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If you live near Charlotte, NC, Boston or San Francisco, take your mom out for a portrait on mother’s day weekend. These fund-raising events provide the opportunity to have your portrait taken by some amazing local commercial and fine art photographers and support your local photography organizations.

The light factory’s shoot out portrait session($150) raises money to support their mission:

• Help a child learning English use photography to express herself when words are challenging
• Support the exhibition of innovative photography from around the country and the world
• Assist in building Charlotte’s burgeoning film community

Closer to home (for me) is Boston’s mother’s day portrait extravaganza sponsored by the photographic resource center. The PRC is a non-profit organization dedicated to photographic education and presentation and they are very supportive of emerging photographers in the northeast. Portrait sessions are $95 for groups less than three and $145 for larger groups.

Finally, we have SF Camerawork’s portrait party. This is a much pricier option (starts at $450!), but the portraits are taken (and signed) by a nationally recognized fine art photographer (see their site for the full list of photographers).

Know of some other mother’s day portrait events like these? Post ‘em here in the comments so everyone can have a look!