Military families hiring photographers to capture homecomings

Military families hiring photographers to capture homecomings
By JENNIFER CALHOUN
Jennifer Calhoun
The Fayetteville Observer
Published: November 5, 2012

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — When Amanda Page's soldier husband returned from Afghanistan, she wanted to record the moment on film.

But carrying around the couple's 9-month-old daughter, a diaper bag and a camera seemed like a little too much for Page.

She decided to do what a growing number of military families are doing these days: She hired a professional photographer to photograph the homecoming.

Photographers said military families have been hiring professionals to record their homecomings for a few years.

But the trend became even more popular in recent months, said Sally Siko, owner of Silvercord Event Photography, and Annalesa Alverio of Indie Anna Photography.

Both Siko and Alverio have spent hours waiting for planes to land, watching fidgety children and nervous adults and looking out for those pictures of raw emotion when a family is finally reunited.

"It's pretty awesome," Siko said.
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