Welcoming home the troops...

Last night I was invited to a great photographers' social at the Christian Photographers Guild. I got a chance to meet some great local photographers as well as some aspiring artists. We had a good time talking shop but the topic of how to give back to our community came up.

One of the first things that came to mind was a project that my good friend Todd Rundstrom did in Nebraska by photographing soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. He and other local photographers went to the homecoming ceremonies and photographed all the happy faces and tearful reunions and then gave the pictures to the families as their gift in thanks for their sacrifice.

We've talked about doing the same thing in Colorado Springs, perhaps at Fort Carson. We're just at the beginning phases so we really need some help from anyone who knows when the next group of returning troops is coming back and how we can get on base to make these photographs.

I've linked to some of Todd's blog posts below to give an idea of what we're after. If anyone out there has information on this at Fort Carson, please drop an e-mail to tim@imagefactoryphoto.com or call the studio at (719) 219-9791. Thanks!


Here is what we're talking about...(let me clarify, this is NOT my work -- it's what we want to replicate here in Colorado Springs)

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