Today I spent at the VA campus in Salt Lake City, taking portraits of veterans and providing them with prints (on the spot) as a thank you to them for what they have done. It was an incredible day, filled with learning experiences about the vets as well as my growing but nowhere near finished portrait taking skills. Everyone there was a star - and had a story; from a gentleman that came to have his obit photo taken (terminal cancer) to others that were celebrating a sobriety anniversary. I know there were many that I did not get to hear.
But the person at the center of it was this beautiful lady that coordinates, manages, mothers, and directs the Volunteer Services at the VA center - Belle Karabatsos! She knows and cares for each one of the folks that came today and it showed! Without her, today would not have happened. And we have another photo shoot on 6/10 - where we get to apply our lessons learned from today and meet another group of veterans and hear their stories.
Here's Belle:
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