For those of you that missed my post last week, I thought I would repost it today so that more people would be made aware. Since Thursday Heidi has received so much support and lots of donations poured in. As of right now we have raised almost $2000 which was phenomenal and I...
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Fundraiser Still Going – Heidi J Photography
November 2, 2009 - 8:20 pm - Wow $2000 that's awesome!!
November 2, 2009 - 11:35 pm - I'm sitting hear with tears streaming down my face...... I'm blown away by the love, generosity, and support I have received from so many people, and the majority of them I have never met. I have received phone calls from Minnesota, California, Massachusetts, and emails from all over as well. This has for sure been one of the hardest things for me to get through as it was more than loosing a camera..... it was about the dream, the passion, the creativity, the clients memories, being taken away in a matter of minutes...... So THANK YOU Dustin and everyone who has donated or reached out to me, that has encouraged me to keep pursuing that passion and for helping my family so we can get back on our feet..... You'll never know how much it means to me to have so much support behind me. THANK YOU
November 3, 2009 - 2:36 pm [...] to Dustin Izatt, the fundraiser has generated close to $2,000!! Thank you!! Thank you for your donations, thank you [...]
Desperate Help Needed – Please Read and Spread the Word
Today was the best of days and the worst of days. I got to shoot a wedding today for the best couple ever Hailey and Nic. Over the past few months we have become so close we are like family so today I was so excited for their wedding. A fellow photographer...
October 29, 2009 - 1:52 am - Thank you so much for doing this, Dustin! You are so kind and generous. I know this will spread the word and be of some help.
October 29, 2009 - 2:37 am - Dustin - what a kind and generous thing to do in order to try to help Heidi out. The kindness of the wedding photographer "family" overwhelms me sometimes.
October 29, 2009 - 2:39 am - Just posted this up on FB and will repost when the sun comes up :-) You rock Dustin!
October 29, 2009 - 6:43 am - Hey why don't you start a donation pot? I surly can't donate $200 due to our financial situation but I can do $25 or so. If a bunch of us all banned together and donated just $25-50 it might help a lot as well? Let me know...
October 29, 2009 - 9:23 am - Dustin you are one of THE KINDEST people I know! This is a horrible situation!I pray it turns out well for Heidi! You are amazingly generous person in every aspect (and your sweet wife). Did you get my text? You were super busy last night so just write me back whenev :)
October 29, 2009 - 9:26 am - Oh I sure will! That is the sickest thing I have ever heard! Im getting all my equipment insured today!!!!! Give me until next week and I will donate for sure. I just can't believe that happened to her! If they find that dirt bag, I will help with the beat down!
October 29, 2009 - 12:35 pm - Oh my GOSH! I would be heart broken! In fact, this morning as I drove with my husband to work, we were talking about the investments (in new photo gear) I've made in the past month and my thoughts turned to what in the world I'd do if it all got stolen! So I'd be happy to help out!
October 29, 2009 - 12:41 pm - That is just awful. I too love Heidi. I actually met her on the street near the Gateway Mall when I was in SLC for a few days. I am getting all my gear insured a.s.a.p.! I will definitely donate what I can.
October 29, 2009 - 12:45 pm - I just donated Dustin! Good luck Heidi!
October 29, 2009 - 1:51 pm - That makes me so sad for Heidi! I too help support my husband and I with my photography business and I sure could not do it with out my equipment! I know how much money, time, effort and energy goes into investing in a photography business. It makes me sick to know that fellow photographers are getting their equipment stolen. Best of luck to Heidi and thanks to you Dustin for being so sweet!
October 29, 2009 - 2:24 pm - You are the bomb Dustin! You're my favorite, thanks for being so kind! I feel so terrible for Heidi!
October 29, 2009 - 2:41 pm - Dustin! God bless you! How wonderful to still have kind careing people in this world. My heart SUNK as I read this. Photography is not CHEAP. And its a huge sacrafice to buy equipment when your raising a family. Im so sad for her!!
October 29, 2009 - 3:28 pm - Wow! My sister is so lucky to have people like you in her life. Thank you everyone for your help and supporting her. Photography truely is her passion.
October 29, 2009 - 5:05 pm - This is so kind of you Dustin. I would like to help out.
October 29, 2009 - 5:16 pm - This is so nice of you! My heart aches for Heidi. Talking to her last night just about broke my heart :-( I will definitely be donating.
October 29, 2009 - 8:29 pm - I see way too many dumb photographers (mostly girls) leave their gear unattended. If you leave your gear alone, you have no one to blame but yourself. Just because this is Utah does not mean that you are going to get a break. Welcome to the real world.
October 29, 2009 - 9:34 pm - That is awful news. I am so sad for her. I hope I can donate to help the cause! Thank you for sharing the story and making a way for people to donate to help her out!
October 29, 2009 - 11:04 pm - Hello Dustin, Just read the blog about Heidi Walker. I would like to donate $100. How can I do it with paypal; I have bought some of your templates in the past and you helped me with starting my website, which you really did not have to. Photographers are a different breed and we understand the pain of losing equipment and customers. How can I put the $100 dollars in your paypal account for Heidi? Nothing does the heart better than "Paying It Forward".
