Love Thursday Featured Fotographer: Beebee Mod

"Sisters." This a photo these girls will frame and hang in their university dorm rooms.

Several years ago when I lived in London, I worked with a woman named Rebecca.  Rebecca  was young, fresh out of university and always had a twinkle in her eye that made you think that she was in on an unspoken joke. 

Soon after I met her, Rebecca's father, with whom she was very close, lost his battle with cancer.  It was the one subject about which Rebecca wasn't entirely comfortable speaking.  One day, however, I passed her desk, and found her looking at several beautiful black-and-white photos.

"God, Rebecca, those are beautiful!  What are they?"

She smiled, a mixture of bemused exasperation and wistful nostalgia.  "They're photos my dad took when I was a child," she said.  "He was always walking around with that bloody camera."

Turns out Rebecca's dad was a serious amateur shutterbug -- and his favourite subjects were the members of his family.  There were beautiful close-ups of Rebecca with her sisters, stunning ones of her beautiful young mother, even a staged self-portrait of himself and the whole family sitting around a laden lunch table, laughing, with their forks midway between their plates and their mouths.  And damned if Rebecca's twinkle wasn't in his own eyes.

"I thought I'd have them framed, and hang them in my new place," she said.  "I think he would've loved that," she added quietly.

Since that day, I find myself looking at photos of kids with family members, and when I find one that particularly moves me, I'm always quick to mention to the photographer:  "That's one your adult child will frame and hang in her home," or "Oh, he'll definitely hang that over his mantel."   Often people laugh.  "Think so?" they'll say, dismissing my comment as idle compliment. But I can't help it: because of Rebecca, I notice these things -- and it's something I always aim for when shooting my own photographs of my daughter with the people she loves.

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Happy Love Thursday, everyone.  Please leave links of your images depicting love in the comments below.  Also, to shake things up a bit, I thought I'd feature a contributor to our Shutter Sisters Flickr pool every second Thursday of the month.  This month's featured Love Thursday photo is by the talented Beebee Mod (aka Jen) who also happens to have a blog.  Thanks,  Jen, for letting me use your image!

And everyone:  may the next shot you take of a child with a loved one be the image she hangs the entryway of her first home. ;-)

Comments

[bonggamom]

Happy Love Thursday, everyone! Here's my love photo:

http://bonggamom.blogspot.com/2008/03/love-blooms-in-desert.html

[Jessie]

Hope everyone gets lots of love today. Here is my Love Thursday post! http://pictureofmyworld.com/?p=1038

[Tanya]

On Father's Day last year, I snapped a shot of my niece sitting on my brother's lap. It's a picture my mom has already framed, and perhaps my niece will want a copy herself when she's older.

Happy Love Thursday!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanyamills/2330675698/

[shelbi]

happy LT sisters :) beautiful photo Beebeemod :)

here is my LT photo featured on my blog http://keeperofthechocolates.blogspot.com
and at flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/keeperofthechocolates/2297881962/

[Anali]

Happy LT everyone! Here's my link.

http://analisfirstamendment.blogspot.com/2008/03/happy-love-thursday.html

[happy girl lucky]

This is my first LT post! Here's my link:
http://ashleymashley.blogspot.com/2008/03/love-thursday.html

[melody]

Precious portrait. I sure hope they will hang copies in their dorms...pure delight.

Mine, well, it's a bit offbeat. But I sure felt the love...

http://slurpinglife.typepad.com/slurping_life/2008/03/for-a-change-th.html

[Karen G]

Happy love thursday!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23132596@N07/2330863366/

[bleeding espresso]

What a lovely idea! And all the more reason for us to keep snapping ;)

This week I'm celebrating a blogging friend's gift to me--Burt's Bees!

http://bleedingespresso.com/2008/03/love-thursday-gifts-bees.html

[Cherrye]

Happy LT, everyone!

My post is about family...

http://my-bella-vita.blogspot.com/2008/03/love-thursday-let-gold-times-roll.html

[kt]

Here is a photo I think my son will want when he gets older. Him with his faithful friend, our dog Cubana.
http://kt40.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/cubana-coobsters-cooby/

[Conchi]

Happy Love Thursday!! I love the sea

http://miterrazaalmundo.blogspot.com/2008/03/love-thursday_12.html

Thanks for sharing

[camerashymomma]

love the picture! love the sentiment behind this post. i often wonder which ones will become favorites later in life.

i just took this photo of my son and his best friend, they are inseparable, it's as if they were brothers in a past life, it's as if they the truth of each others souls.

i love that i caught them in this moment, and my son is so completely happy and sharing that with me through eye contact. this is boy love, something that sadly disappears one day as boys grow into men and forget how to let go of emotion completely with each other...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/camerashymomma/2329701890/

[Jessan]

Happy Love Thursday ♥
http://jessan.se/2008/03/13/love-thursday-2/

[Jo]

I love this. I'm going to try to get The One for my daughter from now on.

Here's my Love Thursday...

http://roobyred.typepad.com/thesmileonadog/2008/03/love-thursday-1.html

[mel from freak parade]

My photo tells the story of the relationship between my son and daughter. She has always been trying to keep up with him. Maybe someday they will walk the road together.

