Giving back is always a good thing! (Part 2: Featured in Central Park's 360)

It was quite exciting to find Images for a Cure Special Portrait Sessions featured in Central Park Mall's 360 Magazine!

The IFAC project is a brainchild of Orlando based wedding and fashion photographer, Kristen Weaver. It is on its third year of raising funds for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF) by inviting photographers from around the world to donate 100% of their session fees to BCRF for an allotted number of sessions or days.

Aside from donating the session fees to IFAC-BCRF, I also added the CSP Storybook and digital negatives to the Special Portrait Collection for additional donations to Yayasan Kanker Indonesia (YKI) or the Indonesian Cancer Foundation. I thought it was just right to raise awareness and funds for the local organization, too, as this country has been a second home to me for the past decade. It was such a pleasure to be able to share my time and talent for a cause near to my heart! (No pun intended.)

I scheduled a weekend for the cause and, with the help of Ms Ping - a kind heart and owner of Our Dressing Room (beautiful accessories!) - was filled with sign-ups for the event!

The Images for a Cure Special Portrait Sessions were held last November 12, 2011 at Central Park Mall, Jakarta, Indonesia. Six beautiful ladies and their families came over for the event and they were the fun-nest, sweetest and kindest souls I've had the honor of making images for!

Special thanks goes out to another group of beautiful ladies who were there to support the event through their unique talents! Lanny and Abigail, the make-up artists who came to my rescue in such a short notice, thank you for saying yes and for enticing their beautiful souls to emerge. Lala, overall support, thank you for being there and making sure things flowed nice and easy (6 portrait sessions in a day was not easy to manage and hold fort for!). Jai, our stylist, thank you for assisting our beautiful clients in deciding the look and feel of their sessions. Thank you also for reminding me to bring bubbles - they were such a success!

I can't wait for next year's Images for a Cure project! It will most probably be in Manila, Philippines, as my calendar says I'll be there by then. I am so looking forward to meeting the beautiful Filipina souls who will be part of IFAC - Philippines!


(If you'd like to be part of IFAC-Philippines 2012 this October 2012, send me a message through info@chiesipinphotography.com for more details!)


IFAC Special Portrait Sessions Collaborators:
Central Park Mall, Jakarta, Indonesia
Our Dressing Room
Muse Beauty Lounge


To know more about Yayasan Kanker Indonesia (Indonesian Cancer Foundation), click here.
To know more about The Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), click here.
To see more images from the IFAC Special Portrait Sessions (Jakarta), click here.

Portraits | Yvonne & Alicia

This sweet mom came with her little one asleep in her stroller - which gave us time to sit and talk about what else we could do with a cause close to both our hearts: Cancer Awareness.

Then she woke up. And a sunny Saturday afternoon became sunnier!

Oh Alicia with your interest in all around you.

And your love for walking!

You're so lucky to have such a sweet dedicated mommy.

Mommy Yvonne has a lovely shop for beautiful hair pieces which will make life easier for moms on the go. If you'd like to visit her site, please feel free to go to Muse BeautyLounge.

Thank you for a beautiful afternoon with your and your daughter!

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Portraits | Heinrich . Sophie

They came in the afternoon with big smiles and enthusiasm! I'm so lucky to have real warm-hearted people to work with in this project!

It took some time for this tough cookie to break into real smiles… but he did. Isn't he sweet?

These two have such beautiful parents whose kindness and warmth shine through for all to see. I wish I could show you just how but, being real private people, they suggested I simply show it through their children.

Do you know tough love? *grin* I've seen these two almost everyday and this is what they have. Love in its rough and ready and bold state.

Thanks, Heinrich for your smiles (and for changing into your white shirt!)! Thanks, Sophie, for being patient with it all! :)

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Portraits | Ping . Kissa

I'm very excited to blog about this special portrait session for this simple reason: this pretty lady you see here? She's got one big heart!

Ping found out about the Images for a Cure project and took it on as her own. She shared links with her friends, rounded up everyone interested, and made sure everything came out nice and rosy. The Foundations are lucky that she decided to come on board for this event!

Do you see her love for life? It's so clearly present in her smile!

And if the love of her children is any indication of her good heart… I'm telling you, she wins that one hands down! Her little daughter was all hugs and sweetness!

Oh, Kissa. You make hearts melt with your quiet little smile.

I love the fact that she was excited for the shoot! And, boy, did the camera love her!

Thank you, Ms Ping, for your generous heart and kindness. May you always be blessed!

And, Kissa, maybe next time your brothers can come along, too? *grin*

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Portraits | Bhavna Rukmani Muskaan

I've known Bhavna and her children for some time now, and every single time I meet her I think these thoughts to myself: How lucky her children are!

She is such an inspiring mother who pushes her children to strive to become better people! Her quiet support is always evident in her children's life and so I was pretty stoked when I found out that she was supporting the IFAC event - with her daughter… and her mom!

Can you see all that love?

I know being a mom isn't all roses, but this? This is a lovely garden of love and affection!

Thank you, Bhavna, Mrs Rukmani and Muskaan for a fun morning in support of IFAC and YKI! Thank you for the quiet love you lent the exciting morning!

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