La Casa Bilingual Homeless Shelter in Columbia Heights: Location is A GO!
It's official: La Casa Bilingual Homeless Shelter in Columbia Heights (1436 Irving St NW, Washington DC 20010) is excited to host as a Help-Portrait location on December 12th!
Please see my message below for more details on this location. Here's the deal! We need to meet and make an inventory check. This Saturday, December 5th, we will be meeting at Starbucks in Columbia Heights (3107 14th St NW, across from the Target shopping complex) at 3:00p.
This will be our opportunity to meet everyone -- photographers, and all volunteers -- that would like to get involved. It's important to know how many people we have, figure out who needs to bring what, and just share our ideas. After chatting for a while, we can actually head over to the shelter (just 1 block away) and take a look at the space. The gates open to the guys at 4:00p, so this also gives us the opportunity to chat with some of the men, and share with them what we hope to be doing next week!
So: Saturday, December 5th 3:00p at Starbucks in Columbia Heights, 3:00p | 1307 14th St NW.
I hope you are all very excited. If you are looking to get involved at this location (or don't have a location yet!) this is the meeting you want to attend! Please feel free to call me @ 678-571-6305, or email me directly at briantropiano@gmail.com
Thanks so much, and I hope you're absolutely PUMPED!
Brian
Over the last year or so, a group of friends and myself have served coffee and donuts to men at a local homeless shelter here in my neighborhood. On a few occasions, our local church (Church of the Advent) has thrown big cookouts, and most recently, a Thanksgiving feast at the actual shelter.
It's AMAZING to see how these relationships have evolved into true friendships. From the first time I heard about Help-Portrait, I knew the men (about 90 in all) at La Casa Bilingual Homeless Shelter would LOVE IT! Since there is a large, open, covered space at the shelter, and we have already established a relationship with the staff at the shelter, this is an excellent venue, AND it's on location!
By the responses to this thread, it looks like we've got a wide range of talent and equipment. We just need to organize. So, here's a hypothetical outline of our needs:
December 12th: 5:00p to 7:00p (the shelter opens at 4:00p)
Set-up:
5 stations, 2 photographers at each station (1 shooting, 1 assisting)
5 backdrops, each with stands etc. (1 backdrop for each station, preferably solid colors)
10-15 strobes with stands (2-3 strobes at each station)
10-15 umbrella/softboxes with stands (2-3 at each station)
{5 laptops to process photos at each station}*
{5 printers to print at each station}*
* It would be much easier and cheaper (and better quality, frankly) to print these afterward. We can divvy through the shoot and place a large order with ProDPI, then give the photos the following Tuesday when we serve coffee and donuts. What do you guys think?
Preparation and schedule:
We will need to do a dry run earlier on that day, perhaps around noon on the 12th. After everything is set up, we'll go grab lunch or a beer or something at one of the trendy restaurants in Columbia Heights/U st area, come back around 4:00 and start shooting around 5:00p.
Please see my message below for more details on this location. Here's the deal! We need to meet and make an inventory check. This Saturday, December 5th, we will be meeting at Starbucks in Columbia Heights (3107 14th St NW, across from the Target shopping complex) at 3:00p.
This will be our opportunity to meet everyone -- photographers, and all volunteers -- that would like to get involved. It's important to know how many people we have, figure out who needs to bring what, and just share our ideas. After chatting for a while, we can actually head over to the shelter (just 1 block away) and take a look at the space. The gates open to the guys at 4:00p, so this also gives us the opportunity to chat with some of the men, and share with them what we hope to be doing next week!
So: Saturday, December 5th 3:00p at Starbucks in Columbia Heights, 3:00p | 1307 14th St NW.
I hope you are all very excited. If you are looking to get involved at this location (or don't have a location yet!) this is the meeting you want to attend! Please feel free to call me @ 678-571-6305, or email me directly at briantropiano@gmail.com
Thanks so much, and I hope you're absolutely PUMPED!
