Vivian Doan Montreal Photographer » Personal http://blog.viviandoan.com Gorgeous Natural Light Photography: family, baby, child, maternity, newborn and portrait photography. Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:00:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 The Montreal Gazette – Week-end Life section http://blog.viviandoan.com/2010/07/the-montreal-gazette-week-end-life-section/ http://blog.viviandoan.com/2010/07/the-montreal-gazette-week-end-life-section/#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:48:21 +0000 Vivian http://blog.viviandoan.com/?p=1479 Today marks my first appearance in the Montreal Gazette, in a feature article on the new trends in photography on the front page of the week-end life section! I’m so proud :-) .

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The person who recruited me is the fantastic Nancy Ho, featured in her own portraits with and without the feathered mask. Here are some photos of the organizing team for Mini Mardi Gras and of my team of volunteers Julie and Basia, without whom I would not have been able to do this.

For those of you looking for the proofs from that event, they are not ready yet. I am looking towards the end of next week – February 19th or so.

The organizing team for this event are (for the two team shots):
Top Row: Lisa Grogan, Marine Chopin, Shelley Arrowsmith, Nicole Forsythe; Bottom Row: Suzanne Nguyen, Nancy Ho, Bo-Li Lau, Manuela Marques.

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A GIFT CERTIFICATE worth $450 for the all-inclusive photography package will be given away as a door prize.

This event has been organized by the wonderful Nancy Ho. Please visit their website: http://www.minimardigras.ca/

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Just do it: https://secure.unicef.ca/portal/SmartDefault.aspx?at=1211&appealID=90&CID=99

UPDATE: the CIDA (Canadian International Development Agency) will match your donation to any charity registered with the Canadian Revenue Agency who will provide relief efforts for Haiti. Canadians have been overwhelmingly generous since the tragedy happened so let’s continue that trend! Read article.

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Image courtesy of BBC News, copyright BBC news

Vivian Doan Photography has just made a donation to Doctors without Border/Medecins sans Frontieres to help Haiti, which has just been devastated by a 7.0 earthquake. I’m thinking of all of the families who have been impacted, those who are lost or missing and my heart goes out to all who have perished and their loved ones who know must go on without them. Please think of the children who may no longer have parents, or parents who have lost their children, or families devastated by the loss of their homes and everything they have.

I encourage you all to think about your families and how lucky you are… and to give to those who now have so much less and who need our help. I’ve chosen Doctors without Borders, but you can choose Oxfam, Red Cross, Worldvision or any other humanitarian organization that is going to make a difference to the people of Haiti right now. Don’t even think about it, just do it.

I will be praying for my brothers and sisters in Haiti as we all belong to one big global family.

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