last weekend, i participated in this rad new program called help-portrait.
its a simple idea that went a long way--------
take photos of people for free and give them the prints.
people all over the world volunteered their time,
people all over the world received professional photos for free.
i was on the check-in team, so on their way out i'd ask them "so how did it go??" this one girl gave me a BIG smile and said "I FELT LIKE I WAS IN HOLLYWOOD!" she said she had never felt this glamorous before. this was her first Christmas photo. in fact, this was the first professional photo ever.
i talked to another guy for 20 or 30 minutes after he was done, and i left feeling so encouraged by HIM. amazing how moving out of your comfort zone and helping people does that. he talked to me about faith and life and God and loving people. he reminded me of what matters.
it was super rainy that day---- which for california means the world stops, but we were able to give about 40 people Christmas photos. (true confession.... driving there i took surface streets for an hour instead of the highway for 20 minutes. FEAR.)
here's a video of our day that was made by Paul Huynh. it honestly blew me away. incredible. enjoy :)
>>>>>>>>> if you'd like to be involved next time, join our group!
its a simple idea that went a long way--------
take photos of people for free and give them the prints.
people all over the world volunteered their time,
people all over the world received professional photos for free.
i was on the check-in team, so on their way out i'd ask them "so how did it go??" this one girl gave me a BIG smile and said "I FELT LIKE I WAS IN HOLLYWOOD!" she said she had never felt this glamorous before. this was her first Christmas photo. in fact, this was the first professional photo ever.
i talked to another guy for 20 or 30 minutes after he was done, and i left feeling so encouraged by HIM. amazing how moving out of your comfort zone and helping people does that. he talked to me about faith and life and God and loving people. he reminded me of what matters.
it was super rainy that day---- which for california means the world stops, but we were able to give about 40 people Christmas photos. (true confession.... driving there i took surface streets for an hour instead of the highway for 20 minutes. FEAR.)
here's a video of our day that was made by Paul Huynh. it honestly blew me away. incredible. enjoy :)
Help-Portrait L.A. 12.12.09 from Paul Huynh on Vimeo.
>>>>>>>>> if you'd like to be involved next time, join our group!
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Some photographer involved with this project came and did family portraits for all of our families here in the shelter and some of our aftercare families too it was awesome! Thanks for being involved with it too!
(12.17.09 @ 07:04 PM)This is awesome! A group of volunteers with this project took family portraits for residents at the shelter I work for. Thanks for being involved with this!
(12.18.09 @ 12:14 AM)This is awesome! A group of volunteers with this project took family portraits for residents at the shelter I work for. Thanks for being involved with this!
(12.18.09 @ 12:15 AM)John Mark Reynolds, the Torrey Honors Program founder, told me yesterday that the best thing we can sometimes do is to stop THINKING about DOING something and get out and actually DO something to help the world. Thinking about why something is or is not will not solve a thing. Shannon, thanks for being a DOER instead of just a THINKER...you put a positive dent in a world that does not care enough about each other.
(12.19.09 @ 05:53 AM)DAD
i finally watched this video....amazing. !! i love it.
(12.19.09 @ 10:50 PM)I feel kind of emotional about this. SHAN! I love it that you did that!
(12.26.09 @ 07:31 AM)nice photography.thanks for sharaing.
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