Help Kevin 11 get his camera back

I'm an aspiring photographer and artist known as Kevin11, maybe you have heard of me before. I specialize in automotive and wedding photography as a means to support myself through my favorite medium. But profits aside, photography is how I survive. It is my passion and even if I made pennies for my work I would continue shooting everyday because it is what I need to do to feel whole. Which is why I was devasted to notice that my digital camera was stolen out of my bedroom about 3 days ago. I wish I could say it was just my camera, but no. It had a 70-200mm lens attatched (retail $2000)  The culprit is most likely someone I have considered a friend, but I have yet to pinpoint concrete anwsers despite the efforts of myself, my girlfriend, and our roommates. As any fellow artist can imagine, this is a monumental lose. Its not merely a stolen item; my craft, my livelyhood, my ability to provide for myself, was taken away. 

My girlfriend Bri and I are two twenty year old kids supporting our way through life (rent, car insurance, food etc) with no outside finacial help whatsoever. We moved into our first apartment about 5 months ago, and have been happily figuring it out together every since. This isn't the easiest of transitions for anybody, and freelance photography jobs was how we made it possible. We are both can-do kind of people who take pride in earning themselves whatever they want and need which is why we feel almost guilty asking for hand outs on gofundme, please know this is a dire situation for us both. The two of us hold down our current jobs but we just aren't going to survive without photography.  
Our goal is about $1500, not even a quarter of my original stolen cameras worth. I plan on finding something secondhand on either eBay, Craigslist, within my circle of friends, anything will do in order to get myself back into the photo game. We don't expect Gofundme to pay for the camera in its entirety, but this money will be an enormous help in combination to our efforts to save money of own. With that being said, if you or someone you know have a camera set up that you could donate or sell at a low price, anything would be beyond helpful. My goal is to get a camera before October ends, because of obligations of scheduled shoots, as well as rescheduled shoots because of the inconvience of this theft. I feel both a moral and proffesional obligation to not let these people down! I'm honored that they are willing to wait for my services while I recover from this huge lose rather than hire somebody else. 

I truly cannot put into words how thankful the both of us would be for all the help, any of the help, and everything in between. I feel naked without my camera and absouletly any donated amount is helpful to us and our goal. I wish I were in a position to compensate all of those who help us out in a way that recipricated how thankful I am. So, here is our best effort! If you donate to our cause, any amount at all, we will send you a custom pack of original hand drawn stickers! Just send us an address, a type of animal or design you identify with, and a color scheme and we will send them your way! If you are local to us (East Coast) and donate, I will happily arrange to meet up with you & shoot once I get my hands on a camera. I will email you 5 shots of our finished product as soon as possible, content of your choice. Cars, portraits, couple pictures, maybe you have an adorable cat who needs headshots, I will shoot anything if we can accomadate a meet up location. 

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this. We look forward to interacting with the helpful faces of Gofundme and using our crafts as way to say thanks!