I have to admit that as I begin to write this I have tears rolling down my cheeks. The Labenz family has been dear to my heart from the moment we met two and a half years ago. You can visit this link to read their story and see the images I took for them the first time. And please click the link, because their family film will be all the more meaningful if you do. You see, their second son JLB was lost to an umbilical cord accident before his birth, and was stillborn. Almost a year after his passing, Anna hired me to photograph their family as they began to start over.
I have kept tabs on their family over the last two years via email and Facebook, and was elated to hear when they welcomed a third child into the world.
As I watched this particular film, I couldn’t help thinking about JLB. He was there too, in the hugs and the kisses and the smiles. I imagine him sitting up on a puffy little cotton candy cloud, his little baby soul shining down on all of us, so happy to see his family so happy.
They just shine.
The LaBenz Family Film from Michel Sandy on Vimeo.
As ever, feel free to watch the film here, but it is always so much better in its glory in HD. Click the link below the movie to view in HD.
Film: Michel Sandy
Images: Tara Whitney
Music: A Beautiful World by Tim Myers
Anna, Mike, Jack, JLB, and Olivia….I adore you all!
xo
Tara
