cuts for cami.
a couple of weeks ago i had the honor of photographing a fundraiser held for the sweetest, most beautiful but more than anything, very courageous little 4 year old. in july little camryn carver was diagnosed with Acute B Cell Lymphocytic Leukemia. a couple of saturdays ago they held a fundraiser and "kissed" her hair goodbye. it was so amazing. so many people came and showed so much support for this amazing little family. there wasn't a dry eye as she shaved her daddy's head and then he shaved hers. my favorite quotes from her that day were, "who needs hair anyway", as she shaved her dad's head and after her head was shaved she looked in the mirror and said, "i love it". so adorable. its astounding to me how somebody so small and perfect can be so strong and have to take on such a tremendous disease. she was smiling the entire day. it definitely put my life into perspective and was such a humbling experience. thanks carver family for letting me document this day for and for helping me realize how special and fragile life is. xoxo
follow cami's journey at http://www.kissesforcami.com/
169 comments:
What a cute brave little girl! The pictures tell the story perfectly, you did a great job!
You did such an amazing job jen. how could you have a dry eye looking at them. She is such a brave little girl..
I peek at your blog from time to time and I had to comment!
Love this! I think you captured the mood and the people well! She is adorable!
Brought a tear or two to my eyes:)
This is an amazing post Jen. I am crying my eyes out and the courage of this little girl and her family. You captured it perfectly. These pictures will forever be cherished.
Amazing! I love it! What an amazing family!!!
What an amazing little girl! And how amazing are you for capturing this special event for them!
Love these Jen. What an awesome thing to be a part of. I've been reading her blog lately, what a sweetheart.
Such a great story and captured so well. I have a daughter almost this same age and it just breaks my heart knowing what she must be going through. I am gonna post a link to this on my FB :)
I have been looking forward to this post for a while. I was fb stalking and saw the entire family thanking you for what you did for them on this special day and eventually found her blog, been following ever since. what a beautiful family with a beautiful daughter! thank you for supporting such a great cause I will try to get as many friends as I can over here to comment :) you are so sweet
tears are dropping as I type. What a gorgeous little girl and so strong! I am amazed at her strength and postive attitude. My thoughts and prayers are with you carver family! Jen I love all of these pictures you always capture magic!
Jen amazing pics. They are such a great family, the ENTIRE family. I could not help but cry my eyes out and think what a brave little girl they have. Carver family we love you guys!
Jen what treasured pics will be remembered forever. XOXO
You are so awesome for doing this! Such a beautiful courageous little girl and family. I wish them the best of luck. And I love all the pictures, what a treasure for them to have!
aw so cute... that little girl is so brave! amazing pictures!
How awesome! She is so adorable.
Thanks for sharing Jen! What an amazing experience. She is such a little doll :)
Oh my goodness - what an amazing little girl!!
What a strong little girl. She is such a doll!!! Great pics Jen!
Wow. What a story. I bawled my eyes out. It's very touching and you did such a great job Jen. You truly are so talented.
Simply beautiful.
What ana amazing beautiful idea! I absolutely the love the pictures- such a talented photographer!
These are beautiful Jen. Thank you for sharing their story.
Beautiful job! This pictures are amazing and show the emotion so well. She is one brave little girl.
Wow, what an event! Looks like they had a great turn out! The photos are awesome and really capture the feelings of that day really well!
What a BEAUTIFUL little girl!!!! I am so touched by her courage.
what an amazing little girl, you did an amazing job Jen, such sweet pictures
Such sweet pictures and a darling, brave little girl. I wish the best for Cami and her family :)
Beautifully done Jen! Thank you from Cami's proud Grandma Di-Di.
I love the pictures. You are so talented. Prayers for Cami!
What a strong little girl!!!
AMAZING story and AMAZING pictures! You did such a wonderful job! Thank you for donating your time! :) I love these pictires of this whole event!
What a strong amazing little angle
Beautiful pictures Jen. And such a beautiful little girl.
Wow, what a cute little girl! This just breaks my heart! Your pictures are wonderful.
