A Celebration of Life

Good things to come

2009

It has been a wonderful year. I have come to know some wonderful families and I am truly blessed to be a photographer.

I wanted to take a moment to thank all of those families for allowing me to photograph them and in some small way help ease their burden.

I also wanted to let everyone know that this site will soon be updated. Celebrate life will have its own blog and hopefully photographers all around the world joining in.

So keep your eyes open for some wonderful changes.

Also, during the month of January if you nominate someone deserving of a Celebrate Life session you will also receive a session for your family ( session fee only no prints or disks included).

So give the gift of memories this year and Celebrate Life!

Angela Shea

The project

"We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give."

-Winston Churchill

I have a little something in the works for 2007, that I am very excited about. I have been thinking on it for a while now and I know that as I go along it will grow and change, just like everything eventually does.  So what is it? It is the seed of an idea, for a charity of sorts - but not so much a charity as it is a Celebration on the human spirit.

so what better name for it than... A CELEBRATION OF LIFE

after all as photographers that is what we are doing, celebrating those things that make us who we are.

So to explain... ( I know I am long winded - that comes from having and Irish husband LOL)

I have often come across people in my community who are going through something in their lives whether it be sickness, recovery, a birth that has overcome great odds an adoption, and my automatic response to those stories is that I want to reach out to them and offer them a photography session ( free of charge of course).  Something that would document this time in their lives, wheather it be to leave behind memories for those they love or to comemorate a happy and joyful time.

To me the images that we take mean so much more than just a time and a place- they are a celebration of our lives.

"If these pictures have anything important to say to future generations , it is this: I was here, I was young, I was happy, and someone cared enough about me in this world to take my picure."

-Mark Romanek

So I challenge you to nominate your friends or those you have heard of who are deserving of such a celebration. Take an active roll in those lives around you- notice the beauty in one another. I will be creating a separate email address for applications of nomination to be sent to. For now they can be sent to asheaphoto@hotmail.com

I will choose three applications per year ( for now) that truly merrit a session.

Applications:

Your application of nomination must include your information ( name ,email address and phone number as well as a detailed description as to why you feel this person or people deserve a session)

Also you must include their name, address, email address and phone number.

I am hoping that in time this "paying it forward" will catch on and other photographers will participate in what I feel is a wonderful way to celebrate the human spirit!

I will be updating information here as needed.

Angela