Help-Portrait Harrisburg

2011 Plan

2011-11-10T14:38:00.001-05:00

Unfortunately, I (Hasby) won't be able to organize the event this year. I may not even be able to make it this year. I have heard that there is a group that may held the event at Second City Church in Harrisburg, but I have yet to be able to contact them directly. If anyone is organizing an event in Harrisburg area, please let me know. If it is organized through Facebook, please send me the link to the FB. I know for Lancaster group, they organized the event through Facebook page. We had several volunteers from Lancaster area last year.

Thank you for all the volunteers

2010-12-11T16:36:00.000-05:00

Based on what I have heard so far, we have another successful event for Help-Portrait Harrisburg, PA. I want to thank you for all the volunteers that help make this event a successful event. Considering that we don't have any meeting before the event, this is amazing!

The people at Bethesda Mission Men's and Women's Shelters were so glad and thankful that we did it again this year. And this year, we were able to extend it to include YWCA and I have heard that they also had a great day.

The current date for Help-Portrait worldwide is December 3. I will try to plan for the event earlier next year and hopefully we can secure December 3 as our event date. Put it in your calendar. Recruit more volunteers.

Location, Date and Time for 2010 Help-Portrait Harrisburg

2010-11-28T21:56:00.000-05:00

We have finalized the location and time for 2010 Help-Portrait Harrisburg.

Date: December 11, 2010.
Time: 10 am.
Location:

Bethesda Mission Men Shelter
Bethesda Mission Women Shelter
YWCA

It is not too late to join the group. You can either go to volunteers section and fill out the form there, or go to Facebook and join this event "Help-Portrait Harrisburg"

For volunteers that have signed up, we will be updating everyone with location information.

Help-Portrait Harrisburg 2010

2010-11-15T21:27:00.000-05:00

Help-Portrait Harrisburg 2010 will be on December 11. We are aware that Help-Portrait Worldwide will be held on December 4, but due to the request from Bethesda Mission, we will be holding this on December 11 instead. If you are interested, please let us know by filling up this form or look for Help-Portrait Harrisburg event on Facebook.

Help-Portrait 2010 Date

2009-12-21T16:20:00.000-05:00

Just an update in case you have not seen it yet, Help-Portrait 2010 will be on 12.04.2010. Based on latest video from Jeremy Cowart, Help-Portrait founder, this will be once a year event. Help-Portrait Harrisburg will consider doing it more than once a year, but at this time, we will keep it as a yearly event.

Help-Portrait Harrisburg Behind The Scene Video

2009-12-21T16:05:00.005-05:00

Story from Tom Wenger (Photographer)

2009-12-13T11:27:00.002-05:00

Tom Wenger has posted an entry about Help Portrait on his blog.

I walked away with a lot of great photographs but agreed not to share them here for the sake of privacy of those photographed. I also walked away with respect for these gentlemen who are trying to put their lives together despite the rough hand dealt to them by society.

Thank you, Tom! I wish people could see these amazing portraits and the stories in these portraits, but as we respect the privacy of these people, readers will have to just take our words. Consider joining us next year. We are sure that it will touch your heart and bring tears to your eyes.

Story from Candy Sparks

2009-12-13T10:10:00.002-05:00

Here is the snippet from Candy Sparks' blog:

in other news i volunteered time at help-portriat today in harrisburg... for some homeless and shelter ladies... they had some of there kids along... so candy was able to play with the kids... i posed everyone and played with those kids until smiles appeared... i loved it... took some candid shots... and i plan on making a book on snapfish or lulu for the mission center... so the ladies can remember this day forever... i love the fact that i was able to give back with my art! i won't be able to post pictures for this only because we were asked not too... it was not for personal gain but for heartfelt gain... and that warms my soul...

Also, read Candy's mom cause. Let's focus on giving this Christmas season.

And Candy, thank you for bringing smiles to the life of people at Bethesda Mission Women's Shelter.

Update: I forgot to add that Candy is a photographer herself, but willing to help where she is needed most. She took the role of making people smile and capturing the event through candid shots.

Thank you!

2009-12-12T21:41:00.000-05:00

Wow, what a great day!!! Some information has start to pop up on the web.

Patriot News coverage of the event:
Photographers focus on free portraits for Bethesda Mission residents

Photos from Patriot News photographers:
Gallery: Help Portrait

Men's Shelter Location Photos

2009-12-03T22:23:00.000-05:00

"Hip Foto Guy" were kind enough to stop by the Men's Shelter and took some photos of the location. Unlike the women's shelter (which unfortunately we don't have the photos for it and have no plan to post any photos for it), we have a lot of space for the men's shelter. Since a lot of the volunteers have asked about the location detail, I am posting the photos here.

(Photo Credit: Hip Foto Guy)

(Photo Credit: Hip Foto Guy)

Cool photo for our Help-Portrait Harrisburg event

2009-12-03T12:03:00.000-05:00

Gary Edmiston - Hip Foto Guy posted this photo on BeyondSecond website.

HELP PORTRAIT-Bethesda Mission-12.12.09 by Hip Foto Guy

If you have any other relevant photo you want to be featured here, please let us know.

Help-Portrait Meeting - Thursday, 12/3 @ 6pm

2009-12-02T20:38:00.000-05:00

Sorry, this should have been posted earlier on the site. But most people involved should have been notified by mail regarding this meeting. Anyway, if those that have not signed up and still interested in joining in the effort, feel free to join us for the meeting.