Beautiful pictures! and such a brave little girl! Throw in another dollar for me!
i couldnt stop cying and i wasnt even there waht a brave and sweet little good i wish this family the best!!!
What an incredible event, and what an absolutely ADORABLE and inspiring little girl. Great job, Jen.
seriously, so cute.
i love it. they are an amazing family!!!
makes me feel bad for complaining about things in my life!
seriously such a stunning little girl! I got goosebumps just looking at all these beautiful pictures. What an amazing and inspirational family! perfect!
What a brave little girl. so amazing. good work
There really are no words to describe how incredibly precious these pictures are to me. Thank you forever and ever.. You really are an amazing photographer. Thank you Jen!
these pictures are beautiful! they bring me to tears, you did a great job capturing this monumental day in their lives.
Amazing photos! Thanks for what you have done for this amazing family!
Pat & Chelsea- we LOVE you guys & want you to know that we are totally praying for your sweet family right now. You are amazing & it is such a blessing to know you guys. These photographs are priceless & I'm sure that not one person who has looked at them didn't cry. Cami is so strong & she gets that strength from you guys! Love, Sam & Marielle
I should not read stuff like this while I'm working...people are walking by my cubicle and wondering why I'm bawling...
What an incredible experience to be a part of and I know Cami's family will forever cherish these pictures!
What a wonderful event for a courageous little girl. Cheers to you!
ohmyword. I have my own 4 year old little girl. I cannot even imagine. What an amazing family. those pics are worth WAY more than an thousand words!!!
This looks like such an amazing event! You are sweet to be apart of it. You captured every important moment.
What a sweet little girl, and amazing parents...
Wow. This is an amazing little girl and great photos! We could all take a lesson from her! Thank you for sharing!
These are amazing! You have done a wonderful job capturing the special moments. You are very talented! What a cute family, and such an adorable little girl.
What an incredible experience to be apart of something like this. To see how much love and support surrounds this family and beautiful little girl is such an amazing thing. Great job Jen. These photographs will be cherised forever.
Such an amazing day. what wonderful pictures. well done. :)
Such a great and hard day! Jen you truly captured all the precious moments! I must of missed you I went later that day. Love that little cami!
She is such a beautiful, amazing little girl. My heart goes out to her family. I cried reading this post.
Mallory
How brave. Beautiful pictures and what a great way to help donate money! I had cancer when I was two and was bald also. I am now 25 with two kids. Our God is a God of miracles, I am proof!
WOW... YOU ARE AMAZING! IM IN TEARS!
beautiful pictures.
These pictures are amazing. And the blog set up with the song is so inspiring! Thank you!
We had the privledge of attending Cami's fundraiser. She is so cute and had the best attitude. Its amazing the example children can set for adults. Amazing photos!
Love the pictures!!! What an awesome thing for you to do! Prayers going up for the family and that brave, beautiful little lady!!!
What a beautiful little girl and what an amazing event you captured. Great job Jen.
These pictures sure do an amazing job sharing the details from that day. great job and what a beautiful little girl!
Cancer DOES suck, but this most certainly does not. ;) You captured a truly spectacular moment in human history, spectacularly. I've drawn a little piece of strength for my day after seeing this.
Brava.
Wow!! Now that i'm done bawling I can leave a comment! :) of course I want a dollar donated to Cami too! Amazing pictures Jen! Loved every single one. and LOVE the CArver family!
Wow, what a neat family! I teared up just looking at these beautiful pictures.
AMAZING. This absolutely made me cry only to see the smile on little Camryn's sweet face. Such an inspiring family who I love! Always in my thoughts Carver's!
Such a great cause, wonderful photos and you captured it beautifully :)
What a beautiful brave little girl.. Thanks for sharing you did a great job.
My heart hurts for Cami and her family. Your pictures tell a perfect story.
Amazing! This is one of the most touching things I have ever seen. What a precious little girl.
I personally know this family and they are truely the most amazing people I know. There is nothing they cannot accomplish, and when they do something it is all out. Especially when it comes to supporting eachother. You have captured it so beautifully and they will always remember you for it. Love the Carvers and am honored to call them my friends.
