Tuesday, October 14, 2008

504 (human) participants. 147 families. what a day!

friends + family who came to the park sunday signed in under the tents before heading off to the kids' activity area or a photographer's "corner."

the park was the perfect setting. music was in the air (literally!)
kids were skipping, dancing, gluing, finding sticks. climbing trees.

and there were pictures, lots of pictures being made.
most of those you can see HERE: www.becking.zenfolio.com

it felt like a giant playdate at the park.
in sum: it was just what we hoped.

we'll continue updating this site periodically.
we'll try to get an FAQ section up, too...which means you must ask questions so we can see which of them become the "frequently asked" sort.

in closing, thank you, ALL!
on a personal note: i'm SO happy to have these pictures ~ know that song WHO are the people in your neighborhood? (think: 1970s sesame street) well THESE ARE the people in my neighborhood and having these pictures is like having a yearbook of our friends. love, love LOVE IT!

hugs!
amy
SilverBox

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

because every event is better with a logo


wow.

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we’re getting close.

DOUBLE-WOW: brooke (as in brooke of originals paper art), this logo is INCREDIBLE! thank you!!!!

here’s a confession: sometimes i’m so excited to work on this tribute event because it seems so right and because sarah would so dig it.

but then, i’m sad.

REALLY sad.

for goodness sakes, why didn’t we do this a year ago or 2 years ago or 5 years ago? sarah would have LOVED being part of this. we long for sarah to be part of this ~ this gathering of friends + family + neighbors at the park. so it’s hard. every bit of it is hard. but how good it is to make time to be together and to spend time together and to celebrate with PICTURES.

pictures, that’s what we love and what we do. that we includes sarah; it soooo includes sarah.

so, anyway, i’ll try to make more sense later. in the meantime, here’s a re-cap:

Sarah Becking’s photographer friends are hosting a tribute event that’s taken the shape of a drop-in family photo shoot from 3-5 PM, Sunday, October 12th. (If it’s raining at 12 noon that day stay tuned to this blog. If it’s still raining at 2 PM, we’ll reschedule for the event to be held on Sunday, October 26th instead.) note: There’s a step we haven’t yet taken in getting official permission to use the park, but plan on dropping by sometime during 3-5 pm at Stewart Park in Columbia. Hang out with us. Play with us. Get your picture made by us.

every family is welcome.

“family hug” type group pictures will be created (at no charge) for every family in attendance.

family pictures will be posted online via sarah becking’s zenfolio site (i.e. her “photo store”) sometime after the event. proceeds from any print sales will be directed to something sarah really loved: PICTURES-OF-THE-YEAR-International.

that’s the scoop. stay tuned for updates. and go hug somebody you love ~ that’s what it’s all about.

hold that hug.