The Triple Wedding!!

I had a unique opportunity this past week to be a part of a very special shoot. I had a mom come to me and tell me she wanted a picture of her 3 daughters in their wedding dresses even though they all had already had their weddings and been married at least 2 years or more. I did at first think "why", but I never question anything or any reason someone wants a photograph because they are the link to our past. She had a definite reason. After talking with her for a while I learned that her 3 girls that were 5 years apart were EXTREMELY close. Anytime they would go on a long trip when the girls were little they would sit in the back seat and plan their weddings and always said it would be a "unprecedented triple wedding". Well it did not happen that way, but mom has very special memories of all of those trips listening to her little precious girls plan their weddings. So to her it made sense that she wanted a fun loving photo of them in their dresses. Nothing formal  - just casual and spirited. The mother received a lot of flack from not only her girls but from her friends and co-workers. They would say things like," it's over , it's in the past, just let it go." I must commend mom for sticking up for what she wanted, because this is her memory and special to no one but her. That is one reason I am so passionate about what I do... you can't get yesterday back. Mom had a special reason for her special memory... how can anyone argue that.