Published in Wedding Style Magazine | Thirst Relief Benefit Shoot, Tanzania

Last July I had the distinct honor to travel to Tanzania Africa with 14 other wedding photographers. It was an absolutely amazing trip on so many levels. The purpose of the trip was to raise awareness in the Wedding and Portrait Photography industry about Thirst Relief and the need for clean drinking water. We had so many sponsorships for this trip to make it a success. We will be forever grateful for your generosity! This trip touched all of us in different ways. When I first came home from the trip, I was pretty much speechless for about two weeks. It hit me deep in my heart of hearts and I just wasn’t sure how to process it all and to translate the impact to others. I am still finding ways to describe the experience. One thing I do know is that something in me has been ignited to continue helping those in need in Africa.

I am headed back this March to Nairobi, Kenya which is north of Tanzania, on a missions trip with the college ministry of my church. This is a very exciting opportunity for me again to document the people of Africa and the needs/challenges that they face. We are hoping this trip begins a long term relationship with various ministries over there in connection with the Kibera Slums.

Back to Tanzania and Thirst Relief: If you haven’t already please visit Thirst Relief’s website to learn more about the need for clean drinking water in Africa and other parts of the world. The statistics are staggering when you read about illness and death related to dirty water. This trip gave us a chance to share with the world what we saw and experienced. Grace Ormonde of Wedding Style Magazine was one of our sponsors that enabled us to get our message out (especially to the Wedding Photography world). This Spring/Summer 2010 Issue has a feature spread about our trip and Thirst Relief.

I was fortunate enough to have one of my images published in the spread.

We all captured so many beautiful images! I am so thankful to have been a part of this group.

To read the article in its entirity please follow this link: Quenching the Thirst.