3 Reasons You Should Always Carry A Camera

I hope all you mommies had an awesome day yesterday and enjoyed yourselves. I had a blast with my kiddos and family. It’s always nice to take a break and truly unwind. I ate more than I should have, enjoyed lots of hugs from my kids and finished the day lounging. We also spent some time outdoors and enjoyed the warm weather. While the boys played basketball I went ahead and took some photos of my girls. Below are some of my favorites.

I also took some “selfies” with my son since he missed out on my impromptu photo shoot. We were being silly and pretending to be pirates, I think we failed. 🙂

I had a great time, but it also reminded me how important it is to capture these precious moments with our kids. Kids grow and change very fast. Before we know it, they’ll be out of our homes and starting their own lives. During the first few years of our children’s lives, we wait until specific milestones to take photos. Often, by a professional and with matching outfits. There’s nothing wrong with that, but if that’s all you do, you’re seriously limiting yourself. So today I’m sharing 3 Reasons You Should Always Carry A Camera. It doesn’t matter if it’s a DSLR or your smartphone’s camera, all that matters is that you have one and use it.

1. Memories Get Fuzzy

You don’t know if you will ever get through those initial sleepless nights with endless feedings and diaper changes. But then you turn around and notice that they are learning their ABC’s and then you’re thinking about preschool. If you’re not careful, you will live through these initial years in a blur and wake up one day with impressions of those days and no pictures.

I have a friend who kept a camera close by at all times. She snapped pictures constantly. There were few staged photo shoots, but many random pictures of the day to day life. As they got older, she would occasionally find the time to flip through them and print some of the images. There is rarely any time for scrapbooking, but at least you’ll have the moments captured on a picture.

2. Build Your Child’s Self Esteem

You may be dealing with a low self image and don’t really want to be in the pictures so you wind up missing out on capturing great family memories. Whether you love your post baby body or not, remember that it’s still important to be in front of the camera with your babies and children. Do you want them to look back on their childhood pictures and wonder where mommy was? This is a great way for us to help our next generation get past self image issues by showing them that we are important people even if our body, hair or expression aren’t perfect. One day, you’ll be glad you did.

3. We don’t know tomorrow

Another friend has made it her mission to take a picture with the people around her every time they get together for a family event. She is passionate about capturing the events with her parents, grandparents and children while she can. Many of us moms take pictures of our children, but forget the older generation. We don’t know what tomorrow holds, so this is a great way to capture special moments with our loved ones. Let’s not be caught off guard with no pictures of our generational family.

Do you think it’s important to use your camera regularly? Are you ever in the picture? Please share how you capture those precious moments.