Today, as I pack my bags for a high-profile photo shoot with a bunch of super successful, accomplished and famous folks, I remember which photos matter most…to me…photos like this snapshot of me and my Grandaddy in the late 1970s, looking love-filled in a pure moment of joy. It’s not technically sophisticated or perfect. Yet it’s everything a great image should be.

And something happens – I feel calm, my frayed nerves and performance anxiety go away, as I’m reminded of what really matters.

Photographs are memories made visible. And tangible. The technology doesn’t even matter much. It’s the content and the moment that are irreplaceably perfect. ~shared by @rachellacour