Week 9
Blue Jay
February 27, 2011
On a shoot at the beginning of last week, we were finishing up and heading back to the car when this image presented itself. It's a lone Blue Jay atop the yet-to bloom branches of a tree overlooking our shooting area. One of my subjects commented "it's like my Dad is looking out for us". I presume his father has passed on, and seeing that we were shooting an engagement session, his comment was to imply that "Dad" was looking over the upcoming wedding in approval. How awesome is that?
Conversation on what happens to our loved ones after they leave us can and certainly would go in many different directions should that be the purpose of this post, which it's not. The imagery is powerful, however, whatever direction you take it, and while the details can be debated on the "if"s, "how"s and "why"s, I think it's undeniable that those we cherish do indeed live on, within us and in our memories. Whether you believe that is the only place they exist, or that they themselves can and do look out for you, or perhaps if you believe they are with One who does, it's comforting, reassuring, and somewhat humbling to consider.
Image taken with Canon 5DMII, 100 2.8L Macro lens, 1/100th sec @f 3.2, ISO 400
February 27, 2011
On a shoot at the beginning of last week, we were finishing up and heading back to the car when this image presented itself. It's a lone Blue Jay atop the yet-to bloom branches of a tree overlooking our shooting area. One of my subjects commented "it's like my Dad is looking out for us". I presume his father has passed on, and seeing that we were shooting an engagement session, his comment was to imply that "Dad" was looking over the upcoming wedding in approval. How awesome is that?
Conversation on what happens to our loved ones after they leave us can and certainly would go in many different directions should that be the purpose of this post, which it's not. The imagery is powerful, however, whatever direction you take it, and while the details can be debated on the "if"s, "how"s and "why"s, I think it's undeniable that those we cherish do indeed live on, within us and in our memories. Whether you believe that is the only place they exist, or that they themselves can and do look out for you, or perhaps if you believe they are with One who does, it's comforting, reassuring, and somewhat humbling to consider.
Image taken with Canon 5DMII, 100 2.8L Macro lens, 1/100th sec @f 3.2, ISO 400
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