Photos play an important role in our lives, by connecting us to people we don’t know, places we’ve never been, memories we never had. They shed light on who we are and what the world around us is like, how we got here.
For some people, photos take on a greater significance than to others. People with sadder stories to tell, difficult lives they’ve lived, memories they’d rather forget - to them, photos are a way for them to think about how they got past their struggles and won their battles.

Have you ever considered why you take photos? Why do we feel compelled to whip out our phones and cameras and capture those moments on screen? We could live through them instead - we could sleep in late, instead of scrambling out of bed in the cold just to get a picture of the sunrise. We could have fun with our friends instead of stopping midway just to turn towards the camera and take a snap.
Photos are captivating; tiny little time-machines we carry around with us in our pockets, our bags, our lives. Photos we never took popping up on the screen while we scroll through social media and we instantly feel connected to it, even if we don’t know the people in it or the place.
Photos help us understand the struggles of those around the world - a crying child in Yemen, a black man in Ferguson, a protest in Russia. Things we never live through, but that enter our lives in a strange, roundabout way.

What is it about photos that makes them so captivating? What makes them so appealing to us? We can never truly put the feeling in words, but we do know that it’s photos that help us visualize the past in stark clarity, picking out details we’d forgotten long ago. It’s photos that depict the present and send a message to the us of the future, letting them hold hands with the us of today for a brief moment.
If you’re looking for a photographer who can capture those special moments of your life - your wedding, your senior year of high school, your newborn’s first smile - with that same feeling you’re consumed with right now, Lily Hayes Photography can do the job for you.

Visit our website at www.lilyhayesphotography.com and learn more about all that we can offer for you.
We capture those moments, and preserve them in time.