Rachel Foster
New member
This is a really off-topic post, but I wanted to share with the forum an unexpected pleasure photography has given me: the community service I've been able to do.
I've shot a number of photos for a teacher writing the history of a local school. Some of the photos were used in a sesquicentennial celebration of the small town we live in. Even more fun was that prior to the display, I took groups of four third and fourth grade children around the school shooting photos. I put point-and-shoots in their hands and told them to shoot whatever caught their eye. They had fun and so did I.
More recently, I've been asked to shoot portraits of new board members of the local community area foundation (same one that hosts my art scholarship fund). They liked the results well enough they've approached me about new photos of the entire board.
I've talked to the counselor at the local continuation school about doing senior portraits of a few students in exchange for their performing a few hours of community service. A lot of these kids come from economically disadvantaged families and their senior portraits are often shot with a point-and-shoot by the school counselor.
I never expected to engage in something like this, but it has enriched my life a great deal. OPF has been instrumental in getting me to a point where I can produce something good enough to do these things. So, to all who have given of their time and expertise and helped me learn, I wanted to say thank you.
I've shot a number of photos for a teacher writing the history of a local school. Some of the photos were used in a sesquicentennial celebration of the small town we live in. Even more fun was that prior to the display, I took groups of four third and fourth grade children around the school shooting photos. I put point-and-shoots in their hands and told them to shoot whatever caught their eye. They had fun and so did I.
More recently, I've been asked to shoot portraits of new board members of the local community area foundation (same one that hosts my art scholarship fund). They liked the results well enough they've approached me about new photos of the entire board.
I've talked to the counselor at the local continuation school about doing senior portraits of a few students in exchange for their performing a few hours of community service. A lot of these kids come from economically disadvantaged families and their senior portraits are often shot with a point-and-shoot by the school counselor.
I never expected to engage in something like this, but it has enriched my life a great deal. OPF has been instrumental in getting me to a point where I can produce something good enough to do these things. So, to all who have given of their time and expertise and helped me learn, I wanted to say thank you.
