Misty Richmond Photography

it’s just about time for an adventure…

Ah… the weather has been amazing lately (except for the rain today) and it’s making me fall in love with the Bay Area all over again. But, as much as I love springtime in California, I also love a good adventure, and I just couldn’t resist an amazing opportunity that was recently offered.

In a few weeks, my fiance will start work in Tanzania as a Program Officer in the East Africa region for PREDICT, a project working to develop a global early warning system for emerging diseases that move between wildlife and people. I’m not only excited that he’s managed to get a job that’s right up his alley (that boy is right at home hanging out in the fields and cracking Swahili jokes with the Masaii men he’s working with), but I’m also very happy to have been offered a contract to photograph and document the program. If the logistics work out, I should have some very interesting days ahead of me, following game scouts around Ruaha National Park and the Wildlife Management Areas.

I’m also thrilled to be working on a project of my own with an organization called Neema Crafts, that works to provide handicrafts training and employment for deaf and physically disabled people in Iringa, the town that will be our home base while in Tanzania. Photography is such a huge part of my life and has become a way to express how I see the world, so I’m looking forward to sharing a little bit of what I’ve learned. I’m in the process of purchasing cameras and materials for a small photography workshop that I will be running for some of the Neema artisans, and I can’t wait to share some of their photographs and stories with you in the coming months.

and get a digital negative of one of your favorite photos from Misty Richmond Photography

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck near Haiti‘s capital of Port-au-Prince Tuesday afternoon, collapsing buildings, including at least one hospital. Tens of thousands are feared dead in the largest quake to strike the impoverished Caribbean nation in 200 years. Power is out, telecommunications are spotty and food and water are reportedly growing scarce.

The destruction from the earthquake in Haiti is unimaginable. Last night as I was sitting in my warm comfortable house, I couldn’t stop thinking about how fortunate I am to know that the people I love are safe and healthy. I can’t even fathom what it would be like to not have anyone to turn to with an injured child or mother after my world had crumbled around me. The people of Haiti desperately need our support and assistance.

Please make your contribution to the relief effort by visiting http://www.mercycorps.org/fundraising/mistyrichmond.

The Fine Print…..

- Offer doesn’t apply to previous or current orders (you know I like you, but I have the pay the bills and I can’t give refunds for old orders).
- Retouching not included.
- The full resolution images will be e-mailed within one week of your donation.
- Photo session must take place before May 5, 2010 to qualify.