Hello Fellow Patchers
I was that fellow at the patch with the beard and camera. My name is Patrick Biestman and I am the father of Collette. For those that were not there, that guy over there >
I may have been the only one, but I was really looking forward to some cloud cover that day. Willing to suffer through the potential rain. But alas, my hopes were dashed upon driving up and discovering that Lincolnton does not like cloud cover when kids and strawberries are involved.
But you’re not here to hear about my little nerd rants about the virtues of clouds in a natural light setting. Even though I know, as you scroll through the gallery, you keen observers will notice the difference… See, I just can’t stop?!?
Serendipitously, three things came together that day. Number one first and foremost, it was absolutely awesome to see Audrey with her mom and dad come to surprise the class. The best part was that she “felt good and strong enough“ to come and hang out with her class in a unique environment. Keep building those good, strong days Audrey!
The second thing was the confirmation from Mrs Bullock that everyone was photo eligible. Yay!
Lastly, except for a few interactions (I may have shushed your child, sorry), not one child cared that I was really there. Which makes it a thousand times better.
About halfway through, the lighting started to cooperate a bit and I thought there might be some good pics in this. Around lunchtime, I pulled Mrs Bullock aside and propose this little thing that we have here. A simple way to continue donating some money to Audrey‘s GoFundMe, and some pictures for you of your lovely children. Win-win.
The link to the gallery and directions to download are below Audrey’s link under this. We simply ask if you are able, would you consider donating $10 (or what you can) to help continue Audrey’s fight. And if you don’t mind, to make it a little specific, in your message do you mind including a strawberry pun? A surprisingly robust list can be found at this site: https://vallomagazine.com/strawberry-puns/
The Gallery can be found here
The password to enter is: 2026patch
Once you have entered the gallery, as you scroll through the photos from the day, should you come across a photo that you would like, hover over the Menu option in the upper left corner of the photo in question, slide down to download, and you will see two options appear.
1. Original-this will download directly to your computer/laptop. This will download automatically to your computer. Keep scrolling and download to your content.
2. All Available Originals-THIS is the whole gallery. 3.3gb of the gallery. Most likely in 2-4 zip files. Your choice, man, I just took the pics…
These are the full size, suitable for large prints, what I normally give my clients, yada, yada, yada.
I hope I was able to capture a picture of your child that in your parent’s mind put’s a smile on your face, and says, “Yep. That’s my…”
Thank you berry much!