This year we had another smashing success of an event with a very special group of women and their families. We had hair/makeup stylists on site to do makeovers and we even had a Santa. Throughout the day we had over 60 portrait sessions with individuals and their families. With Santa joining us in the afternoon. I think the crew may have been just excited to have Santa there as the kids were!

On behalf this year’s organisers I just wanted to take a moment to say thanks.

Thank you to all of the individuals who made donations.

Thank you to Glazer’s Camera who provided support.

And Thank You to all of the crew who took time out of their lives to spend a day together, creating portraits for these special clients.

During these events we occasionally find ourselves with some downtime, between sessions. Since most of us are photographers, we tend to just want to take some photos and have some fun, so I thought I’d share images of the crew, as we are unable to share images of the clients.

Through these images you can see what a fun, spirited bunch we are!

We look forward to working with more non-profits in 2013!

Thank you all!

Have a fantastic holiday season!

~ kate

As many of you are aware, the main Help-Portrait event date is 12/08/12 this year. The group that we’re going to be working with already has an event planned on that date. As a result of this, we have decided to put on an event on 12/01/12.

We will be working with a great group who help individuals and families get back on their feet, after going through some challenges in their own lives.

We have already received inquiries from a lot of folks who want to help out at this event and are in the process of getting in touch with everyone. If you’re interested in helping out, or connecting with folks who want to put something on this year, please fill out this survey and we can help make connections: Help-Portrait Seattle Volunteers form.

We don’t have much time for planning and fundraising so our hope is those who are able can donate a few bucks to help us create some amazing prints for these lovely families this year.

$5 helps us create an awesome print package for a family. If you’re able to help us out please Donate Here.

Look for updates soon!

~ kate

It has been some time since we posted on this blog. In 2011 we arranged a small event with one group who works with women and families, helping them get back on their feet after coping with some really rough situations. It was a truly wonderful experience.

We are kicking around some ideas for 2012, which may include working with the same group again, we’re just trying to get some things confirmed with a location and such. In preparation for this, we’re asking folks if they can donate even $5. $5 helps us create an awesome print package for a family. If you’re able to help us out please Donate Here.

I thought I’d also share a few photos from last year’s event, of the crew who helped create images of some lovely ladies and awesome families.

We’ll also be seeking volunteers in the Seattle area to lend a hand during the event. If this is something you’re interested in, please check out this form: Help-Portrait Seattle Volunteers form – 2012.

thanks for reading and for your support!

~ kate

We have been crazy busy planning and trying to get organised for the big events on 12/4/10. It’s officially the 3rd of December, we’re finalising schedules and assignments; sending our reminder emails on the little details to those who are booked to work the event.

I just wanted to take a moment to say that at present all positions are filled for the larger event at the creativeLIVE space. However there are other events happening that may still need help, check out the Help-Portrait Seattle Community to see what else still has needs.

Volunteers will be checking in with the Event Leaders on the 4th, approved volunteers will have access to the site. We hate to turn people away, but with space constraints, we’re just not going to be able to handle any additional people on site.

Thank you again! And look forward to the possibilities…

In 2009, a few of us orchestrated several events within the Seattle area. Through these events we were able to provide over 300 individuals and families with portraits. When we got together this year, we thought about how we could kick it up a notch, you know, to the next level. We knew of Non-Profit organizations that we wanted to work with, organizations we connected with. We wanted to give more portraits, hopefully impact more lives. We started having conversations, which lead to ideas, some big, some small. We’ve been working on those smaller ideas, planning on site events in a few locations, but the big idea was still out there, lurking about.

The big idea:
What we if could find a larger space, invite people to join us there, for a day long event. We have found ourselves in a fortunate situation, access to a larger space, in a central location, the creativeLIVE studio.

On the heels of the Experimental Portraiture Workshop with Jeremy Cowart, we will be hosting an event at the creativeLIVE space on 12/4/10.

We are reaching out to several organizations, inviting them to join us, throughout the day. We will have several photo booth’s setup, a plethora of editors, greeters, and more to make this event a success.

We are still seeking volunteers, so if you’re interested and haven’t gotten in touch with us yet, please check out our Volunteer Survey.

We are going to have a planning meeting with all the volunteers who can join us at Uptown Espresso at 4th Ave and Wall St in Belltown, on Monday, November 22nd at 7:00 PM.

If you are unable to make the meeting, but still want to be involved the day, you must send us an email so that we can chat about the day of. We will probably do a second meeting the week of the event to finalize details.

A couple of notes:
You do not have to be a Photographer to be involved, as a matter of fact we will need more Non-Photographers than Photographers. We will need Photographers, Editors, Assistants, Greeters, Administrative Types, and more…

If you are a Photographer and want to be involved, please include a link to your online portfolio, if you currently only have a Flickr account or something similar, please share a set of your best portraits.

That’s it for now… oh yea… I know I’m forgetting something…

You might see a familiar face or two if you check this out: creativeLIVE Planning a Successful Help-Portrait Event.

Wait hmmm… I swear, I think there’s something else. What could it be?

Oh yea… I know, Jeremy Cowart is going to be there with us on the 4th too, as part of the Help-Portrait Seattle crew!

Just wanted to share a link for online donations. Current setup through the main Help-Portrait community. If you want to help support our local Seattle efforts, please do!

Please bear in mind, as we are not an official branch of Help-Portrait this link is to raise funds for our efforts with Wellspring Family Services, the Tzu-Chi Foundation and other sites in the works. If you are organising your own efforts in the Seattle area, please fill out this Form to setup your own online donations via the Help-Portrait Community.

We’ve added a page just focused on 2010 Help-Portrait Seattle Events.

Take a moment, check it out.

We’ll be posting information about each site, what want to do and make calls for volunteers for each event there too…

Go take a lookie… you know you want to!

2010 Help-Portrait Seattle Events.

Announcing our Forms page. This is where we are going to provide links to documents we’re using for our own events. Things like check lists, notes or scripts… all sorts of goodies. Bear with us as we’re in the early stages here! If you have things that have helped you and you want to share, please let us know!

Thanks and check it out:

Forms

~ Kate

Check out the site, the boards, the Seattle Group on the community and the new video!

Our first event will be on 11/13/10, with the Tzu-Chi Foundation. Last year this was big, busy and a lot of fun, this year we anticipate the event to be bigger and bolder! So we need you, to lend a hand, get involved, take some photos, edit some photos, and make someone’s day! (Ok, perhaps a LOT of people’s days, weeks, who knows the impact!)

Along with that event, we wanted to start reaching out to volunteers as a whole. Ideally we plan on anywhere from 3-5 events in the Seattle and surrounding areas on 12/4/10, and it will take a lot of people to make that dream come to fruition.

So if you’re ready to Get Involved fill out our Help-Portrait Seattle Volunteer Survey!