Portraits for PFund – 1 day, 5 sponsors, 50 photo sessions and 4 pro photographers shooting to raise $5,000 in new contributions for PFund Foundation!

http://givemn.razoo.com/story/Portraits-For-Pfund

Do You Need:

>> A professional headshot? Perhaps a senior portrait?

>> A dramatic image to help nab your next audition?

>> An updated Facebook profile picture?

>> A fabulous photo of yourself or a loved one?

>> A baby, maternity, anniversary, or even a product photo?

You’re in luck!

Portraits for PFund is a unique fundraising event where new donors get a chance to receive a high-quality studio (or outdoor) image shot by a professional photographer-volunteer, as a thank you for spreading the word about — and giving generously to — PFund Foundation.

Professional photographers often charge a minimum of $200 for a studio session. This is your opportunity to receive a professional image for a minimum donation of $50, with a suggested donation of $100 if you’d like to receive your image within 36 hours. You’ll feel great knowing that your dollars will work to ensure that LGBTQ people are celebrated and live free from discrimination, violence, invisibility and isolation — right here in Minnesota and across the Upper Midwest.

This year’s photo team includes: Rebecca Lawrence of RJL Photography, Aja M-Beers of Ahania Photography, Sher Stoneman of Sher Stoneman Photography, Anna Min of Min Enterprises Photography, LLC, and many smiling volunteers!

Save the Date: Sunday, June 10, 2012

Time: 9:00 am – 3:30 pm

Location: Café Lavain, 4762 Chicago Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55407

To reserve your session, visit our GiveMN page to donate then fill out the reservation form.

But act quickly: You MUST reserve your session by May 31!

We look forward to seeing your smile on Sunday, June 10. Spread the word before time runs out on MAY 31!

Click Here for the Official P4P 2012 PDF Flyer | Check out the May PFund Folio Newsletter (PDF)

A Special Thanks to Our Sponsors:

• Turtle Bread Company has generously donated our food (including mimosas…), and the Café Lavain space for our day of shooting
• Taurus Moon Graphic Design provided expert consultation and produced our two flyers
• The Minneapolis Photo Center is sponsoring our lighting equipment
• FastFrames franchisee Steven Schaben is offering $40 off expert custom framing for all new donors at two locations: Calhoun Village & Preserve Village (details included with completed reservations)

More reasons to spread the word:

*Our TOP Donor by Dollar Amount WINS a $500 Gift Certificate from Min Enterprises Photography, LLC, good for two and a half hours of product, performance, or event photography (excluding weddings), redeemable July-Dec. 2012

**Our TOP Referring Donor (No Session Required) WINS a $200 Gift Certificate from Rebecca Lawrence Photography, good for one hour of studio photography, redeemable July-Dec. 2012

http://givemn.razoo.com/story/Portraits-For-Pfund

Photo Booth for Your Event – Mention post for discount!

Unlike other Photo Booths where guests sit in a box, RJL Photography provides lights, a backdrop and a real live professional photographer to help pose and compose images for you. Get beautiful, silly or serious images of each of your guests without a photographer interrupting the event. RJL Photography Photo Booth can be tucked off to the side, composing images when guests are comfortable and ready or more centrally placed and part of the entertainment as guest watch each other strike a pose in front of the camera. 

Perfect for weddings, graduation, reunions, fundraisers and corporate events!

High quality flattering images posted online to a password protected gallery for your guests to view after the event. Contact Rebecca to discuss prepaid print options so guest can view and order the images they want printed and have it delivered directly to them. No extra work for you of sending prints to them!

2 hour photo booth* – usually $500, only $400 if you mention this post. 
$150 for each additional hour.  

Editing, transportation and props included. 

Contact Rebecca at rjlawrencephotography@gmail.com to book your photo booth today!

*Only available within the Twin Cities metro area. Travel fees will apply outside of the metro area. 

Newborn Baby!