October 29, 2009 - 11:10 pm - Disregard the how to request; figured it out. The money is in your account; give my regards to Heidi.
October 30, 2009 - 12:13 am - Rusty, Come on man, that has to be the most shallow and careless comment ever. Heidi didn't just leave her gear laying around, some thieving bastard followed her after the temple and then busted into her car to steal the gear. If you are going to make such bold comments, why not be so bold to leave your real email address and your full name? Utah or no Utah, I am going to do everything I can to help Heidi. We all have made mistakes and I believe in Karma, what comes around goes around. I too was followed in the temple parking lot and I was lucky because I went straight home and then straight to the luncheon and took my gear with me, but it could've easily happened to me as well. Show some sympathy because if this happens to you, you won't be getting any sympathy from any of us. This is not her fault and if I had $20,000 I'd give it to her in a heart beat.
October 30, 2009 - 10:47 am - This is all just crazy! For all of you that are photographers and have a lot of money into your equipment - GET INSURANCE!! - If you are working from home and are only insuring your equipment and your liability it will only be a couple of hundred bucks a year. Im sorry that this has happened and I can totally feel for her. Rusty, yes is being a d-bag, but there is some truth to what he said. We really need to watch our gear so much closer and NEVER leave it in your car even for a second. Also, just to be safe, you should always take out the CF card and put it on you when you are done shooting. Never leave it with you gear. I think we all should get together and do a sting on these guys, because we know this is not just one or 2 guys. This is a big crew. We should stake out the temple and look for photographers being followed into the parking lots and catch them red handed. Brody
October 30, 2009 - 11:02 am - Yes Brody, there is some truth to what Rusty said, he just could of put it in better words, lol. I second what Brody says, if any of you photographers out there don't have your gear insured, call and get it insured today. Let's all be more vigilant and take our bags with us even if we stop for a minute at the store. Also, for the past year I have started keeping every single memory card on my personage in a GoBee bag, that way in case any gear was stolen, I at least had my jobs. EVERY photographer should practice this and at least protect the images. One more thing, online backup off site ;) Brody recommended lunarpages.com to me and for a very small hosting fee, they offer you UNLIMITED online storage, so now everything is backed up on two external hard drives, a dvd, and online, that way if there was a fire or theft in my home, the images would be safe online to be recovered later. Because even though those thieving scumbags didn't get my gear, they could've easily followed me home and could break into my house and take all of my expensive mac equipment and without online storage all my pictures would be gone. Same thing if there was a fire.
October 30, 2009 - 11:03 am - Call Hill and Usher today and ask for Richard Reyes, tell him I sent you. The business photography policies are VERY affordable and cover you for anything under the sun.
October 30, 2009 - 2:56 pm - Totally agree, Rusty could have been a bit nicer. He totally made it like it was her fault that some broke into her car and stole her stuff. Lunar pages rocks with online storage, but they are starting to get smart on it. The images on the site need to be a directly link to your website and business. Otherwise they will blacklist your site and delete your online backup. For me, its ok because I have my proofing site under the same account so they let it go. I would say that I have about 2Tbs online right now of storage and we are uploading to it constantly. All day, every day to be caught up. Brody
October 30, 2009 - 6:27 pm - Thanks for doing this for her Dustin! I am so glad to a photographer in a community like this! :) I am going to donate the money I make in my next portrait session to her fundraiser. Hope it helps! :)
October 30, 2009 - 7:56 pm - Seriously how hard would it be to set up a few sting operations?? Anything that I can do please let me know. Brian
October 30, 2009 - 8:17 pm - Hey Dustin. I think it's horrible what happened to Heidi! I want to help by purchasing your fotofusion templates, but for some reason a bad script keeps preventing me from purchasing them. Can you email me and let me know if there is another way to go about this? Or you can send me a paypal request. modernmother@comcast.net
October 31, 2009 - 11:05 am - Wow... I am totally blow away by your generosity. Thank you for your example and love. Is there a way that we can donate some cash?
October 31, 2009 - 12:00 pm - Jessica. You can make paypal donations to Dustin@dustinizatt.com or any sales from my album templates will also be donated to Heidi. Www.dustinizatt.com/albumtemplates thanks so much :)
November 8, 2009 - 5:58 pm - That is so sad. I am with Brody, we should set up a sting operation. It seems like it could be pretty easy.
October 29, 2009 - 2:52 am [...] it on her blog. A wonderful fellow photographer, Dustin Izatt, has so kindly set up a link on his blog to a paypal account so you can make a donation towards Heidi’s situation. Hopefully we can [...]
October 29, 2009 - 10:19 am [...] then, many have come to her aid. In fact, Dustin Izatt setup a fundraising effort in the hopes of generating enough money that Heidi can at least get back on her [...]
October 29, 2009 - 11:30 am [...] she was targeted and followed and to me that is beyond scary!! my friend and amazing photographer dustin izatt has set up a link on his blog for people to donate toward this situation. if everyone donates [...]
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