I decided to join the fun on {I heart faces} this week!
The beautiful Miss Katie…
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Meet Avery. She is one of the five St. Baldrick’s Foundation 2013 Ambassadors. And she is amazing.
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I don’t know if you’ve heard of them, but St. Baldrick’s Foundation is the largest private (non-government) funder of childhood cancer research grants. Their mission is to find cures for childhood cancers and to give survivors long and healthy lives.
Each year St. Baldrick’s chooses Ambassadors to represent the thousands of kids touched by childhood cancer. Coming from all areas of the country, ages, disease types and treatment statuses, they are a reminder that childhood cancer doesn’t discriminate and that one in five kids diagnosed in the U.S. will not survive.
This year St. Baldrick’s asked me to photograph one of their ambassadors. It was an honor to be asked. And then I found out it was a little girl I knew…from I family I knew and loved that I hadn’t seen in a few years…and it felt like and even bigger honor and blessing. It has been an amazing and incredibly humbling experience for me.
One of my most humbling moments ever happened on a car ride with Avery. We were on our way to the clinic for her chemotherapy. She was telling me about a friend of hers that she met in the hospital and was explaining to me that her friend had been in the hospital for months and months, and told me about all of her treatments…then she looked at me and said, “But I am grateful, because even though I have cancer too, it could always be worse”.
Lesson learned.
Thank you St. Baldrick’s for this opportunity. I hope I can do more with you in the future.
And thank you Miss Avery and family. Thank you for letting me be a part of your life. All six of you are amazing. Love you guys…
Please take a minute to go to their website… St. Baldrick’s Foundation …and find a way to give back.
And Avery…we still have a date to go shopping!
January 29, 2013 - 12:11 pm
What a beautiful young lady! So strong and brave — you go girl!! (And a great photographer too.)
February 5, 2013 - 1:47 pm
Such a brave and beautiful young landy – continue to be strong!
(Love the picture’s – great job)
February 20, 2013 - 9:54 am
she’s so beautiful on the inside and out – you did a fantastic job capturing that! i just adore the close-up portrait of her. you should consider applying for the gold hope project if you aren’t already a part of it!
I can honestly say that I don’t think I have been this exhausted since I had a newborn and an 11 month old at the same time. I am not complaining, because this is a good kind of tired…the kind where you crawl into bed at night grateful because you had so much good to keep you busy and wear you out. So much good that it makes the hard stuff so much easier to deal with. This last couple of months I have been blessed to be able to spend lots of time with some amazing seniors and their moms. I always feel so honored that they choose me to follow them with a camera to document this huge, exciting time in their lives. I love walking around with them, taking their pictures, and learning everything I can about them. It is one of the two main reasons that I love senior portrait photography.
So be prepared for some beautiful girls on the blog over the coming weeks!
This is Camille. She is so pretty. And so sweet. And I’m so happy I got to meet her.
May 17, 2012 - 4:18 am
Beautiful session! Love the softness of the images. You captured her beautifully!
May 17, 2012 - 7:03 am
Thank you Lauren!
May 29, 2012 - 10:28 am
Beautiful — very pretty gal!!
“Hey girl” is the theme this week on {I heart faces} .
Love this one of Kaitlin :)
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May 8, 2012 - 12:04 pm
lovely! love that wall! :-)
May 8, 2012 - 12:49 pm
Great shot, beautiful lady!!
May 8, 2012 - 1:36 pm
Simple and cute!
May 8, 2012 - 2:22 pm
Ok, I love the wall, but the girl is just stunning! Beautiful shot.
May 8, 2012 - 5:10 pm
Beautiful!!! That’s a real smile!!
May 8, 2012 - 9:37 pm
Oh, this is just so cool. I love the muted colors with the red hair, and that tile wall just makes the photo. I love how this beautiful girl is slightly off center too. Great shot. Mary
May 10, 2012 - 1:27 pm
So beautiful!
Alyssa Martini - I’m interest in getting senior pictures done. How much do you charge?