Helping a fellow photographer

When I heard that Heidi Walker's equipment was stolen -- all $20,000 of it -- my heart went out to her. As a photographer, all of our hopes, dreams, and income comes from our equipment. She was shooting with Dustin Izatt that day, and you can read about what happened, and how you can help on his blog.

Suffice to say that we all learned a lesson about not leaving our gear in our trunks, even for a minute, the value of insurance, and (most importantly) the value of those around us. Yes, some dirtbag ripped off Heidi's equipment (and I hope he gets caught for it!!!), but we're also learning how many good people there are, complete strangers to Heidi, who want to help her out. What an amazing network of photographers. People are good.

I hope that enough people donate to Heidi's fund to replace her equipment and restore her faith in people. You can donate through Paypal to dustin@dustinizatt.com (he promises that every cent will go to Heidi .. just put "for Heidi" in the transaction), and Dustin is also donating the profit from his templates and one-on-one consultations to Heidi.

Lets all pull together here and do the right thing, for Heidi and for us all.