I love how we journey through life and meet people along the way; for whatever reason it is that we cross the path of another, life truly is a domino effect. Through the life of one, something else occurs that causes and introduction or a reaction.
The event that led me to meeting Tia was shrouded with extreme sadness, and out of this sadness has spawned what has amounted to possibly thousands of encounters such as mine and Tia’s. I speak of the devastating shooting that occurred in Newtown, Connecticut that took the lives of many and in particular, a little girl called Olivia.
‘The Olivia Act’ was born out of the selfless thoughts of one photographer who wanted to give the gift of memories. Olivia’s family had professional portraits taken a short time before she was so sadly taken. Those pictures are now precious and priceless. Upon hearing this, the photographer was moved to give away a family photo shoot and had challenged other photographers to do the same. We go about our daily lives and sometimes we don’t have the time or have the resources to have family photos taken.
Tia was nominated to be gifted such a family photo shoot.
This photo shoot was something quite special and also quite different from what I have done before. It seemed that from the beginning, this was going to tell a story and that’s exactly what I had envisioned. This was all about the fun of being a family, being at home with those who matter the most and more importantly just being who you are.
Thank you Jenni for nominating Tia and for giving her the path to this gift.
This is Tia’s story; this is Tia’s family.
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