“We need a 20×30 of just him by Saturday”, Carlyn told me, struggling to talk through her laryngitis. I would have to move fast: Crop him out of one of the family photos, do some editing, execute a Photoshop trick to get more pixels out of an image, get it printed and mounted by Friday evening.
The day before Thanksgiving of ’08, Carlyn had called, asking me to provide family photographs as the entire family was in town, and nobody knew how long her 91-year-old father would be around. Two days later, I got to photograph four generations of this wonderful family. We included many combinations of family members, including ones of just the patriarch and matriarch. It would be a photo of this long-married couple that I would use for the urgent 20×30.
When I went by Carlyn’s house the next week to pick up the easel I had lent them her mom was there, recovering from a broken pelvis. This newly widowed lady and I spoke for a few minutes. She then pointed across the room to the print they used for the memorial service and said, “Thank you.” She was so appreciative of my efforts. I was so glad to have been able to do it for them.
You do such fine work and back it up with such integrity and compassion! I’m so glad you’re my Honey!
Love, Bobbi
thats so sad! and amazing that he lived that long! great photos…..