Meet the Galanters

I'll admit it. I was a bit nervous about this shoot. I wanted to do a great job because this family is near and dear, but this was also my first "not so little kids anymore" family shoot. And the truth is, after the age of ten it becomes painfully obvious that I'm just not that funny. Talking about stinky feet and Handy Manny just doesn't bring the same kind of laughs as it does with my younger old crowd. After I take out tickle wars, daddy dog piles, and a kid toss or two what do I have left?

What I had left was the Galanters. And that was plenty. How can I possibly describe the Galanters in one simple paragraph because nothing about them seems simple. They're fighters. Over the past couple of years, they've faced one of the biggest fears a family can face. They overcame Cancer. Together. They're change makers. From being involved in local students' lives to leading worship to working at summer camps to just being a friend, each one of them lives a life devoted to loving others. If you measure a life by how much impact it has made, each one of them has lived long.

For them, family pictures are a bit of a tradition and I love it. I love that they didn't stop documenting their family after the kids got older. And though it probably was not the kids' favorite way to spend an evening in Portland I love that they got out in front of the camera just for mom.