Happy Love Thursday, everyone.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/muckyyuck/2330089349/

[Mrs. Eaves]

Happy Love Thursday, everyone! Love the shot, BeeBee Mod!

I love how my daughter feels wearing her new dress:

http://camerashy.atomictumor.com/new-dress/

[Melody A.]

I treasure every picture of my girls together. Nice picture beebee mod.

Here's mine. My oldest is obsessed with hearts: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hipmommatexas/2330318186/

[Heidi]

Love A La 5 Year Old. http://beyondamommy.blogspot.com/

[Jen]

Thanks sweet people! And thank you Karen for thinking of me for your thursday love. :)

[Shelli]

What a lovely photo!

Here's mine:
http://www.mamaofletters.com/Mama_of_Letters/Camera_Happy.html#6

[Rebecca]

Twin Sister LOVE...telling secrets

http://rebeccasmith78.blogspot.com/2008/03/love-thursday.html

[Ginna]

I love that photo, and the sentiment of the post. I feel like photos are such precious treasures.

Here's my love thursday shot, a couple weeks old but oh so cute.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ginnahendricks/2313125575/in/set-72157603842263299/

[kristin]

the love for a great grandmom, sunday was her 90th birthday. happy LT!
http://mainemomma.blogspot.com/

or bigger here....
http://mainemomma.blogspot.com/

[Leah]

I love that concept!

Here is mine:
http://lakelinesthoughts.com/?p=593

[Frizz]

Happy Love Thursday.
I had a great Aunt and Uncle who were photographers who left us with boxes of memories from a different time. Major wall hangers!

My new love, my niece Addie-
http://frizzillustration.blogspot.com/2008/03/3-month-mark.html

[Samantha D.]

Yay Love!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23872479@N02/2331161744/

[carrie]

Here's mine: http://koehmstedt.blogspot.com/2008/03/love-thursday.html

[FireMom]

:) Happy Love Thursday!

http://stopdropandblog.com/2008/03/13/love-thursday-playing-together/

[nikkipolani]

http://nikkipolani.wordpress.com/2008/03/13/love-thursday-happiness/

Happy Love Thursday!

[LaShawn]

http://flickr.com/photos/lashawn/2331216462/

Monkey Love

[Amanda]

Here's my love thursday. I just LOVE love notes!

http://amandasfavoritethings.blogspot.com/2008/03/love-thursday-love-notes.html

[Paige]

I don't have a photo to share this week because I am so behind on photo editing, but this post totally made me cry. Really beautiful story.

[Shalet]

Wonderful! Happy Love Thursday!

Here's Mine:
http://peculiarmomma.blogspot.com/2008/03/join-hope-revolution.html

[Secret Agent Mama]

http://secretagentmama.com/blog/2008/03/13/love-thursday-5/

I'm sharing a picture that I took of myself and David, this summer. Right now he's not so peaceful, but this too shall pass.

[Mir]

Happy Love Thursday, all. http://wouldashoulda.com/2008/03/13/sometimes-love-dont-come-easy/

[Lawyer Mama]

Wonderful post and picture!

Here's mine:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lawyermama/2315393279/

[cuzamora]

http://fabulousflyingzamoras.blogspot.com/2008/03/all-you-need-is.html

May you all fell the love on this Love Thursday! The photo is something my son and I pass on our daily walks, but I never noticed it until recently.

[jen lemen]

i don't know if my kids will hang this picture in their university dorm rooms, but i will always hold it in my heart as a memory of the day when they understood in a new way how much the other mattered in the grand scheme of things.

http://jenlemen.com/blog/?p=351

[Kate C.]

Wonderful photos, one and all.

Here's my contribution:

http://www.milktongue.com/?p=60

[spencercasa]

my love thursday post is baby doll love!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23196640@N03/2331414276/

[Meg]

I don't know if it is because I'm pregnant, or what, but that made me a little teary.

http://flickr.com/photos/7565577@N04/2330661485/

Hope she hangs this when she is all grown up
Happy Love Thursday!

[Mandy]

Happy Love Thursday!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mandaroo/2330627051/in/set-72157604112233963/

[sperlygirl]

in the throws of 'toddlerhood' and amidst those moments of curiosty (on his part - panic on mine) - i took a second to catch my breath and savor his emerging personality. happy love thursday!
http://sperlygirl.typepad.com/sperlygirl/2008/03/these-little-ha.html

[Jamie]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23371539@N02/?donelayout=1

My pajama-clad boy surveying the snow covered yard below. I love this photo. Happy Love Thursday.

[elizabeth laufer]

Happy love Thursday. Love is thinking of Spring!

[elizabeth laufer]

here's my Love Thursday link, sorry!
http://bittersweetloveliness.blogspot.com/

[Green Eyed Girl]

Here is mine!

http://greeneyedgirl22.blogspot.com/2008/03/love-thursday.html

[tracey]

ah, sisters. there's nothing like them.
beebee mod's shot reminded me of this shot omy my girls all dolled up in their princess finery too.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maypapers/2331581886/
there's nothing more magical than a house full of fairy princesses--even more so with blanket fort and bedhead!

[Angela]

Here is my true love...falling in love with my husband again!

http://flickr.com/photos/ang_loves_jesus/2331604734/