Peter & Cynthia’s Andover Country Club Wedding

Kevin Jacobus — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 21:41:15 +0000

August’s first wedding of the month found me at the Andover Country Club to photograph Peter and Cynthia’s wedding. Peter is a photography enthusiast, so the couple was happy to oblige some extra portrait time so we could do some high dynamic range portraits with the front of the club as a backdrop in the evening. The late afternoon light after the ceremony lent itself nicely to some carefully placed lens flare that lends a visual time stamp and mood to portraits of the couple. Peter is also a musician, so it wasn’t surprising that they picked a great band, Mirage Band, as well as ceremony musicians Sonare Trio for their wedding.

Vendors:

Wedding Coordinator: Paula Church
Florist: Cass Flowers
Band: Mirage Band
Ceremony Musicians: Sonare Trio

Stand With Haiti-Make a Donation and Compete for a Signed Canvas Print

Kevin Jacobus — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:34:00 +0000

I’ve been brainstorming ways of using my creative endeavors to help Haiti earthquake victims throughout the week with my girlfriend and at one point we were talking about a canvas print I had made of a Caribbean beach scene and what I would charge for it. It occured to me today that I should hold a competition for it, where the person who donates the most to Partners in Health receives the print. Rather than hold an auction where only one person pays, I thought that the collective efforts of many people competing with their donations would raise more for Partners in Health.

About the Fundraiser

I’m offering to provide a 50-34 inch mounted canvas print of this sunset scene I photographed while visiting St. Lucia in November 2009 to the person or organization who makes the largest donation on my page for Partners in Health. Click on the link or the First Giving widget in the right sidebar on this page to donate. Donors may re-visit the page and make additional donations to in order to compete to be the highest donor in order to receive the print, which will be personally signed by Kevin Jacobus. Whoever has made the largest contribution by midnight January 31st will receive the print. If there is a tie for donation amount, a drawing will be held among the highest donors to determine a winner. Donations are securely processed by First Giving and are sent directly to Partners in Health.

About the Photograph

HDR photograph of Jalousie Beach on the island of St. Lucia by Kevin Jacobus

This image is an HDR image of a view of Jalousie Beach on the Caribbean island of St. Lucia. This HDR (High-dynamic-range) photograph was achieved by capturing multiple standard photographs using exposure bracketing. The images were then merged into a single image and tone-mapped to reduce the dynamic range, or contrast ratio, of the entire image, while retaining localized contrast to match how the human eye perceives a scene-essentially to represent the whole dynamic range while retaining realistic color and contrast.

Help Bring Aid to Haiti

Thank you for joining me to bring aid to the people of Haiti.

From Partners In Health: “The scope the disaster is truly enormous, and a tremendous influx of immediate aid is needed to avert an even greater loss of life. Partners In Health has been working in Haiti for nearly 25 years. Our local team is already working to ensure PIH’s coordinated relief efforts, leveraging the skills of more than 120 doctors and nearly 500 nurses and nursing assistants who work at established sites throughout Haiti.”

How to Donate

Donate via my page on First Giving- it is simple, fast and totally secure. It is also the most efficient way to support my fundraising efforts.

Many thanks for your support — and don’t forget to forward this to anyone who you think might want to donate too!

Kevin Jacobus Photography » high dynamic range image

Peter & Cynthia’s Andover Country Club Wedding

Stand With Haiti-Make a Donation and Compete for a Signed Canvas Print