Great photos! You did a fabulous job at capturing all the little details of the day. As well as ll the great faces there too.
WOW!! Amazing photos! She DOESN'T need hair to be beautiful! What an amazing little girl!
Beautiful pictures, brave family
Beautiful! Thank you for the window into something simply amazing! I am humbled and I am greatful!
Wow! I came over here from Marielle Hayes Photography, and I'm so glad I did! What touching pictures! I'm a little teary now. Thanks for sharing these and God bless that little family!
What a beautiful little girl! I totally teared up just looking at the pictures. You did a fantastic job of capturing the emotion. Thank you for sharing something that made me a better person just by looking.
These pictures really captured all the emotion of the day. I think it is great what you did for this little girl and I know it is truly appreciated by the family.
What a great cause! Thank you for sharing. You might have to fork out quite a bit after I post this on FB!
Beautiful job Jen on documenting this for this special little girl. She is absolutely beautiful!
great job!
What a wonderful documentation of the day! She is such a beautiful little girl and you were able to capture so much in your pictures. Bless her and her family on this journey they are on.
I LOVE these photos! Thank you for sharing them!
This is amazing...I love how all the people came out and supported this family. Pictures are great..and the girl is great!!!
What courage, love and compassion! Make's me feel ashamed for whining over the small insignificant problems in my life. Truly inspiring! Thank you for sharing!
What a beautiful girl and a wonderful thing to do!
Wow! Your GORGEOUS pictures do so well at telling the story!
Beautiful pictures and a beautifully brave little girl and family.
such an amazing story, she is so beautiful!
What an amazing job you have done capturing this special event! OUr thoughts and prayers are with this special little girl and her couragous family!!
Your photos told the whole story so beautifully. I know this family and they are absolutly amazing.
These pictures are so good, this brakes my heart..what a sweet, brave little girl..she is beautiful!
Such a sweet family! You did a great job Jen!
awesome. great job!
What a beautiful family and amazing images to document a special day. Very inspirational!
She is so beautiful. I think she rocks the bald look! My Aunt had Leukemia and is now clinically cured. Stay strong little one, hope and time will help you get through this.
Simply beautiful! What a sweet story!
what beautiful photos to capture such a special, hard day. they really do tell the story so well.
What a courageous little girl! She is so much stronger than most adults out there and you did a great job capturing her personality. My heart goes out to her and her family!
Yup. I'm crying and it's 2am. Great job, Jen. Such a brave little girl and family. My heart goes out to them.
these photos are amazing! and what a brave cute little girl.
Gosh Jen! Not many words spoken on this post, and I'm crying like a baby!! :) Beautiful job and BEAUTIFUL little girl!
With tears in my eyes, I thank you for sharing with us such a sweet, strong, little girl! God Bless...
Amazing!! Seriously! you did amazing at capturing the moment!
Omg these made me cry! I will be praying her Cami and her family. She is one strong brave little girl. Great shots you captured the moment very well!
Wow what a beautiful little family. Thank you for sharing this with us and for giving a little of yourself to help her situation.
What a cute and amazing little girl! I will keep them in my prayers! Great pictures!
It was so nice of you to come and take great pictures of this family! This event was so great and we had an outstanding turn out! We cant wait for CUTS FOR CAMI next year!
The pictures have so much meaning and depth ti them . A VERY BEAUTIFUL AND PRECIOUS GIRL!!!
you did a wonderful job capturing this moment, Amazing photos of an amazing family over coming those trails thrown to us!!
Amazing pictures and story. What an amazing event to do for such a great family. Our thoughts and prayers are consitently with the Carver family.
This was such an amazing event. I am so glad that you could capture such precious moments. The pictures are amazing!!!
This is amazing. You did a wonderful job, and the pictures capture her story beautifully. Such a strong and brave family.
Beautiful photos, and a beautiful family. Priceless!!
What a great experience everyone made that moment. A picture is worth a thousand words and in this case it worth a thousand tears! Cami is a great example of to strength to a lot of people.
Jen- Amazing photography for an amazing family!! AWESOME JOB!!