Location: St. Thomas Roasters
5951 Linglestown Road, Harrisburg, PA 17112
Time: 12/3/09 @ 6pm.

As always, the meeting will probably be informal. We hope to see you there.

Help-Portrait Harrisburg Update

2009-11-19T19:03:00.003-05:00

Some important updates:

We will be taking photos of people from Bethesda Mission from both Men's and Women's shelters. Specific detail on locations and time will be given through emails for people signed up for Help-Portrait Harrisburg due to several reasons, primarily for privacy of people involved.
One important reminder, if you want to be involved, NO portraits taken during this event can be used for your portfolios, blogs or public display. This is very personal. Help-Portrait is about giving for the sake of giving. I will quote one of the comment from Help-Portrait community discussion: "The movement is about the act of doing something great for someone else in need. This can be achieved by blogging and posting photos/video of the event itself and not the individual person's portrait." For our event, we will go even further on this. Event any candid photos with identifiable images of people from Women's and Youth's shelter can NOT be displayed at all. Currently, we will just leave this as honest system, but if majority think we should all sign an agreement for this, we can do that too.
With what said above, there is no such thing as release form. One of the organizers mentioned on the community site "The only release that should be considered giving is you, the photographer, signing over your copyrights to the subject so they can use the photo however they'd like." We currently have no plan to have any release form for you to sign over your copyrights, we will just use honor system. Remember, this is not about taking photos, it is about giving.

Thank you for your willingness to help and sacrifice your time.

Help-Portrait Harrisburg Meeting - Cafe Di Luna 11.18.09 @ 6pm

2009-11-17T08:25:00.002-05:00

Well, actually it is BeyondSecond photographers meet up, but since most of the people will be involved in Help-Portrait Harrisburg, we will be discussing about Help-Portrait too.

When: Wednesday, 11.18.09 @6pm
Where: Cafe Di Luna
1004 N 3rd Street
Harriburg, PA 17102

See you there!

Update: We have an organization that have accepted our offer for Help-Portrait. Information will be given on email and/or during our meeting. We will also publish it here once we have more detail in term of time.

Next meeting during BeyondSecond meetup

2009-11-12T12:56:00.000-05:00

Help-Portrait Harrisburg will meet during BeyondSecond meetup on Nov 18 @ 6pm. Tentative location for the meeting is Cafe Di Luna. It is tentative since Cafe Di Luna fall hours is 6:30am to 6pm, so we may need to go with different location, but I won't be surprised if Cafe Di Luna extends the business hours just to have us meet there again.

Stay tuned!

11.10.09 Meeting @Cafe Di Luna

2009-11-10T22:36:00.001-05:00

First, thank you to Cafe Di Luna for letting us meet beyond normal business hours. We found out that Cafe Di Luna business hour for fall is from 6:30 am to 6:00 pm, but Ambreen was kind enough to wait for us and stayed open until 6:30 pm.

Chris, Nate and Hasby met at Cafe Di Luna. We had informal meeting. We discuss mainly about the location. We will not publish the potential location at this point because we don't want people to question why would certain organization decided not to accept the offer.

We will update everyone with the location once we get a definitive answer.

Again, thank you for Cafe Di Luna for their kindness. If you are around town, please remember Cafe Di Luna. Great coffee and atmosphere. Better than you know who.

First Meeting Tonight at Cafe Di Luna

2009-11-10T13:56:00.001-05:00

The first meeting for Help-Portrait Harrisburg group will be held at Cafe Di Luna on 1004 N 3rd Street Harrisburg, PA 17101.

We will discussing several items, but the main focus will be possible locations or organizations to reach out to. Depending on the number of volunteers, we may need to offer to more than one organizations, which is a good thing.

We will update the result of the meeting here.

Update: Forgot to add the time. It will be @ 6pm.

Volunteers

2009-11-10T13:31:00.030-05:00

Help-Portrait Harrisburg 2010 will be held on December 11, 2010 since Bethesda Mission has requested that date. CLICK HERE to go to signup form.

Our volunteers for this year:

Bethesda Mission Men's Shelter

Gary Edmiston (Photographer)
Albert Sarvis (Photographer)
Hasby Tanjung (Photographer)
Farid Widjaya (Photographer)
Tom Wenger (Photographer)

Bethesda Mission Women's Shelter

Nicole Kahley-Hate (Photographer)
Stephanie Hench (Photographer)
Nate Kresge (Photographer)
Denise Verchimak (Photographer)
Victoria Laudermilch
Alex Laudermilch (MUA/Hairstylist)

YWCA Harrisburg

Dianna Allen (Hairstylist)
Frank Borges (Photographer)
Jason Martin (Photographer)
Linda Messner
Trish Solis (MUA)

We would like to thank you for everyone that helped during our Help-Portrait Harrisburg 2009 @ Bethesda Mission.

Bethesda Mission Men's Shelter

Chad Brackeen (Photographer)
Frank Borges (Photographer)
Michael Dunmire (Photographer)
Gary Edmiston (Photographer)
Allison Frank (Photographer)
Diane Kovach (Photographer)
Jason Martin (Photographer)
Hasby Tanjung (Photographer)
Tom Wenger (Photographer)

Bethesda Mission Women's Shelter

Nicole Hate (Photographer)
Belle Lemley (Make-up artist)
Christopher Hench (Photographer)
Stephanie Hench (Photographer)
Nate Kresge (Photographer)
Paula Miller (Hair stylist)
Candy Sparks (Photographer)
Denise Verchimak (Photographer)

If you want to join us, please fill in the form HERE and someone will get in touch with you.