Photographs are a momento of a very specific time. By using the photograph as a pattern for a papercutting, it becomes a two dimensional portal to all of the memories you have of that particular place - or person, rather than the specific day the photograph was taken.
When doing a custom cutting, I like to talk over the photograph that I will be doing the cutting of, while we are both looking at it. That way, any specific details you want included won't be missed, and possibly some artistic license can be used to eliminate or slightly change some details (i.e. a bigger/smaller fish on the end of the line?) Photographs may be e-mailed to me, or sent through the mail, and once I receive them I will call to discuss the details of the cutting you have in mind,
