((PKG)) FRONT STEPS PHOTOGRAPHER ((Banner: Portraits in Time)) ((Reporter/Camera: Matt Dibble)) ((Adapted by: Zdenko Novacki)) ((Map: Oakland, California)) ((Main characters: 1 female)) ((NATS)) ((Belinda Agamaite, Volunteer Photographer)) My name is Belinda. I am volunteering my time to photograph and document families during the pandemic. ((NATS: Belinda: And how long have you guys lived here? Man, woman: Twenty-eight years. Belinda: Wow.)) ((Stills Courtesy: Belinda Agamaite)) ((NATS)) ((Belinda Agamaite, Volunteer Photographer)) Kind of new to this but loving it so far and meeting a lot of fabulous people. I’m a dental hygienist by day. The dental field is shut down with the limitations to only emergency. It gave me purpose, spread kindness and I can do something that I love to do. ((NATS: Belinda: Look here. Whoo! She’s like, “You're crazy. You’re crazy.” Right there. Ready? Ready? What are you doing?)) ((Belinda Agamaite, Volunteer Photographer)) They've been just in their own little bubble. And so, to have somebody come outside and just interact with them and then bring them out. ((Stills Courtesy: Belinda Agamaite)) ((NATS: Belinda: Oh, my goodness. Did you see him go like that?)) ((Belinda Agamaite, Volunteer Photographer)) My day job as a hygienist requires me to read people and to kind of be flexible in going with what makes them most comfortable. ((NATS: Woman: Come here, sweetie pie. Belinda: Oh, my God. Are you kidding me right now? Oh, my God.)) ((Stills Courtesy: Belinda Agamaite)) ((Belinda Agamaite, Volunteer Photographer)) Everyone brings something unique with every photo, which I find really fascinating. I find people fascinating. ((Stills Courtesy: Belinda Agamaite)) ((NATS)) ((Belinda Agamaite, Volunteer Photographer)) I think the important part of this also is the documentation for their family. Children will go back. “Look at my great grandma. This was during the pandemic of 2020. Look what they did.” ((NATS: Belinda: What do you want to do? Child: The rainbow. Belinda: OK. Silly face. Silly face.)) ((Stills Courtesy: Belinda Agamaite)) ((Belinda Agamaite, Volunteer Photographer)) This pandemic has kind of slowed everyone down. The light in this whole thing is the reconnecting of the basics of humanity with each other and that's what I like about it. I’m meeting all these people that would not meet otherwise and how kind everyone has been. Oh, my God. So much kindness and so many interesting people. Big, little, four legs, two legs. ((Belinda Agamaite, Volunteer Photographer)) I find, you know, what makes people tick? You know, what brings out the good side, the bad side? I think we're all good. I think we're all good. We just have bad days and you got to forgive somebody for those bad days. ((NATS))