Hello, and welcome to my website. First, a bit about me ~ I am a local photographer who is undertaking a new venture called "Portraits For Humanity.". Photography has always been one of my passions and to other people, a luxury their families cannot afford. In the belief it is better to give than to receive, I am offering my gift of photography to anyone who is underprivileged, poor, low-income students, senior citizens, and anyone who is needy. I can only afford to do a few pictures for each family; this is not intended to photograph parties, weddings, engagements, maternity and/or childbirth pictures, etc. I hope you understand. If anyone has ideas to help promote this project, please reach out and let’s all attempt to make a difference in our communities.

If you, or anyone you might come in contact with through church, your neighborhood, or through word of mouth would like to have a free family portrait, graduation picture, or a portrait of an ailing family member, please have them contact me to get their special gift. We have recently contacted the I.A.P. (Inland Aides Project) and they are excited about our service. They have numerous people who have requested portraits of themselves for their loved ones. We also, have made contact with several High Schools in the area and they are interested in our "Portrait Scholarships"

If you are a photographer and would like to offer your service, I feel we could make this a real success and spread more goodwill to people in need. It would be great to have photographers from all over join this cause to help the less fortunate - if interested email me, send your picture and contact info and I will add you to the list. We are working under the Oasis Church umbrella thanks to Pastor Steve we can anchor on the Church's tax i.d. no. Anyone who would like to donate can get a tax deduction! Please contact me for information. To those photographers I have talked to, please forward your info so I can update the website.

Thank you and may God look after you and the less fortunate.

Andy Amacher
Founder 2008



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Update 6-6-09: Had an opportunity to work with well renowned photographer Ben Chen at his Wedding workshop at Calumet in Santa Ana, CA It was a great class and was a sell out. I had an opportunity to capture some pictures of the classhttp://www.socalpixels.com/blog/?cat=30
If you want to take you photography please contact Ben - he is a awesome teacher and mentor.

Update 4-27-09: Got through calling about 10 people on the IAP list. Getting ready to schedule a shoot for those fine folks early June poss late May. Plus got email from counselor at a local High School, has several in need students. Will keep everyone up to date on shoot times and dates.


Update 4-27-09: Got through calling about 10 people on the IAP list. Getting ready to schedule a shoot for those fine folks early June poss late May. Plus got email from counselor at a local High School, has several in need students. Will keep everyone up to date on shoot times and dates.

Update 4-7-09: We have a new member who happens to be a dear friend and outstanding photographer Karen Mezzano. She is a Redlands Photographer, and very talented photoshop user. She is going to make a good addition to the team.

Update 3-30-09: Received a large list of photographic opportunites from Veronica Chapman with I.A.P. I will be working very soon to contact all those on the list. There are approximatley 20 people on the list. I am trying to set up a time to do a studio shoot at Oasis Church and will definitely need help taking photos. i will keep everyone up to speed.

Update 3-19-09: Dan Moreno http://www.photographybydanieljames.com and I had a great afternoon shooting the Wilburn family for PFH. It was a great time and the kids were great and curious about all the equipment. Dan is our newest member and his help was awesome and appreciated.

Update 3-11-09: Had opportunity to take pictures for Travis - His mother has a rare disease and is now disabled. Sue and Travis were great folks and I really enjoyed taking pictures for them.

Update 2-27-09: Talked with Veronica at Inland Aides Project. She is getting list of people now for our next photo shoot. This should be a great event. Team members I will keep you updated.

Update 2-12-09: Brian Erwin of ThinkTankPhoto has generous donated a nice camera bag to carry our equipment to our photo assignments. They were very gracious and willing sponsor. Thank you very much ThinkTankPhoto.com a friend to photographers all over the world. Please support our sponsors - http://www.thinktankphoto.com

Update 2-8-09: Today we had our first Portraits for Humanity photo shoot at Oasis Church of Redlands - first a special Thank you to Steve and Darnelle Mason or gracious host. Today's shoot was a good opportunity for us to get practice setting our remote studio - Things went off without a hitch. We did not get the group of people we expected, but we did have two graduating students show up to get their Photographic Scholarship. I have been receiving more call lately from the community since our news article. I think we will have a better turnout next time. We also, took pictures of the entire church staff. I want to personally thank Deseree, Lynwood, Jessica and Robert for their volunteer work. I will be updating links to volunteers websites by April 2009

Update 2-5-09: Steve at Oasis called he has spread the word to Redland's High School regarding our Portraits For Humanity - and we are offering Photographic Scholarships. Steve is a Rock and has been a huge help to PFH! Thank you Steve

Update 2-3-09: Today I met with Robert Vasquez our newest member. Robert is a local professional photographer and videographer. He also has 10 years experience in Adobe Photoshop and graphic design.

