Tag : Cancer

13 Mar 2015

Fourth Annual Skate for Catherine – Promotional Video and Photo Recap

Year four! The Catherine Elizabeth Blair Memorial Fund is a local non-profit dedicated to raising funds for developing treatments for the childhood cancer neuroblastoma. The foundation held its first “Skate for Catherine!” event on March 1st, 2012 at Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Arlington, Virginia (blog entry here) and has held the event every March. We did more promotion of the event this year, including a few promotional videos. Here’s one from the foundation’s Youtube channel: This year’s event had over 400 […]

27 Nov 2014

A Happy Thanksgiving Message and Announcement

Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! 2014 has been a tumultuous, exciting, and eye-opening year. Taking the plunge and going full-time with my passion for photography was a goal that I had once considered wishful thinking, it’s an amazing feeling to see where I am now. I am so happy and grateful to have had the support and good fortune over the past few years to have made my humble dream a reality. In my life before photography I spent five years working at a pediatric […]

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16 May 2014

2014 Growing Hope Picnic

Growing Hope is a local 501(c)(3) charity that “provides supportive, non-medical care to children with cancer and their families.” I have personally seen this organization in action and they are great people who really care. Every year they throw a picnic at Nottoway Park in Vienna, Virginia for pediatric cancer patients, their families, and the staff that takes care of them to enjoy time together outside of the clinical setting. These are just a few images from this year’s picnic. It’s […]

Personal / Shoot

13 Mar 2014

Third Annual Skate for Catherine

Three years in a row! The Catherine Elizabeth Blair Memorial Fund is a local non-profit dedicated to raising funds for developing treatments for the childhood cancer neuroblastoma. The foundation held its first benefit event – “Skate for Catherine!” – on March 1st, 2012 at Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Arlington, Virginia (blog entry here). I covered last year’s event and did the same this past Friday, March 7th for their third year. Over $18,000 was raised this year! You can donate […]

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05 Mar 2014

Mother-Daughter Spa Night at Life with Cancer

Last week I had the pleasure of covering a wonderful event. Mother-Daughter Spa Night at the Life with Cancer Building in Fairfax, VA. The night was hosted by the DC Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation, a local non-profit. Here is an excerpt from their “About Us” page: DC Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit support group for families with children of cancer in the Washington , DC metropolitan area (including Northern Virginia and Maryland ). We are affiliated with the American […]

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10 Mar 2013

Second Annual Skate for Catherine

The Catherine Elizabeth Blair Memorial Fund is a local non-profit dedicated to raising funds for developing treatments for the childhood cancer neuroblastoma. Last year the foundation held its first benefit event – “Skate for Catherine!” – on March 1st at Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Arlington, Virginia (blog entry here). I had the honor of shooting their event again this year this past Friday, March 8th. Here are some of the photos! You can click on each for a larger version. […]

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31 Oct 2012

Northern Virginia CureSearch Walk 2012

CureSearch is a national non-profit organization supporting childhood cancer research, raising money to help fund the Children’s Oncology Group (COG), a network of 200+ hospitals, universities, and cancer centers working together to reach a 100% cure rate for childhood cancer. A few weeks ago I had the honor of covering the 3rd Annual Northern Virginia CureSearch Walk. Last year’s walk , which I also covered, raised over $80,000… this year’s walk raised over $125,000! Congratulations to everyone for a great walk! […]

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04 Mar 2012

“Skate for Catherine!” & Tips for Shooting Ice Skaters

The Catherine Elizabeth Blair Memorial Fund is a local non-profit dedicated to raising funds for developing treatments for the childhood cancer neuroblastoma. They have most recently awarded a grant to a program developing a new treatment for relapsed neuroblastoma, which sadly has no known cure. The foundation held a benefit event – “Skate for Catherine!” – on March 1st at Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Arlington, Virginia. Catherine’s mother asked if I would be willing to cover the event and photograph […]

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26 Oct 2011

Northern Virginia CureSearch Walk 2011

A few weeks ago I was approached by members of the Northern Virginia CureSearch team and was asked to cover their 2011 CureSearch Walk in Fairfax Corner. Having participated in the walk the prior (and inaugural) year, I was more than happy to oblige and was honored to have been asked. CureSearch is a national non-profit organization supporting childhood cancer research. The money raised by CureSearch is used to help fund the Children’s Oncology Group (COG), which is a network […]

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23 Jun 2010

One Picture’s Journey

This post comes a bit late but I’ve definitely been busy juggling work, school, and shooting! I took this picture a while back during former Miss Virginia’s visit to our clinic. It was actually a candid that I was able to capture – the planets definitely aligned on this one. The expressions, placement, and lighting (580 EX II bounced off ceiling) all made for a great image. A few weeks after taking the picture and sharing it with those involved […]

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