-Blog post by Reed Sandridge in Washington, D.C.
So often times when we talk about volunteering our time we think about helping out at the local hospital or soup kitchen, but there are many informal ways you can volunteer to help your community or even friends and loved ones. You might remember I did a little neighborhood snow shoveling back in February to help out those who weren’t able to remove the snow from their walkways. Well this week I put my photographic skills to use and captured images from a friend’s wedding reception.
Photo: Reed Sandridge
Married earlier this summer in a small private ceremony in the romantic city of Montreal, the reception here in D.C. surrounded them with nearly 150 friends and family.
I showed up about an hour early to the Bethesda, MD home where the reception was held in order to familiarize myself with the location and take some early photographs of the setting. Lighting was a little tricky because I didn’t want to be snapping flashes in people’s faces all evening. Thankfully in addition to my 18-105mm lens I also had my brother’s 50mm lens which is much faster and allows me to photograph in lower light.
The evening was beautiful and I hopefully made some good photographs. Now the hard part begins, going through all the photographs and editing them. As I am not a professional, I don’t have all the bells and whistles that they do, not to mention my raw product is not nearly as good as theirs, so I have to invest a good amount of time to make the photographs look worthy of being framed. Wish me luck!
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That was such a nice thing to do for your friends, Reed. I’m sure they really appreciate it.
Hi Reed, this is great. I work with Good Days from Chronic Disease Fund, an organization dedicated to helping chronic disease patients. We need volunteers just like you. Check out our website to find ways you can help. http://www.gooddaysfromcdf.org/
Hi there, thanks for dropping by. I’m always happy to try to help source volunteers. I personally tried to visit your website to find out what type of volunteer opportunities were available and where and it seems you have to register in order find any of that out. It would be interesting to have some basic information about volunteer opportunities on the website that you could learn about without having to register – my experience is that it sometimes deters potential volunteers. Just a thought! Good luck.
Reed, I’m sorry for the confusion. Thank you so much for your interest in volunteering with us. Here’s a link that will take you directly to the Get Involved section of our website! http://www.gooddaysfromcdf.org/getinvolved
Excellent!