If I didn’t like my family & friends as much as I do, I would have loved to become a photojournalist right out of college working for AP/Getty/NatGeo/Reuters. These photographers travel the world and take a whole crapload of photos. Not just photos, but photos that are truly breathtaking- sometimes because of the photo itself, but oftentimes because of a subject that people don’t see in their everyday world. In reality, I wouldn’t have been able to pull it off due to lack of skills, low pay, constant travelling to 3rd world countries, and the possibility of losing a foot (see Part 1 below).
However, not all of the photos on these lists were taken by professionals. In fact, one of the shots was taken by a girl who normally does party pix here in Atlanta (see the canoe photo in Part 3). I know if I’m ever going to be on this list I really need to get out and shoot more. I need to stop waiting on photo “gigs” and just look for photos. I need to carry my camera with me more often. I need to be ready to get my hands dirty and take pictures of anything interesting- or really anything that I can make interesting. Maybe a good New Years resolution? Who’s with me?!
Today is Help-Portrait! I’m blogging on-site to give all 3 readers of my blog an update.
Things here are going great! I’m at the post-processing table for a while working in Lightroom. It’s been so much fun getting to meet and talk with photogs from all over Atlanta.
Most of the families we’re taking pix of are associated with Families First Midtown. Families First is an organization that helps families with everything including foster child adoption, family counseling, helping homeless new mothers, and a number of other issues. It’s a really awesome organization that helps all over Atlanta.
We’ve had a bunch of families through here getting their pix done. Overall the Atlanta Help-Portrait is expecting.400+ families at the 5 locations. There are definitely some cute kiddies around here.
That’s all for now. Hope to have some behind the scenes shots up next week!
Over Thanksgiving, my family and I had the opportunity to stay a condo on the beach in Florida for the whole week….. Needless to say we had a lot of fun with countless parties (and countless rum drinks).
In addition to Thankgiving with the family, we were excited to be there and take part in my cousin Ceci’s wedding. Though I wasn’t the official photog, I was able to snap a few shots of “getting ready.” I also snapped a few from my seat at the wedding. Here’s what I got that day:
I’m on my way to Amelia Island right now with Keri and her dad. Kind of neato that I can do a blog post in the car (I know I’m so out of touch thinking this is a new concept).
I wanted to post about my recent news that I’ve signed up for Help-Portrait Families First in Midtown Atlanta. Help-Portrait is a way for photographers to give back to their communities. On December 12th a number of photogs all over the world will be participating in finding families in need, taking their photos, printing them for free, then delivering them. I think it’ll be a really fun way to brighten these families’ lives around the holidays.
Check out the video below. You can see more info at www.help-portrait.com and it’s not too late to sign up to help! I think Atlanta alone is host to 5 Help-Portrait locations.
Also, if you have any interest in sponsoring a family for $10 (to cover the cost of prints), here is the link.
