The Adventures of Cindy Li

The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society: Man and Woman of the year canidates

January 26 , 2007

Once upon a time

I got an email from my fellow angel, friend, creative director for aol.com, Jody Thomas asking if I would be interested in volunteering some of my time to take photos for a chartiy event called. The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, 2007 Man & Woman of the year, honoring the canidates.” It was a no brainer once I saw the date and I was free that night. Last year a good friend of mine was diagnosed with leukemia and this was a great way to help a good cause. :)

How it went

I was a bit nervous since this was my first event. I sent Katie (an organizer) my flickr set of photos and she loved them. She was so excited to see what I could do for their event. “Phew”
So I borrowed an external flash from my friend Jason Garber, an extra 1G card, for a grand total of 5g for the event just in case. I also got spare batteries for the flash and for the camera.
I showed up (after it started snowing in DC) on time 6pm on the dot!

Inside the event

I was greeted by Katie, and Kelly. They asked me how many events I’ve shot. I looked at them and said this is my first one. :::big smile::: They said don’t worry we loved your photos and I’m sure they will be great. Everyone was so encouarging that I wanted to make sure i did a great job. We had a list of people to take shots of because they might be using them for a magazine to raise the money. They raised over $700,000 last year.

Some of the photos: