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9-11: A View from Brooklyn - Blog Entry

04 Oct 2006 05:21 AM

=========================================== Photographer1 says:

One of my upcoming shows is about 9/11, Ground Zero, The World Trade Center and survivors.

If anyone is willing to share part of their story on an upcoming show in New York City, kindly contact me through my email address

which is manager_bcl@yahoo.com

Lift your spirits with a "Happy Box" - Blog Entry

04 Oct 2006 04:10 AM

================================================ THIS NOTE FROM photographer1 :

The idea of a happy box is great. In DV circles, they have an "emergency kit" that contains some money, keys, something inspirational, a Bible, etc.

One of those things that a person can include inside a happy box or inside a dv emergency kit is an "unlimited" pass for traveling on the buss or train, some movie tickets, a gift certificate for a favorite store, a music cd, a favorite poem, a good book -small paperback or mini -book. Any and all of these things are quite helpful to human beings.

And, include a list of phone numbers of friends and relatives or people that you trust. Usually in times of great emergency or tragedy, we often forget phone numbers and important things like that. If anyone reading this has no "happy box" , come check this website and smile at some of these pictures

http://www.superbooks.org

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Sexual Predators Groom for Silence - Blog Entry

03 Oct 2006 05:29 PM

================================================== Note from photographer1

The first clue our children need to know about how to discover sexual predators or child nappers is this simple truth: When an adult does or says anything sexual to a child, or touches a child anywhere and then says, "This is a secret between you and me" or they tell the child that they have secrets which they should tell no one else, not their mom or their teachers" . This is what we need to make children and teens aware of --that when someone tells them they need to 'keep these secrets' ..the secret..thing is the first clue that an adult is up to no good, or that this child or teen should IMMEDIATELY come to their parents and or teachers and TELL the secret.

Our children need to know that strangers or people that they meet when their parents or guardians are not around --these are secrets that children and teens need to TELL.

Teach our children to do the opposite of what these predators want, and these predators will run somewhere else , to someone who will listen to their instructions.

When children are actually being "grabbed" or in the process of being kidnapped, they need to know to grab onto something strong and solid. Or to even just grab onto something even if it is mobile. THis makes their body BIGGER.

For example, one child's life was saved by this child grabbing the handlebars of her bike. Two strangers tried to abduct this child and get this child into a van. They just reached out and grabbed the little girl who was riding her bike next to the street, on the sidewalk.

This child would NOT let go of her bike. They struggled and struggled but the child would not let go of her bike. The strangers got frustrated and then people began to see what was happening because this abduction was taking longer than they expected , so they let go of the little girl.

This was a story, true story that was on one of our news programs a few years back.

These things happen in large cities and in small towns.

Parents and children who are aware of the possibilities and aware of the safety nets they have, are the safer people in our cities.

So, teach our children, when abductions are possibly happening or when adults are taking our children away from where they are supposed to be ...

GRAB ON!! and HOLD on.. this might be the very thing that saves a child's or a teen's life, just like it saved that little girl. Her body with her bike was too big to fit into the van door.

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Hospitals and Drs. Offices Can Make You Sick! - Blog Entry

03 Oct 2006 05:01 PM

Great article. More people should write about things like this. Sometimes we just don't think about everything.

Fun With Photography - Your LIFE! - Blog Entry

03 Oct 2006 06:21 AM

I like this idea. Most times, I'm never in the picture. I have tons of pictures of my children at their events and all and I'm missing fromall of them. 'I'm the one always taking the pictures.

This idea is nice. I just might try that one day soon.

Breaking All The Rules - Photography by photographer1 - Journal Entry

03 Oct 2006 05:56 AM

Some of my tags are: photography, cropping, pictures, rules,

Breaking All The Rules - Photography by photographer1 - Journal Entry

02 Oct 2006 02:44 PM

Thanks for the compliment. I'd like to work here at familiies.com as a freelance writer. Any suggestions on how this can be accomplished. I have read the guidelines but haven't heard from any staff yet.

Fun With Filters: "star" or cross screen filter - Blog Entry

02 Oct 2006 01:24 PM

Hello, nice seeing fellow photographers here on the web. This seems like a nice connection website called, families.com