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Why Annual Family Photos Are a Tradition Worth Keeping

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So I'm gonna be honest with you. I didn't get it for years. Every fall, my sister would post these gorgeous family photos—everyone matching, leaves falling, golden hour lighting, the whole nine yards. And I'd think, "Who has time for that?" Between soccer practice, work deadlines, and just keeping everyone fed and alive, scheduling a photo shoot felt like... I don't know, something for people with their lives way more together than mine. Then 2019 hit different. My dad got sick. Really sick. And suddenly I'm frantically searching through my phone for recent pictures of him with the kids. You know what I found? Blurry snapshots from Thanksgiving. A few random selfies. Nothing good enough to print, to frame, to keep forever. That's when it clicked. We started doing annual sessions after that. If you're in the area, there's some really talented folks doing family portraits Williamsburg VA who make the whole thing painless. Wish I'd started ea...