“What inspires you to photograph…”

June 21, 2018

“What inspires me to photograph…”
By: Mandy Culbertson

First of I’ll start this by saying welcome to our little space on the internet! This is a new thing for us here at Millshots Photography. Myself and Bart will be making a weekly blog for our clients and viewers about our every day experiences, things we are passionate about, and our little tips on photography! We hope you all get to know us a little better and come to enjoy this blogging experience!

I’ve chosen the topic “what inspires me to photograph”. Which I’m now regretting. Haha. It can be a very simple answer or it can be a deep emotional novel. There is definitely no right or wrong answer.
I think what inspires me the most is motherhood. I have a daughter, (Allie Jo-4) And a son,(Ethan-16).

I don’t believe I truly understood love until they came along. There is something so very magical about it, And I think capturing them as they grow is important. They are forever changing and growing. Their looks, their personalities.
I love documenting our life as a family. The true beauty in unconditional love. I’m blessed to have the ability to hold moments in time. To create memories that they can look back on one day and see how blessed and happy they are.
The love between a mother and her children is amazing and stunning to me. The little moments mostly.
Those times you are just sitting in your chair and your 4 year old starts having a conversation with you but all you see are the tiny details in her eyes. Her little button nose. How the light hits her hair so perfectly. How did we create such a beautiful little thing?! THOSE MOMENTS of love that I can’t explain inspires me.

I want to be able to pause time for just a second and remember every detail I see and never forget.
Photographing those moments mean everything to me. And I want to be able to do the same for other mothers. Capturing moments otherwise forgotten in time. I think it is such a blessing to have the trust and privilege to provide family’s the same emotion and detail I see in my children, in theirs.