{"id":52443,"date":"2018-10-08T15:50:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T20:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmsmithportraits.com\/blog\/?p=52443"},"modified":"2018-10-08T15:50:31","modified_gmt":"2018-10-08T20:50:31","slug":"florence-sc-portrait-photographer-fall-fundraiser-and-this-is-my-why-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cmsmithportraits.com\/blog\/florence-sc-portrait-photographer-fall-fundraiser-and-this-is-my-why-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Florence, SC Portrait Photographer: Fall Fundraiser and This is My Why Project"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are bringing back our Fall Fundraiser sessions at All Star Sports, and this year the net proceeds will be split equally between flood victims from Hurricane Florence and a fund to benefit our local law enforcement. \u00a0Sessions will be held on October 27th from 9:00-12:00, and are first come, first served. \u00a0Sessions are $50 and will include a FULL resolution digital image of your choice. \u00a0We look forward to this event and hope to see you there!<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Collin M. Smith Portrait Photography
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This week certainly has been a different one for our little city, hasn’t it? \u00a0Never ever did I think that little old Florence, South Carolina would be on the national news. \u00a0But on the national news for a shooting in which our city’s law enforcement was gunned down, killing one and wounding six others? \u00a0NO. WAY. \u00a0Not my town. \u00a0I’ve lived here my entire life and things like this just don’t happen here. \u00a0It’s heartbreaking and I’m pretty sure it’s the heaviest burden that our community has ever faced. \u00a0In the days that have passed since this horrific event I’ve witnessed shock, fear, disbelief, and anger in the people of Florence. \u00a0But also? \u00a0So much LOVE. \u00a0So much community. \u00a0The people of Florence have come together to support our law enforcement in a way that I have never seen before. \u00a0I am certain that this tragic event will never be forgotten. \u00a0But I hope we also hold on to this sense of unity that has come from unbelievable heartache.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Collin M. Smith Portrait Photography
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Remember Hurricane Florence? \u00a0It almost seems like ages ago in light of recent events. \u00a0In the middle of all of our hurricane prep, in the days when we thought that a direct hit to Florence, SC was inevitable, Collin and I had a newborn session. \u00a0During that newborn session the baby’s father’s cell phone kept sounding alerts. \u00a0See, he’s a fireman. \u00a0He would be leaving his family (three kids ages three and under) for the duration of the hurricane to provide help to the people who needed it. \u00a0Yikes. \u00a0I’m not sure I would have made it as a young mom if Collin told me he was going to have to leave me with our three very young children to weather the storm alone. \u00a0But y’all, they did it! \u00a0He and his wife, they did it, and I never heard a complaint from either of them. \u00a0And not just firemen. \u00a0TONS of people in various public service careers left their families and the comfort of their homes to ensure that the families of Florence and the surrounding areas were as safe as possible. \u00a0Hospital employees, linemen, police, EMT, DNR…they worked days on end because it was a time of crisis and the people of their community needed them to. \u00a0That weighed so heavy on my heart throughout the duration of the storm and in the days after when some of these same people traveled to communities who had been devastated by flooding.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Collin M. Smith Portrait Photography
www.cmsmithportraits.com\/blog<\/p><\/div>\n

Why do they do it? \u00a0They have to have a “why”. \u00a0We all do, right? \u00a0We all have someone, or several someones, who are our reason for doing the hard stuff that life throws at you. \u00a0While Collin and I discussed this during the hurricane, we decided to come up with a plan to help remind the people in these service industries who had worked so tirelessly of their WHY. \u00a0And, obviously, we wanted to use photography to do it. \u00a0We have a single session package that we offer at our studio that includes a session, a 16×20 wall portrait, a proof book of all images from the session, and a digital set of images from the session with our logo that are suitable for online sharing. \u00a0For the remainder of 2018 we are removing the session fee from this package for the people in these public service industries, bringing the price of this package from $499 to $299. \u00a0Now, unfortunately due to an already full schedule, we may not be able to fit your session in this year, but we will honor this as we move into 2019. \u00a0You just need to contact us about the offer in 2018. \u00a0So, what type of session is it? \u00a0Basically anything that we offer in Florence. \u00a0Family, your children, engagement, newborn, baby…in our studio or on location…we just want to see your reason for why you choose to serve our community, and deliver to you an art piece that you can hang on your wall that will remind you daily of your WHY. \u00a0So, this offer is available to any first responder, any hospital employee, any lineman…please share with anyone you know who may benefit from this! \u00a0For more information and to take part, please email at collin@cmsmithportraits.com.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 Collin M. Smith Portrait Photography
www.cmsmithportraits.com\/blog<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are bringing back our Fall Fundraiser sessions at All Star Sports, and this year the net proceeds will be split equally between flood victims from Hurricane Florence and a fund to benefit our local law enforcement. \u00a0Sessions will be held on October 27th from 9:00-12:00, and are first come, first served. \u00a0Sessions are $50...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"pp_embeds":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,16,35,18,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-babies","category-children","category-community","category-families","category-tweens-and-teens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmsmithportraits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmsmithportraits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmsmithportraits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmsmithportraits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmsmithportraits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52443"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/cmsmithportraits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52572,"href":"https:\/\/cmsmithportraits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52443\/revisions\/52572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cmsmithportraits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmsmithportraits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cmsmithportraits.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}