Brian
Over the last year or so, a group of friends and myself have served coffee and donuts to men at a local homeless shelter here in my neighborhood. On a few occasions, our local church (Church of the Advent) has thrown big cookouts, and most recently, a Thanksgiving feast at the actual shelter.
It's AMAZING to see how these relationships have evolved into true friendships. From the first time I heard about Help-Portrait, I knew the men (about 90 in all) at La Casa Bilingual Homeless Shelter would LOVE IT! Since there is a large, open, covered space at the shelter, and we have already established a relationship with the staff at the shelter, this is an excellent venue, AND it's on location!
By the responses to this thread, it looks like we've got a wide range of talent and equipment. We just need to organize. So, here's a hypothetical outline of our needs:
December 12th: 5:00p to 7:00p (the shelter opens at 4:00p)
Set-up:
5 stations, 2 photographers at each station (1 shooting, 1 assisting)
5 backdrops, each with stands etc. (1 backdrop for each station, preferably solid colors)
10-15 strobes with stands (2-3 strobes at each station)
10-15 umbrella/softboxes with stands (2-3 at each station)
{5 laptops to process photos at each station}*
{5 printers to print at each station}*
* It would be much easier and cheaper (and better quality, frankly) to print these afterward. We can divvy through the shoot and place a large order with ProDPI, then give the photos the following Tuesday when we serve coffee and donuts. What do you guys think?
Preparation and schedule:
We will need to do a dry run earlier on that day, perhaps around noon on the 12th. After everything is set up, we'll go grab lunch or a beer or something at one of the trendy restaurants in Columbia Heights/U st area, come back around 4:00 and start shooting around 5:00p.
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Permalink Reply by Shirly Pezo on -
Hi Brian! I am a photography student and I would like to participate in this awesome event. I just found out about it today so i wasn't able to attend the meeting on Dec. 5th. Please let me know of anything I need to be aware of and prepare for this Saturday. Thank you!
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Permalink Reply by Theerasak Punngam on
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Hey Brian,
I too am a photography student @ CDIA in DC. I heard about this event on a blog a couple of weeks ago and wasn't sure how to get involved. I would love to participate if possible.Please let me know how I can get involved or you need extra photographer or a helping hand.
Cheer,
-Ther
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Permalink Reply by Millie Sanchez on
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I just found out about this project - but I would love to help. I'm an amateur photographer... live in Arlington but easy for me to get to the location. I don't have to take photos, but I would love to help out in any way possible if help is still needed!
Please let me know!
Thanks!
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Permalink Reply by Brian Tropiano on -
Please EMAIL ME a response to this fact sheet:
Name:
Contact number:
Skill level:
Most interested in/excited about: (check one)
{} Photographing
{} Assisting
{} Hospitality
{} Preparation
Gear you can bring: (check all that apply, and list type/quantity)
{} Canon: ________
{} Nikon: ________
{} 35/50/85mm lens
{} Mid-range telephoto
{} Shoe-mount flash: Quantity
{} Off-camera strobes: Type and quantity
{} Sync-cords: Quantity
{} Pocket Wizards: Or similar transmitting device
{} Power supply/equiptment: For how many lights?
{} Lighting stands: For how many backdrops?
{} Tripod
{} Backdrops: Colors and quantity
{} Backdrop support: For how many backdrops?
{} Reflector
{} Laptop: Mac/PC
{} Video/photo projector
{} Camera/Computer tethering capability
{} External hard drive: USB/Firewire 400/Firewire 800
Can others use your gear?
{} Yes
{} No
Things that would be useful: (check if you'd be willing to bring these)
{} Envelopes
{} Stamps
{} Full length mirrors
{} Fun props: Whatcha thinkin'? Whatcha got? ________
{} Shaving razors/cream
{} Other: ___________
Additional questions/comments/critiques/etc.:
More details to follow...
Thank you in advance!
Brian
briantropiano@gmail.com
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Permalink Reply by Isabel SoriaGalvarro on -
I am sooo excited for tomorrow :)
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