water is not a particularly sexy topic to make a video about it's something
that we use every day it's part of our routine we use it to clean we drink it
water is not something that we give a lot of thought to unless all of a sudden
you didn't have it
so I want to talk to you guys for just a second about
something that's going on in the photography community that I am really
proud of this is a project that a couple of my colleagues have put together that
I want to share with you guys today because this is a wonderful story and
it's a really cool thing that they're doing some of you may be familiar with
the gentleman who has a YouTube channel he goes by the name Michael the Maven he
has a photography channel it's very good he is also an Operations Manager for the
Salvation Army and he is in Puerto Rico right now so if you've watched the news
at all in the last couple months you are probably aware of the situation with
this year's hurricane season that was pretty devastating first in my home
state of Texas but then also in Florida and probably the hardest hit has been
Puerto Rico the devastation in Puerto Rico has been catastrophic and you're
talking about people who have been left without electricity and without running
water without standard supplies that you and I take for granted every day that
they just don't have access to now because the nature of the situation in
Puerto Rico it's also been a logistical nightmare to actually get people the
supplies that they need when you take things for granted
for instance running water that's something that I don't even think about
I can get up and I can go get a glass of water right now I'm not worried about
what's in it it's a different situation down there when you don't have access to
clean water not only for bathing but also for drinking and this is just
staying alive this is like not only just individuals but it's people with
families it's a really bad situation so Chelsea Northrup reached out to this
company that makes these very basic water filtration systems it's just like
a bag and you put a filter over the top you're able to pour the dirty water in
it filters it out there's a simple way of cleaning it and these things are
reusable for like up to 300 gallons of water it's pretty amazing
so the Northrup's came up with this idea along with Michael of putting together a
project that people could donate money on the internet we could buy as many of
these filtration systems as possible and then have them delivered directly to
people in Puerto Rico most of you guys probably watched these other channels
and you likely already know about this project but I wanted to talk about it
because it's something that I'm really proud to see the photography community
pulling together to do and I wanted to make sure that you guys knew about it
you know I do videos every now and then where I talk about things I did one when
the hurricane hit Texas a few months ago and I say this a lot and I don't mean
for it to sound cheesy but it's something I honestly believe
that in life we're defined by two things the relationships that we have and our
actions and there are times where the right thing to do is to put the camera
down for a minute and give to a greater cause and I think
this is one that's particularly interesting Chelsea reached out to tell
me about the project and I told her I was really interested in getting
involved they've already raised a very significant amount of money and I was
like how can I help you do more with this and she said well why don't you
donate some stuff that we could give away as incentives so we talked about it
for a little while I'm going to pitch in 10 prints and these are going to be kind
of limited edition so if you donate up at the hundred dollar level I believe
Tony has put some prints in as well as Michael as well but while they last you
guys can choose one if you want to do that so I'm gonna give ten signed prints
in and the other thing that I thought would be particularly interesting to do
is something that I never do so I get requests all the time for portfolio
reviews and it's something that I really don't do in general and it's basically a
time restraint on my end I don't want to give somebody a casual review of their
work without being able to go in-depth with them it's certainly something that
I don't want to do on the show I know I do a little bit with Photo Assignments but
I'm talking about a full portfolio review plus I also need to know in terms
of its that's something you want to do what are your goals what are your
ambitions as a photographer and so I just typically don't do these I told
Chelsea I would do three of these so if you donate at the three hundred dollar
level I will give you an hour of my time on skype we can go over your work or
whatever you want to talk about so that is the deal I will put a link to the
campaign in the show description and I strongly encourage you guys to go check
it out there are some really nice incentives in there or you can just go
donate money to the cause but one last thing I want to say about this I had
very little to do with this I'm just helping out but I am really proud of my
colleagues that have found a way for something that's very personal to them
to bring us together as a community to do our part that's the important part so
- Tony and Chelsea and Michael I think this is just outstanding and I'm
flattered to be involved with it but it really I have very little to do with it
this is all them and I couldn't be more proud to be amongst this community that
they are a big part of so anyway go check that out also go check out Tony
and Chelsea's video where they talk about the water filtration stuff it's
actually pretty interesting very simple devices and this could make a big
difference in a lot of people's lives until the next video I will see you guys
then later
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