Favorite Photographs of 2013

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These are some of our favorite photographs taken by Tears of Joy Video and Photography in 2013

Family Pictures Tell A Story

Posted on August 29, 2013 by tearsofjoyvideo

Today in the digital age, we click our cameras (or phones) whenever we see something interesting. Some pictures may be foolish. I don’t think I have seen so many pictures of food or coffee before the establishment of social media. But still with each picture we are documenting our life.

In the days of film you were a little more careful of what you took pictures of, because when the film was out, so was your ability to take pictures. So what we choose to take pictures of had meaning. Even if your parents or grandparents were not perfect at picture taking, the things that took pictures of had meaning in their life. Here are a few pictures from my family album. Let me show how they tell a story.

My dad’s mustang
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This was my dad’s mustang convertible. He ordered in in 1964 and my mom and my dad flew to the Ford factory to get it and drove it home. This is a picture of my dad driving it for the first time. My dad loved convertibles. We had a number of them as a kid, but this was his favorite one. Can you see how this picture tells a story? Here is another one:

My sister in 50’s car seat.
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The baby in the front was my sister. Now this was probably taken to show my sister’s ride in the convertible. But what a piece of history! It shows the difference from today how car seats have changed. Did that seat have any safety features? It doesn’t look like it. Did my parents know they were documenting that history? Probably not, which means our pictures of daily life could have some significance in the future. This picture also showed that my parents were driving convertibles our entire life, which is why this next picture is a part of my personal history.

My First Car
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This is my first car. It had to be a convertible. I loved this car, even though the body was rusting away and the roof leaked, on sunny days with the roof down riding down the road as a young woman was one of my favorite memories. I eventually sold it because it wasn’t practical. But years later when I was in my 40’s I bought another convertible and I own a scooter now, which when I ride it gives me the same feeling as being in a convertible.

My second convertible
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Me driving my convertible
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Me on my Scooter
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From my parents pictures I know that my love of convertibles started at a young age. My parents history was told in the pictures. More history in my next post.

What history is told in your family pictures? Share your stories below:

Photo Shoot-Children

Posted on August 28, 2013 by tearsofjoyvideo

Sophia

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My Favorite Storyteller

Posted on August 16, 2013 by tearsofjoyvideo

(Mom when she was young)

The best storyteller in my life was my mom. My mom was handicapped, but as her body broke down around her, her mind was as sharp as a tack. She had a way with words that made everyday occurrences seem like major events, and she had a memory (which she passed on to me) that she could remember things far back in her life with deep detail. My sister and I used to go sit on her bed and ask her to tell us stories of her life. We had heard these before, but we never tired of hearing them over and over again. I can repeat these stories in detail like my mom, and have past them on, but no one could tell them like her. For certain stories she even changed her voice for the characters, and she did the facial expressions of the person of the event she was relating. When I relate the stories-some of the story is lost. We lost that with my mom’s death.

Storytelling is an art. Some are writers. Some cannot write, like my mom (there were no home computers when she was alive-and her disease caused her not to be able to write-even her signature was hard), but they have a great way of telling a story. If our video business was around when my mom was alive, I know I would of forced her to tell those stories on camera. But now the way she told those stories is lost forever.

I believe my mom’s story telling was passed on to my sister and me through our talent of creating video montages. Now with our video business we cannot only create our own stories, but we can help our customers create their stories. When we capture their story with their pictures and video, many times they come back to us and say it was much better than they ever expected. Yes, they cry “Tears of Joy”! It is rewarding to know we have captured their family stories, their memories-and now they can have them forever. We know from personal experience what that means.

These stories don’t have to be of some spectacular event. Like my mom, your best stories are lying in your own personal experiences that happen to you everyday. Sharing your feelings and then your solutions or the lessons you learned from the situation.

Check out our site. http://tearsofjoyvideo.com/Biography-Interview-Packages.html. If you live in the San Diego area we can interview you on camera and add your stories in with your pictures and video. Outside of San Diego, we have do-it-yourself instructions on how to capture your stories with something as simple as an Iphone or digital camera and then add that to your video.

We would love to hear your story. As our tag line says: Everyone has a story…What’s yours? Who was your favorite storyteller?

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