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Title: The Value of Photos when Somebody Dies
Post by: tab62 on January 06, 2013, 22:38
My father in-law died yesterday night. He had been fighting with cancer for a few years and finally lost the battle. I wish I had taken more photos when he was a live and healthy.  Never under estimated how important a family or friend photo can be to preserve those precious moments in our lives ...


Tom
Title: Re: The Value of Photos when Somebody Dies
Post by: gillian vann on January 06, 2013, 22:41
so sorry to hear about this family loss, Tom. I couldn't agree more about how important it is to take pics of our loved ones. Often we only photograph the kids and the grownups have decades of being ignored.
Title: Re: The Value of Photos when Somebody Dies
Post by: Pauws99 on January 07, 2013, 06:23
Sorry to hear that I think sometimes we forget the non cash value of photos when focussing on Mstock
Title: Re: The Value of Photos when Somebody Dies
Post by: rubyroo on January 07, 2013, 09:16
Yes indeed - our losses give sparkling clarity to what really matters in life.  It's such a shame that it takes so much to learn such fundamentals.

So sorry to hear of your loss.  Take care of yourselves through these particularly difficult early days.  Be sure to eat, stay warm, share hugs, be patient, soft and kind to yourselves and eachother. 
Title: Re: The Value of Photos when Somebody Dies
Post by: aeonf on January 07, 2013, 10:58
I can relate.
I had my grandfather and his wife pose for us a large sum of business photos and portraits for IS using the canon mark II, my mother and I are very pleased indeed to have these photos in such high quality as he passed away recently.
Title: Re: The Value of Photos when Somebody Dies
Post by: lisafx on January 07, 2013, 11:02
My condolences to you and your wife, Tom. 

And thank you for the reminder.  I need to get busy on my project to begin doing portraits of the elderly people at my church.  I have been told many times by grieving families how much they value the portraits I have done of their loved ones, even though most of them were just snapshots. 
Title: Re: The Value of Photos when Somebody Dies
Post by: RacePhoto on January 08, 2013, 17:15
Quote from: lisafx on January 07, 2013, 11:02
My condolences to you and your wife, Tom. 

And thank you for the reminder.  I need to get busy on my project to begin doing portraits of the elderly people at my church.  I have been told many times by grieving families how much they value the portraits I have done of their loved ones, even though most of them were just snapshots.

Wow great community service and I'll bet it appreciated for a long time. Interesting project.
Title: Re: The Value of Photos when Somebody Dies
Post by: tab62 on January 08, 2013, 17:16
Thank you all!


Tom
Title: Re: The Value of Photos when Somebody Dies
Post by: lisafx on January 08, 2013, 18:41
Quote from: RacePhoto on January 08, 2013, 17:15


Wow great community service and I'll bet it appreciated for a long time. Interesting project.

Thanks Pete. Yeah, it's the first photographic project I've been excited about in a long time.  Seniors are great to photograph too.  So much life lived that shows up in their faces.  :)
Title: Re: The Value of Photos when Somebody Dies
Post by: gillian vann on January 09, 2013, 22:32
Quote from: lisafx on January 08, 2013, 18:41
Quote from: RacePhoto on January 08, 2013, 17:15


Wow great community service and I'll bet it appreciated for a long time. Interesting project.

Thanks Pete. Yeah, it's the first photographic project I've been excited about in a long time.  Seniors are great to photograph too.  So much life lived that shows up in their faces.  :)
what a lovely project, I should look into this also this year. my mil works in aged care so i'm sure she could make it happen.