Photographer Taking ‘Porch’ Photos To Benefit CCS
April 18, 2020 at 2:01 a.m.
Photographer Taking ‘Porch’ Photos To Benefit CCS
By David [email protected]
For the free photo sessions, her clients stay in their yard or on the porch – while she’s at least 6 feet away – and she takes some “fun” photos of how they are dealing with the governor’s stay-at-home order during the pandemic.
“It’s just however everyone is dealing with their quarantine life,” she said. “It’s just those candid moments I’m trying to capture at this time.”
She’ll take no more than two to five poses for the free sessions, but if the clients want to pay Alvarado for the photos, she donates that money to CCS or ask that they donate it directly to CCS.
The clients don’t always tell her how much they donate or if they do, but she’s received $20 and $5 previously for the photos. “It’s whatever people can give, right now, especially,” she said.
Alvarado, 26, got the idea after seeing other photographers across America do similar things, but mostly for profit. She wanted to do something different and to give back to the new community she’s a part of. The free Front Porch Sessions also are helping her get her name out there as a professional photographer while letting her get involved in the community.
She’s started the sessions about 1-1/2 weeks ago and did 10 by Friday. Friday night, she had 20 more different sessions scheduled, beginning at 5:30 p.m. with the family of Travis, Katie and Grayson Miller.
She said she’s been able to get the word out about the sessions through her Facebook page at www.facebook.com/laphotographyin, and then through word-of-mouth other people contacted her about sessions. She also did photos for Madison Elementary School’s daddy/daughter dance over a month ago.
Her first client was a heart patient, who is extremely vulnerable to the coronavirus, and his wife. She posted their story and photo on her Facebook page with their permission.
She doesn’t make prints. Instead, she supplies a digital link to the photos. If people want to make prints, Alvarado said she uses Google, which provides users with many options to print their photos off.
In an email from Alvarado to Alyssa Lowe, CCS director of development, Alvarado said, “I want people to know we are all in this together and hopefully these fun photos can shed a little light on the darkness right now. I am doing these photos all free or I ask you make a donation to help those in need right now. I’m so thankful to be apart of a community that lifts each other up.”
For the free photo sessions, her clients stay in their yard or on the porch – while she’s at least 6 feet away – and she takes some “fun” photos of how they are dealing with the governor’s stay-at-home order during the pandemic.
“It’s just however everyone is dealing with their quarantine life,” she said. “It’s just those candid moments I’m trying to capture at this time.”
She’ll take no more than two to five poses for the free sessions, but if the clients want to pay Alvarado for the photos, she donates that money to CCS or ask that they donate it directly to CCS.
The clients don’t always tell her how much they donate or if they do, but she’s received $20 and $5 previously for the photos. “It’s whatever people can give, right now, especially,” she said.
Alvarado, 26, got the idea after seeing other photographers across America do similar things, but mostly for profit. She wanted to do something different and to give back to the new community she’s a part of. The free Front Porch Sessions also are helping her get her name out there as a professional photographer while letting her get involved in the community.
She’s started the sessions about 1-1/2 weeks ago and did 10 by Friday. Friday night, she had 20 more different sessions scheduled, beginning at 5:30 p.m. with the family of Travis, Katie and Grayson Miller.
She said she’s been able to get the word out about the sessions through her Facebook page at www.facebook.com/laphotographyin, and then through word-of-mouth other people contacted her about sessions. She also did photos for Madison Elementary School’s daddy/daughter dance over a month ago.
Her first client was a heart patient, who is extremely vulnerable to the coronavirus, and his wife. She posted their story and photo on her Facebook page with their permission.
She doesn’t make prints. Instead, she supplies a digital link to the photos. If people want to make prints, Alvarado said she uses Google, which provides users with many options to print their photos off.
In an email from Alvarado to Alyssa Lowe, CCS director of development, Alvarado said, “I want people to know we are all in this together and hopefully these fun photos can shed a little light on the darkness right now. I am doing these photos all free or I ask you make a donation to help those in need right now. I’m so thankful to be apart of a community that lifts each other up.”
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