Update 2-2-09: A special Thank you to renowned Photographer Ben Chen of http://www.socalpixels.com. I have been assisting him in some recent photo shoots and he has invited me to attend one of his upcoming photography seminars - Thank you Ben your mentoring has helped me become a better Photographer.

Update 2-2-09: Spoke to Kelly Love from Norco High School today, she has 4 low income students who would like portraits. She is going to get signed parental photo releases and contact info to me by mid week if all goes well.

Update 2-1-09: Spoke with Steve at Oasis - we are good to go for this Sunday Feb. 8th. Setup begins at 11:30 a.m. for those who plan to work. Please visit http://www.oasisweb.org for address info.

Update 1-29-09: We are having a scheduled photo shoot for Portraits for Humanity on 2-8-09 @ 12:00 to 2:30 p.m. at Oasis Church in Redlands. Any needy family can come for their free portraits. Please go the http://www.oasisweb.org for the address.






** UPDATE Jan.7, 2009 ** I would like to Thank my two new Volunteers in our Portraits for Humanity: Deserie (photographer) & Shelly (make-up artist). It is awesome to see young people wanting to help others. God is wonderful leading these two individuals to this project.

UPDATE: Jan 9, 2009. A special THANK YOU to Smug Mug for sponsoring the site for PFH. Thanks Smugmug - A company with a heart! http://www.smugmug.com

UPATE: Jan 11, 2009. Great news! Met with Steve Mason at Oasis Church in Redlands. What an inspirational man Steve is; we chatted and it looks like "P.F.H." might be able to use/share a 501C3 tax exemption status - this could help in obtaining some local corporate sponsorship to get some needed equipment to print pictures onsite, lights, etc. Also, we are going to be able to use the church site for a studio. Thank you, Steve and his wife, Darnelle

UPDATE: Jan. 13, 2009. Constance from the Yucaipa area just volunteered her time to the PFH organization. Welcome Constance and I look forward to meeting you and the others very soon. Also, spoke to Steve at Oasis Church in Redlands. Meeting him again on Sunday to look at the studio we plan to set up. Wow! Things are looking up.

UPDATE: Jan. 15th 2009. Today we had our first formal meeting and meet and greet. I want to Thank Sal, Kasey, Constance, Deserie, and Melinda for showing up. We are really excited to get the ball rolling on our project. I advised the group about the participation of Oasis Church and Steve Mason. Thank you all very much.

UPDATE: Jan. 18th 2009. Met again with Steve at Oasis and met his lovely wife Darnelle. We have a room picked out and it is perfect to set up as a studio.

Also, I want to thank our second sponsor Imagenomic.com who donated software plug-ins for CS3 to help to make our portraits look absolutely stunning. David McDonell was wonderful for such a generous donation. Please support our sponsors http://www.imagenomic.com

Update 1-22-09: A special thank you to Karen Andersen, for her help editing my post - good work!

Update 1-23-09: I received a nice email from Darnelle at Oasis Church see gave me the contact for the Inland Aides Project to reach out and help the local Aides community through photography. Darnelles Guardian Foundation is very involved with the I.A.P. and does great work for them.

Update 1-25-09: Scheduled photo shoot at Oasis Church in Redlands this coming Sunday after service 12:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Those who would like their pictures taken please email me with your request - andrew@portraitsforhumanity.org ***Shot was postponed due to Super Bowl.***


Update 1-26-09: Have asked several companies for equipment donations and waiting for a reply - looking for support from my favorite product "Pocket Wizard" http://www.pocketwizard.com
**(1-30-09 Spoke to Gary at PW. Will work on poss. sponsorship, lets keep our fingers crossed)** Gary also, had some good marketing ideas for the project - worth its weight in gold!











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