08/25/2026
Six years can change a lot.
Sometimes you don't realize just how much until you put two photographs side by side.
Six years ago, I photographed my friend Lauren and her family. This summer, our families spent a weekend together at Green Lakes in Fayetteville, NY, and I had the chance to photograph them again.
Looking back at the photographs from their first session and comparing them to the new images was pretty incredible.
The kids aren't the same little kids anymore. Their faces have changed. Their personalities have developed. They're becoming their own people.
And I realized that the photographs aren't just documenting how much they've grown.
They're also documenting how much I've grown as a photographer.
The way I work with light, direct families, look for natural interactions, and capture the little moments between the traditional portraits has changed, too.
That's one of the things I love about photography: you never stop learning, and families never stop changing.
An updated family session doesn't mean the old photographs aren't important. Those images still capture who your family was at that moment.
The new photographs simply add another chapter.
So if it's been several years since your last family portrait session, go pull out those old photographs.
Look at them.
Then look at your family today.
How much has changed?
I wrote about this session, my weekend at Green Lakes with friends and family, and why I think updating your family photographs is so meaningful.
Read the full post here:
https://www.redesignwithme.us/post/green-lakes-family-photo-session-updating-family-memories
It had been a very long time since I had seen Lauren’s family all together, and when I did, I couldn’t believe how much the kids had grown. When I look back at the photographs from the previous session and then look at these new images, the difference is incredible.
