Project Heirloom shoot

Last week I had the opportunity to work with an awesome school, Westwood Elementary, through Project Heirloom. A while back I posted about the project put together by local photographers to donate their time to photograph families who lost their homes or were displaced by the Wildfires in October. This particular elementary school was in Rancho Bernardo, one of the hardest hit areas. Some of these families lost everything and I felt so blessed to help them begin to restore their momentos. I ended up photographing a total of 22 families in about a 4 hour period. As you can see, these are some gorgeous families! It's been said many times that when you reach out to help those in need,it is often the lessons you learn from those you help that are more valuable than the help you have to offer! This was truly the case.