Feel Good Photos

Blink. Another year goes by. You can’t recall her first steps and his baby fat is all but gone. You’ve been meaning to book a professional photography session to capture these fleeting years, but you haven’t been able to justify the cost. What if we told you that for a limited time one of Vancouver’s well-known photography studios is waiving its usual sitting fee for families who make a donation to a Vancouver food bank? Too good to be true, right? Well, get ready for goose bumps.

Jeff and Tanya Harrison of Veridamo Photography are the photographers-cum-philanthropists behind Kids of Vancouver, which is a wonderful program benefitting the hungry. With Kids of Vancouver, the Harrisons have set out to photograph 200 children from the Greater Vancouver Area. Their subjects’ beautiful images will be included in a limited edition fine art coffee table book which will then be available to featured families to buy. (Grandparent Christmas gift? Check.) 

How does this affect, you? Participating families will receive a complete portrait session for their child. After the session, families can purchase whatever images they would like from Veridamo. Jeff and Tanya, who are generously giving their time and talent, simply request that families involved in Kids of Vancouver make a donation of $100 to one of the charities participating in the program. 

When choosing charities, the Harrisons wanted to keep the program child-focused, and they found two picture perfect picks. The first, Tiny Bundles, is run by the SHARE Food Bank, and it provides fresh food to pregnant and nursing women and young children every week. The other program, Kids’ Picks, is run by the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society. It provides preschoolers with a bag of healthy, ready-to-eat snacks and includes information for their parents on childhood nutrition and good eating habits. More than 1,200 Kids’ Picks bags are needed each month. Through Kids of Vancouver’s portrait sessions and book sales, Veridamo Photography is aiming to raise $10,000 to benefit these two programs. 

To take part in this great idea, interested families need to complete a nomination form on the Kids of Vancouver website. They will then be contacted by one of the Harrisons to arrange a consultation. There, they will discuss possible photography locations, what to wear, what not to wear and other details of their memorable shoot.  When their session date is booked with Veridamo, participating families will be asked to make their $100 donation through the studio. (Not to worry, the tax receipt will be issued directly to each family.)

So, snap to it! This program runs only until the end of October. With Kids of Vancouver, it’s tough not to smile for the camera.

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