Holdthathug’s Weblog

how great to meet up IN PERSON!

instead of emailing all; thought it might be more efficient to communicate via blog.

family + friends gathered yesterday will soon receive an invitation to join this blog as authors.

does this work for everybody?

does the following show where we are to date?

DETAILS DISCUSSED:

1. oh how we LOVE sarah!

2. hosting a tribute ~ a get-together of families where friends + neighbors are invited to come out to the park, see some old friends (+ maybe make some new ones) and have a family photo made by local photographers free-of-charge.

3. tribute name:

hold that hug: drop-in family photo shoot celebrating sarah e.m. becking

4. hopeful location: stewart park (near grant school and jason + sarah’s place) ~ we’re working on attaining permission to use the park for this event now

5. time + date: sunday, october 19th 3 – 5pm (but with set-up a bit before and photographer post-party and post-processing after)

6. rain date: the following sunday, october 26th 3-5pm

7. all families are welcome, but rather than publicize widely, our goal is to extend invitations to friends + neighbors, colleagues + clients and especially all those becking family fans.

8. event “staff” fall into 2 groups: photographers + facilitators

who are the shooters? photographer friends of sarah’s who have kids of their own (and admit to having embarrassingly few pictures of themselves WITH their spouse + kids. This is a celebration-of-service to make sure kids have pictures taken with their mom, not just by their mom.)

photographers to-date: ashley turner, amy enderle, jennifer roberts, karen eagle, kim wade, l.g. patterson, stacie pottinger.

who are the facilitators? mike + sarah messer plan to set up tents + tables; lisa kayser heads up the kid-activity area; beth pike perfects the “how the families get to the photographer” part with linda nivens + elizabeth jordheim helping to corral any chaos by greeting + positioning staff, pondering event flow + punching up the party-in-the-park atmosphere.

HOW WILL IT WORK? our thoughts to-date:

families joining in on the fun at the park “sign-in” at a central registration table (under the tent). There they get a postcard of information that includes how to find their photos online + the purpose of the event. A facilitator will point them in the direction of their photographer for their family picture. Pictures are created free of charge and then posted online. Proceeds from print sales go to the Pictures of the Year fund.

Other ideas being explored:

• inviting a POYi rep to be on-hand;
• music-to-mingle by;
• having some of sarah’s prints there for sale;
• inviting others hosting SEMB tributes + celebrations to have info at the tents
• staff t-shirts, of course

It’s quite likely there are a number of items I’ve left off this list. Sign-in + share.

and thanks. this feels just right ~ amy