Hi, i'm Megan and I shoot people for a living.
Why did I decide to shoot people for a living you may ask?
Growing up, there were cameras everywhere. My grandfather use to videotape everything. I have an endless amount of photo albums filled with pictures of me from when I was still in my mothers belly right up until I moved out on my own. My entire life was always documented.
At the time, I hated it. "Pop has the video camera out, again." "Mom wants to take our photos, again."
When I was younger, I really didn't see the importance in having photos and videos all the time. It was an annoyance to me. I didn't see the value in it.
As I got older, my thought process on that changed, drastically.
People left, people passed on, people moved away, but those memories documented always stayed.
The other day, my Mom and I were talking about my grandparents. She was telling me about a dream she had and my Nan was talking to her in this dream and I realized, I can't remember my Nans voice anymore.. and the more I sat there, trying to remember, I realized that I can't even remember all her details anymore either. As the years go on, those things start to slowly blur in your mind. It's honestly so heart breaking. I can remember conversations we had, I remember the feeling of sitting in her livingroom, watching tv with her, but I can't remember what her voice sounded like and I can't picture her face as clearly as I could before.
I'm lucky though.. because where my memory fails me, the photos and videos do not.
I seen this quote years ago and it really stuck with me ever since - "One day, all your children will have left is pictures. Make sure you're in them. No matter what your hair looks like, your make-up or your body, they won't care about any of that. All they'll want to see is you..."
Being a mother now myself, this is something I think about constantly. Do I love to get infront of the camera? Not always, but when I see photos of my daughter and I together, doing something we love, laughing, painting rocks, playing in the sand, running through a field, those real moments.. I couldn't be happier to be in a photo and to have those photos for her. One day, when her memories of me start to fade and she can't remember all my details anymore, i'm so happy that she will have all of these photos and videos of us to look back on.
I am so happy that I get to give this gift of memory to your families as well. Those moments to cherish and love and hold on to forever. I am honestly so honored when someone chooses me, over every other photographer there is out there, to capture those special moments for them. It seriously means the whole world to me.
That is my why.
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