Wow! Jen you did an amazing job! She is such a special girl! Thanks for sharing! My thoughts and prayers are with you Carver family!
Wow what incredibly touching pictures! What an eye you have to capture those precious moments! Thanks so much for doing this! This little girl and her parents as well as as all who attended are a tribute to the goodness of humanity!
go cami,
wish we could have been there!
beautiful photos. tear jerkers! i am pat's cousin and have been charmed by cami since she was born. i think she just keeps getting cuter, bald head and all! pat and chelsea - you're amazing!
what a touching way to tell a special story like this - through beautiful pictures. may the carver's find some peace and comfort at this time.
The pictures are wonderful. You are very talented. We love Chels and her family. It was fun to see my 2 nieces and their kids in your photos.
Brought me to tears. Amazing work.
That is very emotional.
Beautiful story, beautiful pictures.
amazing. thank you so much for sharing.
What brave little girl! No dry eyes here!
Beautiful.
We sure love Cami and the whole Carver family. What amazing examples they are to me and my whole family (they're my cousins).
We sure love Cami and the whole Carver family. What amazing examples they are to me and my whole family (they're my cousins).
i teared up througout the pictures! what a beautiful, brave little girl. you are fantastic.
What an awesome thing to do! I wish that family all the best! What a beautiful little girl!
i love the pictures! they are amazing.
Lots of tears here- what a brave little girl.
Great pictures of a great event! I do not have the privilege of knowing Cami, but I had tears in my eyes too!
Such beautiful capturing of such a tragic thing. What a sweet little girl!
simply beautiful. her strength and spirit is beautiful.
really well captured with nice music along with it. it makes my heart hurt to think about how much it takes to get through this. Carvers are made of tougher stuff than most of us.
So beautiful. The girl, and her courage. Good job, Cami!
I am one of Cami's wish granters with the Make a Wish foundation and I heard about this fun hair cutting shin dig when they came in for Cami's wish declaration! Darling photos.
Wonderful post, thank you
Gets me every time! Awesome pics. So much love in that family!
Such beautiful pictures! You definitely captured the energy and love that was there!
Beautiful pictures. I don't know Cami or her family but they will be in my prayers!!
These pictures are beautiful. What a brave little girl!
Beautiful pictures. Thank you so much for supporting pat and chelsea and cami!!
She is darling. I have been following her story on her blog...You are amazing!
i teared up just looking at the pictures!
I love this little family! Go Cami!
thank you so much for capturing this so beautifully for those of us that couldn't make it. what a precious angel.
So touching and so beautiful!
Wow I think I will go hug my little 4 year old...
Crying. This event you captured is so beautiful and poignant. I will be praying for this little girl.
What a brave lil' girl and so adorable! You did an awesome job Jen capturing every special moment of that memory! I couldn't help but cry when I read and saw the pictures! My heart goes out to them!
You captured this event beautifully... I can feel the love and the support as if I were there. Great job!
What a neat story, it always makes you think about how blessed you are when others have to struggle like that. How neat that you could capture those special moments. God bless that sweet little girl and family.
What a beautiful little girl and wonderful photographs you captured. Thank you for sharing. Love, thoughts, and prayers being sent in behalf of this precious little family!
She is darling! Loved the photo series!
oh not much makes me cry at 11am but that did. what beautiful photos........so moving and captured it all perfectly
Corrie:)
amazing..little kids shouldn't have to go through this... stay strong cami!
We love Cami!!
Jen, amazing job. I can't imagine how emotional that day must have been. There are a lot of comments here! Congrats on building such a great following on you blog! You are an amazing person. Again beautiful job capturing the day.
beautiful
These pictures are amazing. What a strong little girl {and mom}.
You are an amazing photographer, adn she is such a brave little girl.
beautiful pictures of a very brave little girl.
Wow, so sad - this made me cry so much but what a lovely family with so much love and support, the pictures were taken with such great care and thoughtfulness, thanks for supporting her cause with all the comment love!
Very moving pictures, thank you for your help in supporting this beautiful family.
What an amazing story! I can't imagine having to see your child go through that! God Bless their family and good luck to them!
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