Ten-year-old Ashley Zundel of Orem sits with a carefully rationed supply of EleCare medical formula that the Zundels have collected from donations by pharmacies and private donors for more than a year. Insurance companies will not cover the expense of the formula that costs $30 a can and lasts Ashley only a day. Ashley, who has eosinophilic gastroenteritis, takes the donated formula through a feeding tube above her belly button.
This little girl can't eat anything but the formula she is sitting on. Her family is awesome and lobbying at the state capitol trying to get it so their insurance companies pay for her formula. Here's a link to the story: http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/301689/17/
For all you other photo nerds out there here's some technical info: I lit this using two Speedlights fired through Canon's STE-2 transmitter. There's one light straight on the boxes and background coming from the left and then one light point up and away from her creating most of the soft light. I balanced the ambient so it was about a stop under exposed then lit the rest. We piled and piled the formula on this table to show just how much formula it takes to feed one girl. I thought it was an overwhelming amount and can't believe the insurance companies won't pay for it.
