Tampa Event Photos

Heel to Heal-Helping Children with Cancer in Tampa Bay

November 4, 2010

I want to invite all of my Andi Diamond Photography families and friends out to Hyde Park in South Tampa on Saturday, November 20, 2010 for Heel to Heal, a 5k and 1 mile family fun run to benefit the Children’s Cancer Center and Pediatric Cancer Foundation. Andi Diamond Photography is thrilled to be the official event photographer and to be able to capture all of the special moments of this fantastic day! To learn more about Heel to Heal, just click here to register or to make a donation. Click here to check out more about the event on Facebook. Register NOW for the Tires Plus Heel to Heal 5K and 1 Mile Family Fun Run and receive 2 complimentary tickets,
courtesy of DEX imaging, to the Tuesday, November 9, Tampa Bay Lightning vs. Toronto Maple Leafs hockey game while supplies last!

How to get your tickets:
(1) Register HERE for Heel to Heal
(2) After registering, you will be emailed a receipt
(3) Print receipt and bring it into the Pediatric Cancer Foundation office Monday – Friday between 8am and 5pm!

*Note: Please call PCF before stopping by to ensure tickets are still available (813-269-0955).

Tampa Family Portrait Night at the Children’s Cancer Center

September 10, 2010

Recently I had the amazing opportunity to photograph Tampa families at the Children’s Cancer Center during their sickle cell disease family support night. This was truly such an honor to me, as many of the families had never had a family portrait created. Check out some of the beautiful families I was blessed to photograph:

Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that affects nearly 100,000 people in the United States. It is most common in Africans and African-Americans. Sickle cell disease causes red blood cells to form into a crescent shape, like a sickle. The sickle-shaped red blood cells break apart easily, causing anemia. Sickle red blood cells live only 10-20 days instead of the normal 120 days. The damaged sickle red blood cells also clump together and stick to the walls of blood vessels, blocking blood flow. This can cause severe pain and permanent damage to the brain, heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, bones, and spleen. About 2,000 babies are born with sickle cell disease each year in the United States. To learn more about sickle cell disease or to support the Children’s Cancer Center, click here.

Circle of Friends Reunion – Tampa Photographer Gives Back

July 27, 2010

It is that time of year again- the reunion trip for the Circle of Friends and I cannot wait! Every year we take children with cancer and blood disorders from all around the United States to Wausau, WI for a fun filled winter trip. And every other year we have a reunion trip with the kids from the previous 2 winter trips. This year it will be on St. Petersburg Beach. Pete and I are honored to be a part of this amazing organization for the past 10 years (I am especially proud of Pete who helped to organized the entire trip this summer)! The kids are beyond amazing and the experience for the adults may be even more rewarding than for the kids. Check out my diary for frequent updates as I am also the camp’s photographer. If you would like to support the Foundation, please contact us at 813-601-3825 or peterb@samter.com. You can follow us on Facebook, too.

The studio will be closed Wednesday through Sunday. Feel free to shoot me an email and I will try my best to be in touch prior to next week. 🙂

Charity Event Photos – The Mike Alstott Family Foundation

April 22, 2010

I had the honor and pleasure of being the photographer for the Mike Alstott Family Foundation‘s Golf Pairings Party for the Celebrity Outdoor Weekend on Sunday in Clearwater. The event benefited the Children’s Cancer Center and the Wunsch Family Foundation. I was overwhelmed by the amazing support shared by all of the guests at this very special annual event. Golfers jumped at the opportunity to select their favorite celebrities to tee it up with. Some of the names included Mike Alstott, Brooke Bennett, Jerry Wunsch, Capt. Monte Colburn (from The Deadliest Catch), Skip Holtz, Austin King, Fred McGriff, Ryan Nece, Dexter Jackson, and David Wells to name a few. Pete got to play with Mark Royals and Yo Murphy (and he claims he gave them a run for their money…ha!)

Check out some more images from the evening here. (All proceeds to benefit the Mike Alstott Family Foundation.) Thrilled to be a part of the event, Mike, Nicole, and Rich. Thank you for giving so much back to Tampa Bay!

Tampa Event Photos – Baby Loved Disco

October 13, 2009

I had a sneaking suspicion that Boo Baby Boo, the Halloween themed Baby Loves Disco held at Wiskey North on Sunday was going to be a blast- and it definitely was! I was thrilled to be the event photographer, meet new families, and watch Ethan and Pete have so much fun! A few hundred people showed up for the event and really helped to make the party a success. I think the owner of Wiskey North was surprised at how a group of kids could really rock his bar! Ha! There was a ton of fun things for the kids and parents to do…and even large plasma screens for football! Lots of hugs to Marissa and Candace for thinking of absolutely everything to make this event perfect (even hand sanitizing gel! I love that stuff!) Also, lots of love to these sponsors: Sweet and Sassy, Stroller Strides (big shouts out to Natalie!), The Red Elephant (we went there after the event for dinner- so fun! Not that I needed to eat another morsel!), Andi Diamond Photography (little pat on the back…), just to name a few! Not only was I able to capture fun details and excitement around the venue, but I had a mini portrait studio set up that allowed me to capture some beautiful images of the kids all decked out in their Halloween costumes, too! (Thanks to my assistant, Claudine, for keeping me sane! ha!) The finished slideshow will be posted here next week, along with a link to a gallery where you can purchase your images from Baby Loves Disco (and I am giving a huge break on image prices for Baby Loves Disco as our thank you!). All attendees who gave me their contact info will also get a reminder email from me when the slideshow and gallery go live! Looking forward to seeing you all of you and your friends at the November 15 Pajama Party for Baby Loves Disco at Wiskey North.

p.s.- If you attended the event and would like to commission Andi Diamond Photography for your custom photography portrait session, click here to activate your $50 gift certificate and enter code: BabyLovesDisco by this Friday. Thanks for stopping by! 🙂 Andi