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Do you have any old photo albums of your parents or grandparents?

I have 2 albums from childhood that I cherish more than anything in the world. My brothers and I joke and laugh at our hair, or our outfits. But we cherish these memories!
More photos are taken than ever, but FEW are printed and cherished.

So tell me? Are you not printing your pictures?

I woke up curious this morning so I counted how many albums (and image boxes) I ordered in the last 13 months for my clients and their families. I have ordered 81. YES, 81!
…plus printing hundreds of photos on my Epson in studio.
Yesterday, 9 more albums arrived from Italy, 7 client albums plus 2 grandparent albums.

It has been an incredible year documenting your pregnancy and meeting and holding Niko. Thank you for sharing your experience with us! I means the world to hear how memorable and warm and compassionate I was. /

And for the incredibly amazing gift! I truly appreciated it (and still do). Lots of love, Natalie

I wanted to share this because I print at least one client album a week and print weekly portraits in studio.
DVDS are obsolete, USBs will be soon. Instagram is our new photo album, but does it really contain all of your best memories and what if you want to print from it in 10 years? The quality is awful. What if IG suddenly goes away what would you do?
I am so passionate about printing and preserving memories!

What do you want to remember about your life, your family?

But few families have books written about them and an album is
the closest thing. I believe it instills the love of a family and
their values which will get passed on to future generations. Sometimes I feel like I am just the custodian of my own parents wedding album, because it may be passed on to one of my children in the years to come. Granted they’re only 2, 5 & 7.
My father passed away when I was young girl, so this book is extra special to me.
Your wedding or family album will be a piece of your family history.
I want to share my mother’s wedding preview album. Fun fact: there are only 126 total photos/proofs from her wedding. Today we deliver 5-7 times that amount.
Natalie

Head shot fundraiser to support breast cancer!

Life is precious. Life is short.

We wake up one day and our kids are suddenly grown. Since 2016 my dear friend has been fighting breast cancer. It has been a brutal 2 1/2 years to say the least.

Blonnie was diagnosed with a very rare form of terminal breast cancer. Stage 4 HER 2+. The doctors words were not good, not remotely optimistic. The second opinion was even gloomier.

(Photo credit above: Dina Douglass and Facebook friend unknown)

I love my friend! A LOT of people love this girl.  She’s one of the best people on earth. We don’t want to believe what the doctors said. We just want her to be healthy.

So now a few of us friends are working together to raise money to support her. We want her to have the BEST care possible to extend her life as long as possible!

I’m hoping today, that you will JOIN ME in helping her.  Medical costs are unbearable. She’s a photographer and small business owner with coverage that just isn’t enough.  When you work for a company, you get sick days and medical leave. But when you own your own business taking a day off or 2 months off is financially devastating.    Let’s support this beautiful woman with her fight!

Who NEEDS a head shot?

I believe many of you could really benefit from having a beautiful photo for LinkedIn, work, Facebook, dating, whatever, you always need a great photo! Beginning this month I am hosting a Facebook friends an family event at my studio. The donation is $75 WHAT?!! and 100% of the proceeds will be donated directly to my dear friend Blonnie Brooks who was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer at the young age of 35! She is trying both eastern and western medicine and the medical costs are overwhelming.

Each session for our head shot fundraiser will be 15 min long and come with one retouched photo! For any of my Facebook friends, PLEASE bring a friend with you. Our hope is to photograph 100 people to raise $7,500.

Who’s in?

HOW TO SUPPORT BLONNIE BROOKS:

Step 1.  We would be grateful for your donation of $75 here: http://wearegoingsomewhere.com/help-us-fight-blonnies-breastcancer/

Step 2.  Email me at natalie@jerevele.com to book your session at Je Revele www.jerevele.com in my New Jersey Studio. We are extending this fundraiser as long as possible to help Blonnie.  During the Winter, the NJ studio is the best option, but we can offer outdoor headshots May through October on Staten Island.

Step 3.  Please send us a screen shot of your donation.  We appreciate your support.

Other details: The Head shot event began Monday, September 19th and we are extending it until we reach 100 headshots.

A special thank you to Tina Marie Romero, Judi Marash, Claire Denora Bradford, Michael Gregorio, Shonica Zimmerman and Dina Laurence for your support already. We have 4 more people scheduled over the next week and hope to invite 90+ more to join us at the studio.

Looking forward to seeing old friends and meeting new ones for our head shot fundraiser!

Natalie

Je Revele Fine Art Photography Studio & Gallery specializing in boudoir photos in New Jersey

433 River Road  |  Highland Park, NJ 08904 |  Studio: 732-964-3773

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