Nashville Flood Recovery- Family

It’s been almost 4 months since we had the flood here in Nashville and it will amaze you how much work still needs to be done. Some people had 2 inches of water, others lost everything thing in their house. No matter what their situation, they all still need our help. As a Photographer, I emailed many families right after the flood to offer my services, if there was a need for photography. The families were grateful, but they needed more time to get things together. 3 and a half months later, I figured it was time to email all of them again and see how they were doing. I was amazed at the response I got, as families definitely wanted to have pictures taken. Most of them are still recovering from the flood and are beginning to rebuild their lives. Their houses are looking like they used to and they can see results from all the hard work they have put into their recovery. This is the time that we, as photographers, need to step up. I know a lot of Photographer helped out immediately after the flood, but now we have an opportunity to capture the joy of rebuilding their lives rather than the devastation they experienced from the flood. You can’t believe how many families lost all their pictures. Some lost Wedding albums, others lost the pictures of their kids growing up. I personally can’t imagine losing some of those picture, but they did, and we have a gift that can help give back by creating new memories for them.
So here is the first family I shot last week. They are the Greevy’s and they had a son 2 weeks before the flood hit. The waters flooded the whole entire first floor of their house and they lost a lot. Fortunately, Bess has an amazing Dad (Joe) who dropped everything and has been here rebuilding the house since day 1. Everything, from the floor, stairs, kitchen, windows and drywall has been replaced by this man and his Grandson. All of them together have done so much to get their lives back together and it amazes me how great their attitudes are now. So, for this photo shoot, I told them we can do anything they wanted! We just had the best time laughing and being in the moment and they got to be a family, taking a break from the hard work.
I am doing an hour long photo shoot, printing off at least 50 pictures for each family, giving them the prints, a disk of all the images and hand delivering them all back to them. If you are a Photographer looking for a way to contribute, email me at joe@joehendricks.com . There are many more families to take pictures of.