Okemos Studio- "Making People Cry for over 50 Years" {Lansing Photography, Family, Child and Senior Portraits}

Ok, so maybe that's not the best slogan, but it's true.  In the past 2 days, I've had clients cry over their portraits.  First, on Tuesday, a mother got verklempt while watching the slideshow of her son's senior portraits.  (I won't use her name, so her son won't get embarrased.)  He's her oldest child, and she knows senior portraits are a right of passage.  Soon he'll be going to his last first day of school, his last Christmas dance, his last prom, etc.  And she got emotional - who can blame her?
And then today, another mom said the same thing - this is the last time her son will be professionally photographed until his wedding.  His wedding!  Which is too far off to even think about, but it's true.  And even then, he'll have someone else in all the photographs with him.  :-)   That's why these portraits are so important to her.  We did her older son's portraits a couple of years ago, and she says she still looks at his wall portrait every day.  It means that much to her.
And yesterday, when a longtime client, Jennie, picked up her daughter's senior portraits, she just lost it.  It was so cute.  And so meaningful.   Her daughter is her last senior.   This is the last time she'll pick up senior portraits!   This is the beginning of a whole year of 'lasts', and it's sad.  And it hit Jennie as she saw her portrait, framed and ready to go home, displayed on our wall.   This is it.
So, yes, we do make people cry.   But it's a good cry.  And it's because they're happy.  And that's pretty cool.   It's a privilege to know that we are making something that will be treasured forever.   Yay us.  And thank you to all the moms, dads, and seniors that choose our studio.  We're so happy you did.

Carrie, Lansing Catholic

Peter, Haslett

Owen, Okemos