www.lovinglegacyphotography.com

mike is a fabulous DJ we had the privelege to work with at several weddings, where we grew to respect and really like him and his beautiful wife, victoria.  when they shared with us during a reception that they were expecting their first lil’ one, we giggled and danced with them… and then even more so when they asked us to do their maternity session.  (okay, angela giggled and danced…) 

anywhoo, when victoria agreed to be brave and creative and play with us on the beach, anna and i couldn’t wait. 

when we say, “loving legacy,” we mean not just yours, but ours, too.  as homeschool parents, we consider our family business to be part of our kids’ education.  you’ll often find one of our own to be assisting us… they’re learning photographic art and technique alongside their parents, and we’d be thrilled if someday they take us over. 

 i’m so spoiled to get to “work” with clients like this, and with my tiny little girl, who doesn’t just help me, but is developing a creative voice all her own, with growing technical skills to match.  pretty soon, i’ll be assisting her.  can’t wait!

i’m proud to be your mama, sweet girl.  it’s an honor to work alongside you. 

 and one more momma-word: our girl doesn’t just stand over my shoulder.  these images are her own composition and even posing… all manual exposure on our professional equipment. 

and now, the slideshow mike and victoria requested for their baby shower.   

can’t wait to meet you, baby-girl!  if you’re half as pretty as your mommy and kind as your daddy, they’re going to need bodyguards.

hugs!  {{–miss angela and anna}}

we don’t tell everyone this, but it’s true: we were NEVER going to photograph weddings.  scary stuff, we thought, spending someone’s “forever-day” with them, and being trusted with the high privelege of capturing the most important moments.  but the thing is, we’re addicted.  we’re addicted to the look in a woman’s eye when she discovers she’s truly beautiful, and she sees it reflected in her groom’s eyes.  we’re hooked on the tenderness of a dad’s glance when he sees his baby-girl living out her fairy-tale dream.  we like sneaking kisses ourselves and serving families and capturing first glances and hearing secret “i love you’s” and on it goes… it really is a blessing for us to shoot a wedding together.

so it’s an incredible gift when someone takes the time to say, “thank you…”  because it’s our brides and grooms and their amazing families and friends who we thank.  and yet, this amazing bouquet arrived at our door this week, during one of the most trying times since we’ve started our business… computer issues have us behind, and travel has kept us apart, and then this.  a literal breath of fresh air; a bundle of sunshine gracing our desk, its aroma literally keeping me awake in the wee hours as we work on images.

n. and j., you know you own a little piece of our hearts, but this gift finds us once again hoping our children are watching the OTHER people God puts in our lives, and praying that they will be gracious and kind like you… heck, we’re praying that WE can be so good.  thank you, thank you, and we love you!  (and here’s to photographing your babies in the years to come.  )

xoxo!  brian and angela

going through some wedding images to post to gallery, i found this.  we’ve made it a tradition to always “shoot each other” while we’re shooting.  i don’t love being in front of the lens (as much as i do tv and live theatre, lol!), but i love capturing the handsome man i said “i do” to, fifteen years and five kids ago.  and i love, love, LOVE that i get to work alongside him in a profession we’ve both fallen in love with.  i think our “mush” with each other adds to the “mush” we capture in weddings and family sessions! xo, honey!

ps – and THIS is how i’ve been kept sane all these years.  and how i stay (somewhat) relaxed on a session.  this man is really, really funny.  i like him. 

have you made anyone giggle today? 

hugs! –angela

this is really why we do what we do.  i have almost no photos of my childhood.  brian’s mom has been precious to scrapbook much of his.  but being parents, and now grown-ups (ha!) it has become vitally important for us to capture as much as we can of the sweetness of life.  we desperately desire to pass on the legacy God has given us of His love and faithfulness and future-hope that is made visible to those around us when we live it out.

the name “Loving Legacy” is truly the expression of our hearts both as artists and as a business.  we desire to help you take this moment, the one that never comes back, and pinpoint it in your memory.  to create, in partnership with you, art that expresses who you are and pass it down “from generation to generation.”

we had some play-time with our five this week, finally taking a moment just for us within a busy (and thankfully so!) season of family-sessions and Christmas-cards.  it’s been a whirlwind of a couple months with hard-to-keep-up-with expansion (and thank you so much to our clients for your trust, your referrals, and your patience with galleries and deliveries!), unexpected job transition, unexpected blessings, and of course, our five totally-wonderful, loud and crazy, sweet-spirited life-gifts.

from our crazy family to yours, here’s to creating new memories in the new year.  to celebrating the love of family, and capturing moments that fly by when we blink.  to giving of ourselves to the next generation, passing on memories of silliness and sweetness and tenderness and to the breathtaking-wonderfulness of every single day.  and most of all, with thankfulness to our Papa-God, who has poured out every good blessing through His son Jesus, whose birth we celebrate at Christmas and all year. 

every moment matters!

all our love, The Sackett Seven!

this photo was nestled into a client session i was working on this morning, and it reminded me again of the journey our family has been on, and of the lessons we are continually learning.  (by “we,” i mean me, my broken, ambitious, impatient, self-centered-but-desiring-God’s-heart momma-self). 

a few years ago i fell in love hard.  the object of my affection was a little piece of technical equipment designed to help one capture fleeting moments and preserve them, presumably, for future recollection.  my camera soon became the object of my obsession, and then had to be replaced for a bigger, faster, more adaptable one.  before long, there came the opportunity to use that camera to add to our family’s income, and i had more reason to tinker, to upgrade, to stay up all hours learning how to use it in newer, more innovative, and more technically correct ways.  i often frustrate at all that i do not know about my camera, but i love that i can use it to help others collect and keep their fleeting moments, too.  i love that this piece of technology, which is so elusive and captivating to me in its possibilities, can become an instrument used to display my Papa’s beauty in people, in places, and in emotions.

in the beginning it was my obsession.  by this i mean i didn’t want to share it.  this little thing called selfishness so easily rules my heart, especially as a homeschooling mama, and i reason, “i share everything with them.  they get all my time and energy and i deserve something just for me.”  ironically, that “me” thing is also what i want to use to “leave a legacy” through the images it captures; the “me” part interferes with its proper use.

after prodding and hinting and all-out begging, i gave in and handed over my precious, and allowed my children to give it a go.  i was amazed at their ability to pick up the technical aspects more quickly than i can and their unique perspective of the same things i observed.  and soon, my thing became our shared love.  even my dear husband has become interested in the art of photography, and i am in awe of his vision as his technical knowledge grows.

all this to say that sometimes, our Papa gives us a gift that He intends us to use for His glory, and we allow it to replace Him.  we allow it to supercede the importance of those He has given us to love, and we allow it to consume the energy He intends us to lavish on loving Him.  it is my constant battle to balance honoring Him by honing the art and craft, with setting it aside and washing his feet with my hair.  sometimes i do that by reading His love letter to me; sometimes it is in listening to another artist’s musical renderings of a love affair with Him; sometimes it is just in sitting at the little beat-up wooden school table and helping my twelve year old with his long division.  and yes, sometimes it is in handing over my camera equipment to allow my children to leave a legacy of their own.