As you all know, recently, I launched my new website, timbarronphoto.com. I appreciate everyone that has visited the site and shown an interest in my photography.
I have made some changes and I thought it was getting to where I liked it. However, I am thinking of changing directions in my photography. I love taking photos of everything. I like the color and textures of flowers, the softness of snow on mountains. I truly love the beauty of nature, but one thing keeps coming back to me. The love of photographing my family. As a parent there is not greater joy, to me, than capturing that moment in time that maybe gone tomorrow or in 5 minutes. Believe me, I have a 13 year old boy and because they have to be "cool" all the time, the smiles and the true emotions he had when he was 4 and 5 are masked a lot of the time. However, when you do catch that moment of joy and fun spirit that he has, it brings me great happiness and the camera loves it. That is why I love taking photos of him playing sports or just out doing things away from others his age, especially 13 year old girls. As for the four year old, well they are easy. They have so much energy and life that any photo you take of them has the potential to be a crowd pleaser. My four year old loves to go out in the back yard and get his picture taken. A real camera bug that one.
Well, back to my direction change. Photos, to me, are all about emotion. I want to be the best at capturing that emotion. I thought that taking magnificent photos of flowers or landscapes would land me a million dollars because of the emotion that someone felt after seeing the image. Well, you must admit, that is like winning the lottery. Let's flip that emotion-less image of a flower to one of a child laughing and running on the soccer field or the frustration after that first strikeout in little league. That is the true emotion I have been trying to capture. Don't get me wrong, I still love taking photos of flowers, landscapes and still-life but I want to offer all of you my services as your family photographer. In the upcoming baseball season and track season I will have camera in tow shooting away and of course I will be at tiny tots soccer with my little guy with my camera capturing those emotion filled days that we as parents know slip away to fast.
I find it interesting that for the most part senior pictures are the only professional pictures that parents have of their kids other than the family pictures at christmas. I try to look back through my pictures from grade school, junior high and high school they are hard to find. The one that I find that means the most to me is the senior picture. Why? well perhaps it is because I had to pay for it. But, what if it was because someone other than mom and dad were making me feel like a star. There are other important milestones growing up in addition to being a senior in high school. Take a look around at some photographers in your area, they may not be as expensive as you might think. Most of the photographers will put a premium on weddings but not on senior or family packages. Like me for instance, my rate to cover a wedding is significantly higher than for a photo shoot with a family.
Over the next few days and weeks my website will be morphing again to reflect my vision of where I want to go in photography. The first thing on the site I will be changing is the pricing, that section of the site is shut down until I can adjust my prices to reflect a more family oriented pricing. Then I will get with that 13 year old of mine and we will revamp the site to appeal to all ages... I hope... Stay tuned and I will see you on the field and online.....
