Stanley-Carl du-Pont is an H-P organizer for Ubuntu Help-Portrait in Johannesburg, South Africa. He offers an overview of his group's ambitious plan for 2012. In 2011 Ubuntu Help-Portrait volunteers hosted 95 portrait events and gave a staggering +13,000 portraits over 10 weeks to bring our tally to over 19,500 free portraits in three years. A photographer [...]
Aperturaphoto.com shares beautiful behind-the-scenes shots of the first ever Help-Portrait Indonesia. Recipients of the photos were 170 girls aged from 6-18 and 10 others from an all-girl orphanage in Jakarta. More than 50 volunteers made the day possible, chronicled in this personal essay.
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CNN.com U.S. edition featured Help-Portrait on its homepage, with a look at several Help-Portait events and participants, including Luanne Dietz, a photojournalist and middle school photography teacher in St. Petersburg, Florida, and blogger Karen Lim, who recently traveled to Swaziland to capture portraits in an underprivileged local community. See the full coverage here: "Photographers to [...]
This is it! The third annual Help-Portrait is about to begin. We can't tell you how excited we are to see this movement grow to the size it has - thousands of you in 56 countries across the world are signed up to make a difference in people's lives in your own communities this weekend. [...]
The Wall Street Journal NYC edition did a great piece on Help-Portrait and its founder, Jeremy Cowart, as an Editor's Pick (it's also featured on the homepage). Enjoy! Read more: "Creating a Lasting Image"
Our friends at ScottKelby.com asked the Help-Portrait team to guest blog today on their site. Our volunteer staff gives some insight into what we do for H-P and how it's impacted our lives. Check it out for a sneak peek at what goes on behind-the-scenes. Read more: "It’s Guest Blog Wednesday featuring the Help-Portrait Team!" [...]
This is a fun addition to the new apparel in the Help-Portrait store this year. These original Lens Bracelets designed by Adam Elmakias are made from durable black silicone with debossed red stripe and Help-Portrait Logo. It also comes in a black 50MM style. These bracelets were donated by Adam so all proceeds from your [...]
Thursday, Nov. 17, Scott Kelby will be featuring Jeremy Cowart live on The Grid at 2pm ET talking about how to run a Help-Portrait event. Tune in if you have questions about running or participating in a Help-Portrait event, and help us spread the word about the broadcast. The Grid with Scott Kelby & Matt [...]
This tutorial shows you how to use our new Help-Portrait Photoshop templates for HP Photo uploads.