This past Saturday I helped, along with 6,000 other photographers from around the world in 22 countries, photograph people who might not ever get the chance to have a formal portrait taken.  It was one of those moments that you can feel that you have the ability not only to give back, but to see people who appreiate what you do.  The smiles that happened that day, both in front of the camera and behind it, were just amazing.

Stats for just Atlanta:
337 portraits taken; 683 individual people were photographed; 157 Atlanta-Metro volunteers participated

Here are a few links about the day, some behind the scene photos from my location and other posts.  Amazing stuff!

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/12/14/photo.shoot.help.portrait/index.html?iref=allsearch

http://www.flickr.com/photos/maxshirley/galleries/72157622867020009

http://web.me.com/dvrosa/Help-Portrait/Movie.html

http://www.terzatendina.com/FTP/H-P_Timelapse.mov

And next year?  Why don’t you join us??!!