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Capture it! – Daughter Dance Day
by Pamela Bhatia, photographer
The traditional Father Daughter Dance is about more than a dance. I’ve photographed many father daughter dances and watched as the dads stand on the side and the girls run around singing at the top of their lungs and playing tag.
I know everyone is sad about so many closures but this one is a chance to make this year about what it was truly meant for – a special time with just you and your daughter.
I’m going to put this idea out there and I hope you consider it. Make Friday, May 1st National “Daughter Dance Day”. Dads or Moms plan a night at home for just you and your daughter. Order her dress online or find one in the closet, let her feel like a princess getting ready, knock on the door- bring flowers, order her favorite takeout, eat together, read together, play together, pick a song and have a dance. She won’t be running around with all her friends – it will be you and her.
Have someone take a picture and post it to my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1110486159298057/
Let’s see some smiling faces to brighten our day.
Why? The picture I have of my dad at our last father daughter dance reminds me of my favorite memory of him. It wasn’t the dance itself. Before the dance he bought me my first bottle of perfume and flowers (which were fake, but he said he wanted me to always have them). My dad battled with depression, and not long after this wonderful night, he committed suicide. He was 31, a Bryant college graduate, a manager of Big D supermarkets, my baseball coach, the man who pulled all my loose teeth and super dad to me and my three younger brothers.
I wish I could take my shoes off and dance on his feet again. I wish I could tell him how much he is loved and needed… but I can’t – so it’s my hope to encourage all the dads or moms out there not to miss this year’s “dance” with your daughter. These are historic times, and something tells me, we should do something extraordinarily special to create memories.
Make it amazing and I can’t wait to see all the images. Please share this event and invite others to join in.
Pamela Bhatia, international award-winning photographer, has traveled to 13 countries and worked with some of the world’s leading brands. She worked as a director with United States Chamber of Commerce in conjunction with the US embassy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates throughout the UAE during operation Desert Fox. After returning to the United States she served Executive Director of the American Heart Association overseeing all of Rhode Island and Southern New England. In 2008 she began her pursuit of her passion and love of photography. She currently owns Artistic Images studio, a commercial imaging studio in Pawtucket, RI focusing on storytelling through cutting edge imagery for companies and non-profits around the world.
Bhatia holds the 2014 Best of Show & 2014, 2015 and 2016 Court of Honor for the Professional Photography Association of Rhode Island. She is a member of the Professional Photographers of America & PPARI, Photographers without Borders, the NRI Chamber of Commerce, the American Assoc. of Professional Woman, Digital Photographers Assoc, and a contributing photographer for iStock. Pamela is a speaker, an author and a licensed drone pilot. Through Providence Business News she directed and published “Rhode Island, a Photo Portrait of the Ocean State”. She is the founder of Artists without Borders, an online vessel to help artisans in developing countries provide economically for their families. She is the producer of the documentary series Living on Giving.
Her work has been published and/or awarded by PPARI, Slater Mill documentary, Cox Communications, Providence Business News, RI Monthly Magazine, Digital Professional Photographers Assoc, Southern New England Woman’s Magazine, Travel & Tourism Assoc. of India, Hotels and Food Service and NRICC, and others. Pamela’s images currently are found on the 2019 & 2020 PBN cover, Investors Edge as well as many best-selling publications. Her soon to be released book, finding light takes you on a vulnerably honest mother’s journey to India and back.