It’s That Time of Year…
Saturday morning I was able to do some volunteer work for an amazing event called Help-Portrait. Help-Portrait is an international movement where professional photographers volunteer their time, expertise, and equipment to give back to those in need. On December 8th across the globe sites were set up where people could go and receive a free portrait of themselves, their families, etc. All the people involved are volunteers and there is something very powerful in offering a gift like this to someone. Although, I am not a professional photographer, my boyfriend is and we had a great time on Saturday giving back to the Philadelphia community around Temple University. One quick story from the day – a little boy who came in with his mom got his portrait taken and then also got to take some photos of his own – holding a brand-new Nikon D4 (with the help from another volunteer)! The pictures of this little boy are too adorable not to share with you! Just to get an idea of the scale of this one-day event – there were 56,200 portraits taken in 32 countries. These numbers will continue to rise as more and more sites report in to the Help-Portrait website. It’s a great feeling to be part of something so much bigger than myself.