Formed by Help-Portrait 2009 members throughout Central Florida, Help-Portrait Central Florida is a collaborative effort purposed to help any individual or group of any size realize their efforts to exercise the Help-Portrait movement mission.

Please be sure to respond to the e-mail you received earlier this week and confirm that you will be attending. I need to know who will be coming.If you did not receive the e-mail, please send me a quick note @ helpportraitorlando@cfl.rr.com.See More

Thanks to everyone who has signed up for a time slot over at www.help-portrait-orlando.com. If you have not yet done so, but are still planning on participating, please go over and sign up by this Friday. We want to be able to get back with everyone this weekend with confirmations and details for the 12th. If you are not certain if you can attend yet or not, you will still be able to sign up after Friday, and we will do our best to squeeze you…See More

Please visit the Update page on the HP Orlando website to read the details from last night's meeting and to see how the process isgoing to work on the day of the event.Read the UpdateSee More

The next meeting will be held at Jason's Deli located at 25 W Crstal Lake Street. It is part of the SODO (South of Downtown Orlando) development on South Orange Ave. Jasons is located in the very front of the development and is visible from Orange Ave. It is two blocks north of Micigan Street on the left (on the right hand side if you are coming down Orange from the direction of downtown). Click below for map/directions:…See More

Hey Everyone,Please head over to our website to sign up for a volunteer position and the time slot that you are able to work. We need to start getting this information so that we can be sure we have everying covered for the event. Here is a list of the positions that we need:Photographer (indoor portraits w/strobes or flash)Photographer (outdoor portraits w/ natural light, small flash or reflectors)Photo Assistant (helping adjust lighting, posing, etc.)Post Processor (uploading & editing…See More

Hey everyone,We added a Twiiter account a little while back to help with communication. In an effort to further improve the flow of information, an e-mail account has been created. If you would like to receive updates via e-mail please send a message to helpportraitorlando@cfl.rr.com with the subject as HP. You'll be added to the distribution list (which will not be shared in anyway) and receive details as soon as they become available.See More

We had another productive planning conference call last night. Below are some of the key points and next steps.Sam is creating a sign-up sheet that will be available around mid-week. We currently have 44 members who have joined for the Orlando group, but we need to start identifying the actual number of volunteers who will be attending the event. We would like to be able to provide coverage at both of the Coalition campuses, but we need to determine our actual numbers to see if that will be…See More

You can now also follow the Help-Portrait Orlando group on Twitter @helpportraitORL.

A small group of us were able to meet with the Director of Volunteer Services at the Coalition for the Homeless today to take a tour of the main campus facility and map out potential space for the shoot on 12/12. They are providing enough space that should enable us to have 4-5 indoor portrait stations, space for make-up artists (which we still need), and a conference room where we can set up laptops for some post production work. In speaking with the director, she indicated that she would…See More