680 - 01/13/2011 01:17 PM
Kristi Molina Webboard User Reg: 06-26-2010 Posts: 290 Loc: California Offline	I don't have any ideas for you, there were lots of great ideas above. But I just have to say this is an amazing gift you are giving this little girl. Got me very emotional. I lost my mom at 5 and could only dream of having pictures like this to look back on. What Betty said about the abandonment is very true. My heart breaks for this family. I am glad you are able to provide a day of fun and happiness for them in this hard time. Bless you for that!
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Dana Martin wrote 01/13/2011 01:20 PM Re: Tough photo shoot coming up... [Re: Betty Landercasp ] #311681 - 01/13/2011 01:20 PM
Dana Martin Webboard User Reg: 09-13-2010 Posts: 790 Loc: Bothell, WA Offline	Betty is completely right. My father died when I was about 5. My mother instructed my relatives to no longer speak of my father and she put away all pictures. I have no pictures of my father and I together and I didn't have any photos of him until I was a young adult. I've always felt like a piece of me was missing (and I'm now 53). Any photos that you can give her daughter that tell a story about her mother and her life with her mother will be cherished. It will bring a comfort to her that nothing else can. You are blessed with a great task and her daughter will be forever greatful to you when she's old enough to see the pictures and understand what a wonderful thing you did for them. My hat is off to you. God Bless. Here Decoy, Decoy, Decoy!
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Janet Foley wrote 01/13/2011 03:33 PM Re: Tough photo shoot coming up... [Re: Dana Martin ] #311693 - 01/13/2011 03:33 PM
Janet Foley Webboard User Reg: 07-09-2010 Posts: 336 Loc: Charleston, WV Offline	There is a picture that I snapped of my nephew just a few months before he passed while pumping gas of all things. He was looking right at me and smiling. It is so special to me...that expression. What a wonderful gift you're giving this family. I'm not familiar with how records are kept in photography, but given the daughters age, is there a way to keep these portraits on file long term somehow?...in case they are lost or misplaced?
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