The Santos Family- 2008
Testimonial….
When our daughter Isabella’s cancer relapsed in the brain , Angela volunteered to take some pictures at our home prior to a benefit in her honor. Isabella wore a pink Sleeping Beauty gown with tiara and all. The night was a huge sucess and very emotional for us all. A week later, while I was waiting for Isabella to complete a treatment, I received an email containing the images that Angela took at our home. I sat on a bench outside the hospital crying tears of joy for the first time in over a year. They were the most beautiful images I had ever seen. She didn’t capture the sadness, the cancer or even the new large scar that covered most of her head. She captured my beautiful, happy family without fear in their eyes of what may lay ahead. In just a short time frame, Angela was able to capture a wonderful moment in our family’s life. In 4 years of family photos, we had never been captured in sucah a perfect way.
Of all the things that people have done for us, this has been the thing that touched us the most. The family pictures that she took again this fall captured the same thing yet again. We sent them out for Christmas and heard from so many people about them. One person told me, “I didn’t even see her bald head. I looked right past it and saw a family full of love and happiness. I thought to myself, this family is going to make it.”
Isn’t that what you want your pictures to achieve? Thank you so much Angela. We hope to continue on this process with you for years to come.
Stuart, Erin, Isabella and Grant Santos
The Flohr family - 2008
"My son Davis was born with multiple birth defects (a heart defect, an imperforate anus and a cleft lip and palate.)
Over the past three years, he has had 15 surgeries, three of which were open heart surgeries.
It has been three years filled with many ups and MANY downs.
During this time, we have been so blessed to have so many people support us.
It is amazing how people literally come out of the wood work to offer support, gifts, babysitting, etc.
One of the greatest gifts we have received has been from Angela Shea through her program Celebration of Life.
Obviously, with so many surgeries, doctors appointments, medications, therapies, etc the expense has been tremendous.
We have had to cut every corner possible and some that we didn’t even know could be cut. Unfortunately,
one of those corners was having professional pictures of Davis and the family taken. It was simply something we could not afford.
Now through the generosity of Angela we have AMAZING family pictures.
She did such an unbelievable job of capturing the true essence of Davis.
It is one of the greatest gifts we could ever receive and they are something I will treasure my entire life.
There are no words to express how lucky and appreciative we feel. Thank you Angela."
