these are our children

everyone is a photographer now days, right? it’s either good or annoying depending on your attitude + who you ask. smart phones make it so easy for us to capture the little moments + instagram makes it easy to edit them with the push of a button. however you classify photography + whatever kind of photographer you are, be original + be you.
duston todd. one photographer that i cannot say enough good about. i believe that he is changing the world one beautiful photo at a time. i met him for the first time when he snapped all of these pictures of the boys. please feel free to read more about this story + the movement that he has created. he donated every penny that was raised to the sandy hook memorial fund. his incredible talents are helping others find the beauty + the goodness that the world so desperately needs to see. i am very much a natural light enthusiast who loves crisp white + bright colored everything. but the depth that these photos brought to me + the rawness that i find in them has changed my photography eye forever. these children, they are my children. i cannot imagine having them taken from me without a choice. i will hold these captures near + dear to my heart for many many days to come. thank you, duston. from the very bottom of my heart.