Article posted: 5/25/2012 12:06 PM

Moving Picture: Lake County woman gives with photos

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Sharon Weigand jumps in to make a last-minute adjustment to Vincent Rassano's Bulls jersey before Sharon's daughter Jennifer Weigand clicks the shutter. Sharon's husband, Ray, adjusts the lights. Rassano, 9, is from Woodridge.

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Sharon Weigand enjoys a moment as she notices 6-year-old Jack Czapla of Mundelein smiling as Jennifer Weigand of Fox Lake takes portraits at Children's Memorial Hospital.

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Sharon, Ray, and Jennifer review photographs from a photo shoot at Sharon and Ray's home in Round Lake Heights.

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Sharon and Ray adjust 6-year-old Brooke Ames's hair before daughter Jennifer takes a portrait at Children's Memorial Hospital. Brooke's brother Drew, 4, is receiving treatment at the hospital. The Weigands offer to take portraits of siblings and parents of children facing cancer. The Ames family is from Wheaton.

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Sharon Weigand unloads a carton of costumes and hats for a photo session at Children's Memorial Hospital.

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Sharon and Mary Berry of Ford Heights are pleased with Berry's princess crown after having it adjusted for her portrait sitting at Children's Memorial Hospital.

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Sharon Weigand of Round Lake Heights, her husband Ray and daughter Jennifer bring joy to young cancer patients by turning the oncology floor at Children's Memorial Hospital into a photo studio complete with costumes and props. "We stand on our heads, shake stuffed animals, anything to get the kids to laugh or smile," Sharon says.