Raleigh Event Photographer | Duke Hospital Comfort Project

Saturday evening I had the privilege of attending and photographing the Comfort Project's Celebration of Life. The Comfort Project is a non-profit organization founded by Noel Tucker in 2008 as a program to help children in local hospitals. Through her organization Tucker currently helps sick children at Duke and Wake Med by donating stuffed animals and children's books. During the celebration Saturday over $4000 was raised to contribute to Duke hospital's PICU wish list as well as to fund a program for the parents of patients during the Christmas season. 150 books and 600 stuffed animals were collected as well. A huge success! The Comfort Project needs 500 stuffed animals a month to keep up with their donation/delivery goals. Surely you, like myself have bags and bags of gently used stuffed animals that could use a new home and make a child happy. If you'd like to donate please email me at christa@mycreativeclicks.com Thanks!

Stuffed Animals Needed!

The Tuckers hosted the event at their backyard oasis, huge playsets, playhouses and bubble machines for the kids.

The band None of the Above rocked the night away.

Many artists and businesses donated to the Silent Auction. I am bummed that I forgot to go back and put my bid in for the Duke basketball tickets!

An 11 yr old photographer's work was being auctioned off, so cute! 

Noel and her three children and below her artwork.

Friends 

Making get well cards and arts and crafts for the kids in the hospital.

Beautiful kids and families 

Cary Family Photographer | Fall Family Fashion

Loving the rich purple color for Fall family photos this year.

Mommy's Free | Cary Raleigh family photographer

The first time I met these handsome dudes the little one was being carried around by mom in a sling. Fast forward 5 years, the little one is now starting Kindergarten. Where did the time go?Thankfully Mom and I were able to coordinate a shoot to document this exciting milestone. I'm pretty sure mom is looking forward to some extra alone time to concentrate on herself and her thriving small business, YES Career Services(Personal Branding, Executive Coaching, Resume Writing, etc).
During the shoot I made certain to capture some " well-behaved,ideal" looking shots for the wall and then of course we got a little silly singing the diarrhea song which led to some cute and true to life photos of Nolan and Jonah. The best ones were captured when I made mom sing the song. I think that may have been a first for her though she did know all the words, hmmm, surprising!
Tip of the day: Parents should never hesitate to get a little crazy during the shoot. Your kids will get a kick out of it and its 100% guaranteed to eliminate those god awful "cheese" faces.

Look at their faces as mom starts singing : ) much better!

Nolan just loves his dog Shayla. Wanted to make sure we got a few with the two of them snuggling. Love this one!!

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Holiday Mini-Sessions 2011 | Raleigh Cary NC family photographer

'Tis the season to start planning those holiday sessions! I've included this year's color palette to help you coordinate your outfits. Looking forward to seeing some new and familiar faces this year.

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somebody's gonna love their goodies. Maternity/newborn album, Mounted Wall Portrait and mini accordion albums.