Calling all fathers! Calling all fathers! I am pursuing the fulfillment of a personal project and would like to invite all fathers, their children (if they have them), and their parents to help. I will be making a video slideshow for distribution on YouTube, blogs, Facebook, Twitter, etc. The purpose of this slideshow is to remind the world of the importance of fathers to the healthy development of families, children, and society.
Beginning this Saturday the 11th, at 8:30am, I would like to schedule one hour of "father photography" each Saturday and Sunday morning. There is no pay involved. In return for your participation (and permission to use the photos in my project), you will receive AT LEAST one high-resolution, fully processed image from the session.
Let me share with you a glimpse of my vision. Here is what "father photography" means to me:
- Dad having a heart-to-heart with teenage daughter about boys.
- Dad in the kitchen, helping kids make breakfast in bed for Mommy.
- Dad teaching son how to fix something.
- Daughter watching Dad teach son how to be a gentleman.
- Dad leading the family in prayer and scripture study.
- Dad wrestling with little kids.
- Dad reading stories at bedtime.
- Dad rocking infant.
- Dad playing games.
- Dad on an outing with kids.
- Dad rubbing Mommy's feet.
- Dad coming home from work in shirt and tie. Kids at window watching excitedly.
This should be enough to give you some idea of the message I'd like to convey. If you have more ideas, please pass them along, but most importantly, I need some volunteers to let me tag along as they go about tackling their day to day life. Staging is one option, but capturing and chronicling the "natural Dad" would be ideal. Also, I'd love for mom to be in the photos, but sort of on the periphery as we focus on Dad for a moment.
Here's a little quote that may provide some insight as to why this project, and its message, are so important to me:
Who Needs Fathers?
American children are in crisis and families are in need of assistance due to father absence.
- Research results show that 24 million children (34 percent) live absent their biological father.
- Other results show that children who live absent their biological fathers are more likely to be poor, to use drugs, to experience educational, health, emotional and behavioral problems, to be victims of child abuse, and to engage in criminal behavior than their peers who live with their married, biological (or adoptive) parents.
- Thus, reducing father absence via supporting and encouraging fathers to become actively involved in their child's life offers significant potential to reduce the adverse effects of father absence and to empower individual lives, foster families, and contribute to community wellbeing.
Either comment here or send me an email if you'd like to participate. Thank you!
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Can I volunteer for the "dad rubbing mommy's feet"?!?!?
Ha ha ha! Sure. Just tell Ben. :0)
I guess you won't be doing any pictures in Utah, huh?!
Of course we would if you want more of the same dad and boy. I would be happy to do anything you would like us to do...I would even clean my house for you to take "in-home" shots...or we can do it at your house.
And as a side note- I need to schedule an appointment with you anyway for our family shots at the beach!
Josh would do it! He is great at Daddy wrestling or even cooking or doing science experiments in the kitchen.
Sounds like a fun project, I bet you'll make it look great! Good luck!
We can do it :) Jacob said just let him know when :)
One more reason to add to my growing list of why I wish I lived in San Diego. :0)
Just in case you wanted to take a trip north, I would love to have my picture taken by you. I would EVEN shave if you thought it would make me look more acceptable. ;-)
you have a picture that says, "I support marriage." It needs to read, "I support traditional marriage."
How about a dad forking out more money to a teenager? :)
Heh. Actually, this is part of the movement to resensitize America. Marriage is marriage - it shouldn't have to be qualified as traditional marriage. It's marriage. It's that simple.
By the way, I like your idea, Mom. "Dad forking out money to a teenager" - why doesn't that sound familiar to me? I don't recall receiving lots of money as a teenager. :0)
if ever you come to utah and are doing a photo project let emily know. my little girl and her dad are the cutest ever. i'm sure you hear that about everyone's kids. but you can decide.
-Tenisha Freston from Facebook
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