{"id":79,"date":"2008-11-25T22:59:35","date_gmt":"2008-11-26T05:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/blog\/?p=79"},"modified":"2008-11-30T22:37:12","modified_gmt":"2008-12-01T05:37:12","slug":"contreras-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/blog\/?p=79","title":{"rendered":"Contreras Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When the Contreras family first asked me to take some photos for them, I was pretty interested in doing it.\u00c2\u00a0 But by the time Luis explained exactly what was going to be involved, I was absolutely thrilled with the idea!\u00c2\u00a0 Family members from different states and countries, all in one place, for a very short time&#8230; count me in!<\/p>\n<p>For me, that&#8217;s the best part about doing photography for anyone.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s helping meet a very specific need with a very specific service.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s hard for me to create just for the sake of creating.\u00c2\u00a0 But when I&#8217;m creating to fill a request someone has, I love thinking through the very best way to give them something that they will treasure.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, that means incorporating some of the newest photographic techniques I&#8217;ve learned.<\/p>\n<p>Other times, like when Luis and his family, his parents, brother, sister, brother-in-law and their kids are all together, it&#8217;s just a matter of clearly showing who they are and the joy they exude being together.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/11\/20081107-0015-contreras-family.jpg\" alt=\"20081107-0015-contreras-family.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See the family resemblance?<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/11\/20081107-0117-contreras-family.jpg\" alt=\"20081107-0117-contreras-family.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/11\/20081107-0018-contreras-family.jpg\" alt=\"20081107-0018-contreras-family.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Where it all started&#8230; Mom and Dad!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/11\/20081107-0030-contreras-family.jpg\" alt=\"20081107-0030-contreras-family.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/11\/20081107-0005-contreras-family.jpg\" alt=\"20081107-0005-contreras-family.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/11\/20081107-0039-contreras-family.jpg\" alt=\"20081107-0039-contreras-family.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I wish I had more pictures like this of me and my brother from when we were this age&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/11\/20081107-0066-contreras-family.jpg\" alt=\"20081107-0066-contreras-family.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Did I say something funny?\u00c2\u00a0 Oh no, they&#8217;re really laughing at Gabriella, who&#8217;s behind me making silly faces.\u00c2\u00a0 Evidently she&#8217;s quite good at them.  \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/11\/20081107-0081-contreras-family.jpg\" alt=\"20081107-0081-contreras-family.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/11\/20081107-0105-contreras-family.jpg\" alt=\"20081107-0105-contreras-family.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I love the motion in this one&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/11\/20081107-0113-contreras-family.jpg\" alt=\"20081107-0113-contreras-family.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/11\/20081107-0120-contreras-family.jpg\" alt=\"20081107-0120-contreras-family.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/11\/20081107-0123-contreras-family.jpg\" alt=\"20081107-0123-contreras-family.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Cousins!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/uploads\/2008\/11\/20081107-0077-contreras-family.jpg\" alt=\"20081107-0077-contreras-family.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To the whole Contreras familia, thanks for asking me to take your family photos!\u00c2\u00a0 I had a great time, and am thankful for the opportunity to give you some images to remind you of the beautiful family God has blessed you with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When the Contreras family first asked me to take some photos for them, I was pretty interested in doing it.\u00c2\u00a0 But by the time Luis explained exactly what was going to be involved, I was absolutely thrilled with the idea!\u00c2\u00a0 Family members from different states and countries, all in one place, for a very short [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-families"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mattfloreen.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}