Monday, July 28, 2008

Operation Love ReUnited


Many in Hampton Roads have been through a military deployment. There are no words to explain how hard it must be to send the father or mother of your children off to some foreign dangerous land, leaving you all behind…. Alone. It’s indescribable to watch their faces light up as their father or mother comes down the stairs of the ship or off the aircraft after months, possibly a year or more, of not hugging each other. Emotions fly through everyone, it’s so very good to be home. Your base’s Family Support Squadron will help you with your deployment. But the last thing on your mind when your wife or husband arrives home after a 4 to 18+ month tour, is capturing all this love– on camera. Most people are so overwhelmed with emotions they forget to simply point and shoot the camera they are grasping to get their child’s first hug, or that single tear of relief from a mother being able to hold her twenty year old son again. With the help of Operation: Love ReUnited I am here to help you capture that moment. The Operation helps those long months go by a little faster. It’s designed to capture moments that you will never remember. It’s art. It’s love. And it’s all made possible by artists wanting to give something back to those who make the United States what it is, and ask for nothing in return- but to come home! If you are a member of the United States Military, and are interested in having very special and touching images with a patriotic edge taken of you and/or your family before a deployment or during, and at your reunion, please contact me now. You will receive a memorable gift in appreciation for all you have been through as a military member. The gift included is a 4x6 album of pre-deployment images, such as a child’s hand clasped in his parent’s with the faint glimpse of a BDU sleeve, a marine in dress with his family, a sailor with his parents right before departure, or a child playing dress up in combat boots and a helmet. The album will be sent to the deployed soldier by the photographer, at no cost to you. Also with your package, all session fees will be waived. Who I'd like to meet:We would like to meet ANYONE who needs our help!GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS AND THEIR FAMILIES!

This emotional session preview is from a wonderful couple who had been apart during thier marriage almost as long as they have been together. It was great to meet them both including thier mothers who also traveled across the US to be part of this touching moment of Mr. N stepping off the ship from his very long deployment to the Iraq war. I can't wait for you to see them all!!







*More information from this blog may be found at http://www.oplove.org/ site

1 comment:

Erin said...

Yay! We are so excited to see some of the pictures. They look great! Thank you so much for being there for us and for spending the day capturing our special moments. We really appreciate you donating your time and resources and being so kind and wonderful. Thank you so much!