I had the honor of photographing my cousins’ new baby, Malcolm. Malcolm was only 2 weeks old for his first modeling gig.  Next month I will be photographing my sister and brother-in-love’s first baby, my niece!

Contact Rebecca for information and creating images of your bundle of love.

Photos from the National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change

We are finishing the final edits on over 1,000 images from the 5 day conference on LGBT equality; Creating Change in Baltimore.

You can view the images taken by myself (RJ Lawrence photography), Min Enterprises and Maggie Lee on facebook and the NGLTF blog.

http://www.facebook.com/CreatingChange

http://thetaskforceblog.org/

All three photographers are freelance and available for other photography gigs. Please contact us for more information.

RJ Lawrence 612 423 4320
Min Enterprises 612 208 2009
Maggie Lee 708 408 1542

 

Creating Change Conference Jan 2012

Next Tuesday I will be flying to Baltimore with Anna Min of Min Enterprises to photography the Creating Change Conference put on by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Joining us as the official photographers for the event is Maggie Lee of Philadelphia.  I am really looking forward to this amazing opportunity and I am grateful to Min Enterprises and NGLTF for selecting me as a photographer. This will be my first time attending the conference and I am excited to experience and document work that so many people have done to bring thousands of queers and allies together for discussion and action. I anticipate this years Creating Change conference not being my last. 

 

“What’s Creating Change? Only the premier annual organizing and skills-building event for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and their allies.

The conference is run by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and attracts more than 2,500 people from all over the country every year. Presenters and participants come from all walks of life and include members of the business community, elected officials, students, faith leaders and staff and volunteers of non-profit organizations.

Our five-day program features over 250 workshops and training sessions, four plenary sessions, and tons of networking opportunities.”

www.creatingchange.org/

Visit their website to register, donate and learn more. Look for our photos there during and after the event. 

Back Stage with the Black Hearts Burlesque troupe

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

Black Hearts Burlesque http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002888802434

To order prints visit http://rebeccalawrence.zenfolio.com/blackheart

P365 on 1/2/12 – Cup Foods

http://www.powderhorn365.com/

Powderhorn365

http://www.powderhorn365.com/

I am starting a year as a weekly photographer for the Powderhorn365 project. Each day a photographer will create an image with the Powderhorn Park neighborhood (38th-Lake, Chicago-Cedar). I will be covering Mondays for a year! That’s 52 images. Today I was a guest and took the images below. Enjoy!
I’m looking forward to having to produce images on a regular basis and pushing myself creatively. You can’t be a photographer without a camera so here’s to keeping it in hand.

“Butches Can Bake?”- a photography project

After an invigorating photo shoot with a group of queer friends, R J (a queer photographer from Minneapolis) had a discussion with one of the models who is a trans masculine guy. R J’s friend mentioned that, often the sexuality of masculine female-bodied people is put in the background. Femme women tend to have the spot light with all eyes on them.

R J felt the need to explore this more. How does a masculine female-bodied person assert their sexuality in society? Does that look different when they are around queer or straight people? Males or females? How does the dominating male gaze affect how they present themselves? What (non sexual) roles are butch and masculine of center people pushed into or away from?

R J plans to create a photo documentary exploring these questions among many others. R J will create an exhibit that uses the words and thoughts from the community, images both constructed and candid, and video clips from interviews to stimulate discussion and social awareness to the viewers.

R J is looking for models, interview subjects, volunteers and monetary contributions (because lighting, printing and equipment is expensive).
Please contact her if you are interested in participating in the project or following its process.

 

Rebecca J Lawrence

rjlawrencephotography@gmail.com

rebeccaphoto.wordpress.com

Photos from PFund’s Moxie Awards 9/17/11

Photos from the Moxie Awards will be available for purchase on my zenfolio site as of 9/19/11.
Follow the link below to view and order.

http://rebeccalawrence.zenfolio.com/moxie