I spent several hours today in downtown Reno at the 12th Annual Reno Firefighter’s Christmas Party for homeless and underprivileged kids. It was my honor to serve as the Santa photographer.
Santa and Mrs. Claus (Rick & Laura Griffin)
We provided the kids with prints to take with them as a memento of the day. Obviously I cannot post any of the photos with the kids, but here’s one of us with Santa that I shot later in the day. The firefighter is in my Freethinkers group and asked some of us to volunteer. The two young woman took care of the printing, and I did the shooting. We worked out a system where I did about ten kids, pulled my card to give to them to download and print. In the meantime I’d do another ten on another card. They were able to keep up with the volume and we never had any long lines of people waiting for their prints.


Love your waistcoat Carissa!
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Thank you, I’ve had it for years and pull it out every holiday season. (I have a Halloween one too!)
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What a great way to spend the day. Wish you a happy Christmas 🙂
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Thank you so much, Inga. Wishing you and your family the best this Christmas and in the New Year!
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Your photographs are so very good. I know the kids were excited to have them! Have a really fine Christmas, Carissa! 🙂
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They were excited, George. One little boy kept a hold of his and kept looking at them. Typical five-year-old, he had no care for them as far as fingerprints, but that wasn’t the point! 🙂
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How wonderful. I’m sure it was as much fun for you as it was for all the kids. Beautiful photos.
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Thanks, Maralee! It was great!
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That was a real Christmas thing to do. I’m impressed.
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Thanks, Rita. It was fun. Can’t wait to do it again next year.
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Awesome.
I don’t have it in me to be that involved with the “public”, but I can see it is very rewarding.
Happy Holidays!
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Thanks!
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