When I decided to bring Front Steps project to Ridgewood to raise much needed funds for residents of Ridgecrest Senior Housing I did not quite realize what it would entail. I thought 20, maybe 30 families would sign up and I would be able to raise a couple of thousand dollars. Boy was I wrong! Close to one HUNDRED Ridgewood families signed up for their Front Steps portraits (super quick photo session in exchange for a donation to Ridgecrest) and we were able to raise $6000 in direct donations to Ridgecrest!!
I will be honest – this project took a lot of work: hours spent organizing and scheduling sessions, mapping optimal routes from one session to the next, creating and editing photos – these were hours spend away from my own family. Yet, participating in the Front Steps project gave me hours and hours of doing something that I absolutely LOVE to do – helping families bottle up and capture small every day seemingly insignificant moments, moments that are the stuff of life. This project helped me find a silver lining in this pandemic and reiterate the believe that all we really need is each other and sometimes there is nothing better than sitting together on your front steps hugging your kids and being thankful for the little things.
Some families I photographed prefer to keep their images private but here is a sampling of some of those who were happy to have their images shared:
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