BY JADE
THE COBB FAMILY
When Chimene reached out about family photos, she shared something that immediately stood out to me. For the first time in eight years, all of her children would be in the same place at the same time.
As a photographer, I hear a lot of reasons for booking a session. Updated photos. Holiday cards. A new season of life. But this session wasn't about any of those things.
It was about preserving a rare moment in time. Chimene and Lee have spent decades raising their family. Their four children, Cody, Dayton, Chance, and Taylor, have grown into adults with lives of their own. Taylor is now married to Matt, and together they are raising their daughter, Lucy, who at just eight and a half months old brought a whole new layer of joy to the evening.
With busy schedules, careers, marriages, and life pulling everyone in different directions, getting the entire family together isn't something that happens often anymore. In fact, Chimene told me she didn't know when they would all be together again. That reality made every photograph feel a little more meaningful.The session wasn't about perfection. It wasn't about elaborate poses or creating a picture-perfect image.
One of the most special moments was capturing four generations together: Chimene, her daughter Taylor, baby Lucy, and Lucy's great-grandmother. Four generations standing side by side, each representing a chapter of a story still being written. As the afternoon came to an end, I found myself thinking about how quickly families change. Babies grow. Children move away. Parents get older. Life keeps moving whether we're ready for it or not. Photographs can't stop time. But they can hold onto a piece of it. Years from now, these images won't just remind the Cobb family what everyone looked like. They'll remind them what it felt like to be together.
Those are the moments worth preserving.
And it was an honor to tell a small part of the Cobb family's story.
