DePaul Community Resources Christmas Party 2010

One of the things that fellow photographers and I do is try to give back, especially around the holiday season, to those organizations that dedicate themselves to working year round to bring joy and happiness to the faces of people every single day. On December 11th, we had fantastic time photographing families and foster kids with Santa Claus. The event was held at the Charlottesville Church of the Brethren, on Rio Rd, put on by the DePaul Community Resources that helped place each of these kids with a loving foster family. DePaul had the reception hall all decorated and a fabulous holiday meal prepared for everyone. We started the day off, with the help of my friend Christian DeBaun, setting up a black background to take semi casual family portraits, while me and my other good friend Lisa Cloutier setup a white background photo booth for the kids to goof off and make silly faces. Boy, were they hilarious! Around 1 o'clock the big man himself showed up with stuffed teddy bears for all the kids. Even some of the adults sat on Santa's lap! I guess we're all big kids at heart. I'm always amazed by the innate optimism, and joy of kids around Christmas.
Here are some images from the day.