Dollar Portraits

A little while ago I wrote about a certain young lady by the name of Gabby who is taking the idea behind Dollar Portraits and starting her own fund raising project called These Portraits. I'm happy to report that she's made wonderful progress and has just launched her website at www.theseportraits.com. She has also come to the conclusion that these types of projects go at their own pace because otherwise they end up feeling like work. Took me a while to figure this out for myself.

Her charity of choice is Rock Ed Philippines who organise venues and events for alternative education programs through art, music, poetry and anything else other than being in a classroom. How cool does that sound!?

Gabby is very enthusiastic about her charity and photography and it shows through her work. I'm very happy to be associated with her. If you wish to join us and use the idea to form your own fund raising project then please get in touch with one of us and get snapping!

A few days ago I received an email from a lovely young lady photographer in the Philippines. She kindly asked for my permission to use the idea behind Dollar Portraits. Needless to say I was flattered and excited to hear other photographers using their work to help their community. A big part of my involvement in this project is to influence others to do the same. I always thought that if maybe just one person takes the idea and runs with it then my job here is done. But I won't rest just yet. I'm sure there are a few more photographers around. The internet is a big place.

Our friend from the Philippines is an active supporter of Rock Ed. She takes part in a Jails Project where they visit a local jail for a creative writing class they hold each week. She also takes part in a book drive. Books and writing are dear to my heart so I was very happy to hear how she wants to raise funds for these worthy community projects.

At this stage she is developing the blog she will use to display her photography and to help raise awareness for her project. I will post details as soon as I hear from her but for the mean time you can check out some of her work here and please join me in welcoming her. I wish her all the luck and hope she brings in the big bucks.