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Love, Loss, and Legacies: Why Anna Kruse is So Passionate About Capturing Timeless Family Moments

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While artistic interest runs in Anna Kruse’s family, she didn’t immediately take an interest in photography. In fact, she didn’t even begin photography until she became a mother, but it wasn’t until the loss of her father that she finally decided to make photography into her career, after truly understanding the gift of captured memories.

In today’s episode, Anna vulnerably shares her story of love, loss, and passing her family’s artistic legacy to another generation. She explains what photography means to her and why it’s drawn her into family photography. She also shares how these experiences have helped her to connect with her families and capture their own vulnerable, open moments on camera.

This episode is so tender and meaningful. Let’s jump in!

What’s in this episode:

[00:00] Intro

[02:31] The familial loss that propelled Anna into her photography career

[08:08] How Anna’s change in environment affected the way she approaches photography

[11:03] Why Anna is so passionate about capturing family connections

[17:20] The unique way Anna thinks about storytelling when capturing these sweet family moments

[23:19] The best piece of business advice Anna has ever received

[25:31] How Anna sets families at ease when capturing vulnerable moments on camera

[31:42] Anna’s lightning round

Tune in to this episode to learn how Anna Kruse’s unique family history has influenced her photography career!

For full show notes, resources, links and to download the transcript, visit our website: https://themilkyway.ca/love-loss-and-legacies-why-anna-kruse-is-so-passionate-about-capturing-timeless-family-moments/

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Sisällön tarjoaa Lisa DiGeso, The Milky Way, Lisa DiGeso, and The Milky Way. Lisa DiGeso, The Milky Way, Lisa DiGeso, and The Milky Way tai sen podcast-alustan kumppani lataa ja toimittaa kaiken podcast-sisällön, mukaan lukien jaksot, grafiikat ja podcast-kuvaukset. Jos uskot jonkun käyttävän tekijänoikeudella suojattua teostasi ilman lupaasi, voit seurata tässä https://fi.player.fm/legal kuvattua prosessia.

While artistic interest runs in Anna Kruse’s family, she didn’t immediately take an interest in photography. In fact, she didn’t even begin photography until she became a mother, but it wasn’t until the loss of her father that she finally decided to make photography into her career, after truly understanding the gift of captured memories.

In today’s episode, Anna vulnerably shares her story of love, loss, and passing her family’s artistic legacy to another generation. She explains what photography means to her and why it’s drawn her into family photography. She also shares how these experiences have helped her to connect with her families and capture their own vulnerable, open moments on camera.

This episode is so tender and meaningful. Let’s jump in!

What’s in this episode:

[00:00] Intro

[02:31] The familial loss that propelled Anna into her photography career

[08:08] How Anna’s change in environment affected the way she approaches photography

[11:03] Why Anna is so passionate about capturing family connections

[17:20] The unique way Anna thinks about storytelling when capturing these sweet family moments

[23:19] The best piece of business advice Anna has ever received

[25:31] How Anna sets families at ease when capturing vulnerable moments on camera

[31:42] Anna’s lightning round

Tune in to this episode to learn how Anna Kruse’s unique family history has influenced her photography career!

For full show notes, resources, links and to download the transcript, visit our website: https://themilkyway.ca/love-loss-and-legacies-why-anna-kruse-is-so-passionate-about-capturing-timeless-family-moments/

Get access to the 2024 Family Retreat, starting May 15th!

  continue reading

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