Shipping Soon Update!

Still Working!

Lunch Break

Rewards, rewards, rewards!

Health, weddings, and a new job!

To my lovely patrons:

I want to apologize for the delay in sending out rewards.  I was aiming to mail your rewards by early September; unfortunately, unanticipated events took precedence this summer.  In other words, life got in the way.  After moving from Pensacola this past week, beginning a new job, and getting somewhat settled, I plan on finishing your rewards as soon as possible!  Thanks for your understanding and patience in this process – I promise it will be worth the wait!
A picture to prove that I'm still alive:

Africa ---> America

I cannot believe 90 days has gone so quickly.  I have less than five days until I get my funding for Even Me!  For all my backers, I'll have you know that your rewards will be finding you within the month of August (except for the $1,000 reward of course).
I have now been home for 2 1/2 weeks.  It's been an interesting transition from Africa to America.  However, I am grateful to be able to start this wonderful project in just a few weeks!

Happy August!

J.Thorp

Fighting for Fame.

Even Me photographs have been more challenging to capture than I thought.  Not to fear, the raw data will be flawless, it's just come to my attention that I have overlooked some minor, yet critical, details.

For one, I'm using natural lighting for my photography, and therefore am dependent on soft, overcast skies, not bright sunshine, which is typical for Tanzania 10 months out of the year.  Thankfully, since we're coming out of rainy season and into winter, clouds are prevalent during the daytime.

Furthermore, although I've been working with children for the past year and have learned this lesson multiple times, I always forget that if one child is receiving a tid bit of attention, the rest of the crew flocks towards the provider in an effort to be noticed.  "Teacha, Mees Jenna, teacha!  You ah doing what?  Me, can I take a peach-uh?" This combination does not work well when only one child is needed per frame (hence the unexpected hand screaming, "Let me in the peach-uh").

Nonetheless, any time spent with these children in the next three weeks, whether it demands patience or not, is a treasured blessing to me.  I'm eager to begin this ginormous project and am thankful for all of you, my lovely patrons.