This fabulous photo was submitted by Dana Olhsen of Georgia. Dana and I have been friends for many years and she’s at the forefront of her journey as a photographer. It’s so exciting to see her grow and learn and basically KICK BUTT! She will go far in her career if she chooses. These are some of her thoughts on the beauty of life.
First off, life is SO BEAUTIFUL with Marcel Walker in it. I’m so blessed to have her generous and vibrant little self in my life. I would like to thank her for so much support and encouragement in our friendship and photoshop along the way-i heart her very much. I’d also like to thank her for letting me share a photo on something that makes life beautiful to me.
Of course the images in our photography help slap us in the face or give us a little tap on the shoulder to awaken all sorts of wonderful feelings and emotions, good or bad tucked in the pockets of our hearts. I honestly can say I embrace every aspect of life… the smile and the tears, the sun and the rain, including all of the funky and whackadoodle times I’ve endured-it’s all good. I love it all and wouldn’t change a moment of it. In my awkward years, I thought I was so clever for saying, “I have a love for life and life loves me”, but truly that’s how I’ve always felt. As cheesy as it sounds, I love life and it is so beautiful!
It became even more beautiful “A.K.” (after kiddos).
When I look at this photo it makes my heart get all “meltedy” as the girls say. There is nothing more beautiful and perfect when I look at my husband being daddy to my 3 little ladies. {SIGH} Can you say Daddy’s girls? ALL three of them. There’s nothing like that sparkle in their eye when he walks through the door, watching him at a tea party with his girls as they proudly place a princess crown atop his head and he doesn’t even flinch, or tickle fights until their stomachs hurt, baking cookies together and letting them eat the dough right from the bowl, or the kisses on their boo-boos. The quiet, soft, and tender moments of holding his girls in his arms, reading them a book, tucking them in, or all tuckered out falling asleep on his shoulder while sitting on a white sanded beach, are priceless. The bond of a daddy and his daughter is beautiful. If my heart could shed tears, it would. I plan on stuffing my pockets full of these “meltedy” moments through photography by stopping and inhaling those simple, yet vital times. Life is perfect in all its imperfections. It’s the simple things in life that make it so beautiful. It’s the light and dark and contrasts that make life beautiful. It’s a daddy holding his sleeping beauty in his arms.
Thank you for sharing such a beautiful moment Dana. Your words inspire me to pick up my camera and do more. I hope it encourages all of us to document the beauty in the lives we live. If you’d like to submit a photo for our ”Life is Beautiful” gallery, you can email your moment at marcel@myphotographica.com.
