By Stephanie Velez

A moment is more valuable than anything else. We daydream about the people we can never get back. We believe that if we can make a moment in time stand still, its value will multiply and we will be able to retain its sentiment indefinitely. A compilation of forced "cheese" and obligated proximity to your weird uncle (you were thinking it, I just said it) is not all that photographs are. Why we get up in the morning, why we continue to say yes to our partner even when they can never quite get the laundry right, and why time is a vapor that we should cherish while we can are just a few things that photos can remind us of. See what your moments mean to you. As they are, in all their rawness & beautiful imperfection. When she said "yes" to being your forever, the look on her face. The way he stared at you at the altar with his crooked smile the way your newborn clung to your finger as though their whole existence depended on it. I want to be part of everything you said. consider me to be your hired friend or a professional third wheel. You tell your story, and i'll paint the picture.