A little goes a long way.
Dear all, (who am I kidding, no one reads my posts. lol)
Especially those on the DPreview retouching forum the last couple of days. I appreciate all the thanks you’ve given. If you wanted to, I provided a way that may actually bring some happiness on some dear kids. You may have read from the previous post – My images, out and about in San Diego – right before this one, that I had a chance to photograph for an adoption agency. The images are meant to promote the children, so that the public will consider foster care, or best of all, adoption for these children. If you would like to contribute in helping, there is a ChipIn widget that uses PayPal to securely forward the donation to me.
Here is what the money goes to. Aaron brothers have these adorable, and pretty mini frames that they sell for $3.99 on average.
x 4 + $1.24(tax) =$17.19 (the reminder on gas and prints).
(image source: Aaron Brothers)
I took pictures for 4 children on my day. It was a blast’o'fun. 
) Anyhow, that was my reward. But what I want to do is, provide these kids with a reminder (not specifically of me), but of the fact that there are so many people out there working, and thinking about them. Hopefully the mini framed pictures of them will serve as a reminder, that they do have people who care about them. I would definitely put a note, that there were others that donated their/your money to help out in this very endeavor. Thank you for your consideration.
Sincerely,
Huy
and if this should actually fill up, I will make a ChipIn with an expiration towards the end of the year. I’ll think I’ll do that for every year; a good way for comparison.
PayPal, since I only signed up for the Personal plan, charges me a fee – $0.30 per transaction (you are not charged an extra fee)*. And the amount of times I can accept a card is really really low. I know that beggars can’t be choosers, but if you do decide to contribute, the best way is to choose to NOT use your credit or debit card. Anyways, that’s just a note.
*Here is their plan/account info if you want to see it:
https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_display-pop-fees-outside
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I will document all expenditures, and post all my creations for you to see (in picture!). 
However would I get your trust that I’m not just fooling around with your generosity?
Take care.
Sincerely,
Huy
P.S. Oh! This frame, besides being awesome, VERY pretty, and awesomely unique and well designed, is also only $3.99 (well, + tax). ;P
DOH! I forgot. I bought this years ago. I don’t even know if I’d be able to find it again. Darn it!
My images, out and about in San Diego.
It certainly has been a while since I’ve posted on here. I had a chance to do some photography for some children who are looking for their Forever Family. There were two sets of siblings. One of the sets were two brothers (in blue, of which you see here), and the other set was an older sister and a younger brother (which aren’t here, but will be at the Padre game on May 16th).
These were also on display in the morning at a breakfast called STARS breakfast. The images below are in Vista during an event called A Day of Hope. Anyhow, I went to that one and took pictures of the display. Not all are my photography of course. There were about 5 other photographers’ works I think. Here, let me post them:
As you can see, the faces have been blurred. That is one of the reasons why I haven’t posted a lot more pictures. I had quite a few images from the Spring Fling picnic that I truly loved, but due to reasons of protecting the child(ren)’s welfare, I was advised not to post them publicly. These are posted because they are displayed for the public. But just in case, I’m erring on the side of caution.
Do you want to help these kids out? Please see my next post. But here’s a sneak peek.