What's holding you back?

Welcome to the digital age folks! And welcome to a world where time is money, money is time, and both are fleeting like wild geese. 

Welcome to an economy where no-name brand food is legit, and Premium gas is no longer an option. 

Welcome to a time when kids are growing faster than your gray hair. Or wait... is that the other way around??? I forget.

Its hard to save for those important moments in life. 

Trust me, I know first hand.  You're always and constantly worried about paying for this or that in the future.  But, let's all face it -- a lot of those things will shortly fade away.

Memories, however, have more of an impact on us.  

And its easier to hold tight to those memories when we have something tangible to hold on to.

I haven't always loved photography, and to be honest, I haven't always appreciated photographs (of any kind). 

The Top 10 Personal Photographic Mistakes I've made thus far:

#1.  Not having maternity pictures made.

#2. Not having engagement pictures made.

#3. Taking "newborn" pictures at dare I say it... AHH, okay... Walmart (runs away in shame).

#4. Getting pictures done at Picture People.

#4.5: Wearing THE ugliest wardrobe. (Nothing was matching in any shape or form).

#5. Not realizing how "in personal" chain store studios are. (luckily, a good friend took our pictures, and was peppy and made us laugh)

#6: Not having sent out personalized Christmas greeting cards every year. (this is a big issue for me. lol And this past year was the first year we've done it, and it def won't be the last)

#7: Caring that I was too fat to have pictures done. (this past Christmas, I finally said, "WHAT THE HECK!!" Aislynn will hate me for it later, if not. lol)

#8. Not investing in a personalized session that truly captures who we are as the "Ayala Family". 

(before this past Christmas, this was unheard of)

#9. Not printing out images.  Lord knows, I have about 15,000 images on my computer, disc, hard drives, that have yet to see the glorious face of a actual printer)

#10. Promoting the importance of photographic art (memories), and not following in the same foot steps, myself. (tsk tsk. I know. I know.)

And I'm sure there are plenty plenty more!

Money is tight right now, but just think of the times when you have looked back and seen photographs of you when you were small.  Kissing your mother on the cheek, and being swung up in the air by your daddy.  All of these memories wouldn't be as pleasingly possibly without that camera to capture that specific moment in time, and freeze it forever. 

My husband and I have saved up and invested lots of time into a session we are soon to embark upon next month by the fabulous fabulous Clayton Austin. We haven't had pictures made in a very very long time, and we've never had pictures made that tell our story. 

So what are YOU waiting for? What's your reason for not having family pictures hanging on your wall? What's your reason for not having scheduled a personalized family session? Or even one for your kiddos?

If you're interested in booking a session with DreamTree, please feel free to email me, or hit the contact tab up top on the blog. I'd love love love to be apart of your special memories, and I consider myself incredibly blessed to be able to travel even a bit into a glimpse of your journey in life. 

Love and Dreams, 

Casey