I checked for our local soldiers. Even out here in the boonies, there's a photographer about 25 miles away who is participating.
Operation: Love ReUnited
Operation: Love ReUnited is an amazing organization that connects military families with photographers offering free pre and post deployment family portrait sessions. Also included is a 4x6 album of images from the pre-deployment shoot sent to your deployed soldier, by the photographer, free of charge. These portraits are intended to have a patriotic theme, so they’re not your “typical” family portrait. The photographers are volunteers of the organization. Most of the photographers also offer some sort of a discount for any additional prints you'd like to purchase from any of the sessions.
From the OpLove website:
“The package will always include a 4x6 album of pre-deployment images, such as a child’s hand clasped in his parent’s with the faint glimpse of a BDU sleeve, a marine in dress with his family, a salior with his parents right before departure, or a child playing dress up in combat boots and a helmet. The album will be sent to the deployed soldier by the photographer, at no cost to you. Also with your package, all session fees will be waived. Your photographer may have a designated package or other options for Operation: Love ReUnited participants at their discretion with a signed model release.”
“Your initial session will be either with your spouse before he or she deploys dressed in their dress uniform or BDUs for most of the session, or if you find OpLove after your loved one has deployed, your session will be done without your loved one keeping a patriotic theme that could include dress, hats, BDUs, boots and other military gear, but they will still experience all the love & benefits that OpLove has to offer.”
“Once you find out about the time your loved one is to return from his or her deployment, please let your photographer know. They will want to accompany your family to the welcoming home of your spouse or loved one, and capture that first glimpse, that first embrace, and all the love that surrounds every person who walks off that plane, into their families arms.”
What a wonderful gesture.
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