As promised, here are a few more shots from my recent LHP session. Harry is 6 years old and was diagnosed with diabetes last year. It has been a lot to take in – saying no to sweets, adjusting to blood sugar testing and twice daily injections, and learning how Pete the Pancreas works (or doesn’t). His family have been there supporting him and holding his hand during his jabs, which he was proud to tell me no longer make him cry. Harry’s favourite thing to do is play on at the playground, so it was an excellent place to meet for our session.

If you know a little hero who would like to feel like a star with his or her own photo session (and interview), check out the Littlest Heroes Project. Their volunteers are great. As always, you can also get in touch with me if you have any questions.

Hey all!

I’ve just partnered with a great charity organisation called the Littlest Heroes Project. Their aim is to honour children with serious illnesses and life-altering disabilities and spread awareness of their courage while we work toward treatments and cures. Participating families are connected with a professional photographer in their area who helps capture the beauty and hope in their everday lives.

I am thrilled to be a participating photographer, but now I need your help spreading the word! Do you know a little hero who deserves his/her own special portrait session? Direct them to http://littlestheroesproject.org. Email this blog post to friends and family, so they can spread the word as well. Print the images found below this post and hang them up (with permission, of course!) in GP’s and specialists’ offices, church bulletin boards, childcare centres, and anywhere else they might be spotted by qualifying families. Contact me if you’d like hard copies, and I’ll be happy to post some out to you.

Thank you for your support!

~Jenny

I don’t want to spoil the surprise, but I have to share a couple images from this session. Part of my job is setting others at ease, so that I can better capture their personalities on film. Being rather shy by nature I sometimes find this intimidating, but Trisha and her family were great sports and laughed at my silly (ok, lame!) jokes and goofing around. Thanks so much for making my job fun! I hope you’re as pleased with your portraits as I am.

I love the way mum just radiates contentment while all the kids are interacting around her in this one:

And this next shot is one of my favourite “outtake” family portraits. It shows the personalities and relationships so much better than a standard ‘everyone face the camera and smile’ shot (although we got some of those as well!)

Over the Rainbow Photography will be participating in the Help-Portrait Project 12 December, 2009. I’ll be donating a portrait session plus a print package valued at £100. This is where you come in: I need you to tell me who deserves this gift! I’m looking for a person or family who will really benefit from this experience, someone who doesn’t have money in their budget for custom portraits but would really appreciate them… This might be a struggling single parent, a couple celebrating their 50th anniversary, parents raising foster children, a family touched by illness or loss… I don’t want to limit the parameters too much. If you know someone who really deserves some special treatment and lasting memories in print this year, nominate them!

Please email your nominations to jenny@overtherainbowphotography.com by 25 November. This will give me time to sort through the entries, select the winner(s), and notify them by 1 December. The portrait session will take place on 12 December at a time and place convenient to the winner. Over the Rainbow Photography is based in Derry but I’m willing to travel a reasonable distance (within about 1 hour driving) or meet the recipient in the middle if they’re further afield. In your email, please include the following information about the person or family you’re nominating:

Name
phone or email
town/city
a brief description of why they deserve this prize

Please share this post with friends, family and co-workers. If I get a lot of interest I may add a second prize!

All the best,
Jenny

Hey ladies!

You’re invited to a “Pink Pamper Party” night of fun and relaxation to benefit a great cause.   There will be Avon beauty products for sale, a raffle with great prizes (including a £150 voucher to Over the Rainbow Photography), yummy food and loads more!   Proceeds will benefit Breakthrough Breast Cancer Charity.

Friday 24 July from 7-11pm at the Tower Hotel in Derry

I’ll be there with product samples and information about our services as well as some “pink prints” for sale.

If you need more information, I can put you in touch with the Event Coordinator. Hope to see you there!

~Jenny