WOW! What a great combination! My favorite time of year and a fabulous cause! Photographing kids picking out their pumpkins is always a fun way to spend the afternoon. Thanks to Lakeshore United Methodist Church in Jacksonville Florida for graciously allowing me to use their space as a backdrop. I was so honored to participate in this and I thank Kristen Weaver for all her hard work.

I think what made this all worth it, donations aside, was after I was wrapping up for the day, a volunteer at the patch inquired to the purpose (she missed the craziness of my video shoot with In Motion Video Productions, she was the closing shift volunteer). When I explained, she thanked me personally as a survivor. What a way to end the day! As if I wasn’t already sure about ding this again next year- this sealed the deal.

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I want to share a major thank you to Kristen and all the other fabulous photographers and vendors who have helped make Images for a Cure such a success.  My family and I just received some wonderful news last week that the mass the doctors had found in my mother-in-law’s breast was not cancerous! We had quite a scare because she had just recovered from successful surgery to remove cancer cells the docs had found in the wall of her uterus. Plus, her mother had passed away from cancer that started in her breast and spread through her body when my husband was still a toddler. So you can imagine how grateful we are to get such a good report now! So, again thanks to all who are helping The Breast Cancer Research Foundation® make a difference!

Also, I wanted to post some teasers from my Images for a Cure session this weekend with Ashton, a senior in HS.  She and her mother were an absolute delight to work with, and they went above and beyond by donating more than the session fee I had set up! We found some great shots in the Historic Downtown Collierville Square, and thankfully the rain held off long enough to get their entire session in.  I can’t wait to share the rest of their images with them

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Susan Prater
Designs by Prater

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• Kristen Weaver: Love these shots! Send me one or 2 high res for our video So glad your mother-in-law is well Thanks for all your hard work!!

Ohmygosh. Can you believe today finally came? I feel like I’ve been anticipating this day for months, and here it is!

If you don’t know me yet, Hi. My name is Kristen, and I started this little shindig! I’m a fashion and wedding photographer based out of Orlando, FL, and I LOVE what I do. Other than that, I love things like cats and circus peanuts, and can’t wait to get married to my man, Anthony!

So let me tell you a little bit about my sessions today.

I started out with a full house. My first session, the engagement session of Jessica and Tim, involved makeup donated by Jillian Caro, and the fantastic Jacksonville videographers Christina and James of In Motion Video Productions. We rounded out the clan with my 2nd shooter, Reema, who was there to document the day and my fabulous assistant Angie. Ryan Poirier also came by and was a lifesaver when my newly fixed camera broke again (I’ll be taking that up with the company tomorrow)

I also, surprisingly, had a good time doing the interview for our first Images for a Cure video, produced by In Motion. I am notoriously camera shy, but Christina made me feel completely comfortable – like chatting with an old friend It was nice dragging them along with us – and I highly recommend them if you’re planning a wedding. They were awesome to work with!

We’re having a heat wave in Florida (and that’s putting it lightly). The temperature seared at over 90, and gave us a heat index over 100 degrees. It only cooled slightly around 4:30 when the weather quickly changed to thunderstorms (causing me to reschedule my last session). Ahhh, October.

Regardless, I had such a great time today! I love my clients – they’re the best ever! I have a lot of great images to work on, but I wanted to start with a couple teasers from each session. Enjoy!

To see more of my work, please visit my blog: http://www.kristenweaverblog.com

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• InMotionVideoProductions: We loved working with you too. Thanks for letting us capture your shoots Love the teasers- I can’t wait to share the video with you.
• Kimberly: These are so Pretty. You are so awesome for doing this! I am looking forward to next years event as a participating photographer.
• Clark Lara II: The sessions look great, we will posting ours this week.