Most of you will recognize this sweet family and my friend Timmy. Each fall I make sure this beautiful family is on my schedule. Each fall they try so hard to pay me and each fall I refuse. They deserve photos. They need them. You might think that’s a selfless thing for me to do. It’s not really. I get SO much enjoyment and inspiration out of this family, I get a glimpse at the beautiful way they parent, the way they love with all their hearts, the way they embrace each day and moment as the gift that it is. My […]

I want to live.

Lyndsay Stradtner2010-02-22T19:49:50-06:00February 22nd, 2010|Austin Photographer, Charity Work, Client Work|

Laura and Tim are in the fight of their lives. Every day. They are fighting to save their son. Working, looking, praying for a cure for Duchenne. Sadly, there are thousands of other families, just like them, who have a son with Duchenne, fighting the same battle. They are fighting time. And my heart aches for them.

Duchenne is fatal.

There is no cure.

But there is hope.

I knew from the moment I was asked to photograph this family that they would change me. I knew I’d learn a lot about Duchenne, something I knew very little about. I knew I’d come home and hug my children tighter, appreciate the smaller moments a little more. I knew I’d cry proofing their photos. More […]

Tomorrow is a big day.

I want to live.