Posts Tagged ‘family portraits’

WHEN:  Saturday, December 4, 2010 12:00 to 4:00 p.m.

WHERE:  Faith in Action, 603 S. Main St, Chelsea, MI

WHAT: Free portrait sessions for individuals and families in need

Help-Portrait.com was founded by celebrity photographer Jeremy Cowart. Help-Portrait is a community of photographers, coming together across the world to use their photography skills to give back to their local community. In their first year, December 2009, more than 41,000 portraits were given by 3400 photographers and over 5000 volunteers were involved. Help-Portrait became a global movement in 543 locations in 42 countries.

On December 4, 2010, photographers around the world will be grabbing their cameras, finding people in need and taking their picture. When the prints are ready, the photographs get delivered. 

12 local photographers in and around Ann Arbor are working together this year in Chelsea and hoping to photograph up to 100 individuals/ families. This is our first year doing this in this area and we are hoping for a great turnout and a well-put together event. If you know of a needy family or individual who would like to be our guest, please have them contact Faith in Action directly to set up an appointment for that day at 734-475-3305.

This is about GIVING the pictures, not taking them. These portraits are not for our portfolios, websites, or for sale. Money isn’t involved here. This holiday season, we have the chance to give a family something they may have never had before—a portrait together.

A little bit about our friends at Faith in Action:

Faith in Action is a community supported, faith-based assistance and resource agency for families and individuals who need a helping hand. It serves the area within the Chelsea and Dexter school districts.  In 2009, over 5,000 separate services were provided that impacted over 14,000 lives with clothing, food, utility shut off prevention, eviction prevention, health care, transportation, and other emergency services. Founded in 1980, Faith in Action is the lead agency providing safety net services in western Washtenaw County. We are so happy to be working with Faith in Action. They are providing us with a place to photograph our guests this year as well as supplying us with the guests themselves, volunteers, and so much more. 

Please watch this video that Help-Portrait shared on You-Tube. Contact me directly if you can give or know someone else who can give the following things we need: makeup artists, hairstylists, either cash donations for us to be able to purchase frames or 1 8×10 and 1 5×7 frame per individual/family. We don’t want to just give them a portrait. We’d like to be able to give them framed portraits. Thank you for spreading the word!

Recently, I had a newborn photography session that turned into a family portrait session.  Three-month-old Emerson brought his parents and his older brother, Henry.  I photographed Henry when he was born.  We had lots of fun and got some great images.  We couldn’t resist putting Henry in my new bear outfit and I can’t resist sharing the image with you!  What an angelic face!  Sean and Lindsay are both teachers and have lots of patience and love children.  It’s obvious. 

I look forward to watching these little men grow.  I continue to create portraits of little boy after little boy in the studio!  Are there any little girls out there, folks?  I have great tutus. But the boys just won’t look good in them, you know?!  LOL.

I end up spending so much time with families like this when they come in to the J. Love Photography studio.  I don’t wear a watch, I don’t have a clock here.  Time stands still.  We laugh, play, pose, try different things, and interact in a way that is enjoyable for everyone.  There is something about the tenderness we witness as photographers when parents come with their new babies. When they forget about us and just enjoy the moment, we make photographs like my favorite one below.  I can feel Lindsay’s gentle touch as she cradles Emerson and coos to him.  Can’t you?  Ahhhhhh. Love my job!