Saturday, August 13, 2016

Final Photos part 3 The Photo Shoot

Tamara's Photo shoot February 5 2016

Part 3, Taking the photos

This is the continued the story from part 1 & part 2 of the day my Sister received her wish to look healthy one last time.
We move to the last part of the magic, 
Photos!
 There will be 2 different set of photos here, the ones I took will be in black and white, and Kathleen Rossel's, from Kay Ross Photography are the ones in color.
I am so grateful to her and Mandy Paavola from MP Make-up Artistry for making this all happen.
I am also full of gratitude to The Twisted Cork for giving us such a beautiful location to take the photos.
This will be a longer post because so many beautiful photos were taken and even though I am not showing all of them, there were just some I had to share.

 After walking to the table, Tamara just needed to rest.
This next photo is not one I took, but the assistant to Kathleen, Susie Crichton caught.
She just captured her exhaustion so perfectly with the sadness that always comes over her face with it.   


Kathleen also took an amazing photo of that moment.


After she was done with her rest she went to work like a pro.
I always thought she would have been a great model.








After the photos with the table and chairs were done it was time to bring out the bench.
We brought it right up to her and she slid over to it.
Again, the exhaustion took place.


Instead of making her get up and turn around to the right position, we moved her.
It was a perfect group effort that helped things all come together.
The best part was that through it all, she knew she was worth it.



Time for another rest while Kathleen figures out the best way to work with how Tamara was feeling at that moment.


Then just as before, though super tired, Tamara was back to taking photos like a pro.




As you can see it took a lot out of her. 
We had been here for 1.5 hours at this point.
She needed to take a small nap.




After about 15 minutes she woke-up and was red hot again.



One last position change to finish up the shoot.




She did such a fabulous job, but after 2 hours it was time to go home, and she was ready to not have to work anymore.
The crew got together and helped her into her walker chair.


It was truly a living miracle for all of this to happen, and as fast as it did.
Without these 2 amazing and talented ladies, along with the help of others, we would not have these wonderful and touching last pictures of my sister, and what she would have looked like if she was healthy.
Thank-you will never express what is in my heart.
Kathleen and Mandy are just some of the angels here on earth to make sure we know we are loved.


I leave this series of blog posts with this final picture.
It is the one Kathleen caught that, for me, showed my sister's true spirit.
A bit mischievous, happy, and so full of life.
I will miss her until we meet again.

 

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