A few months ago I was asked by the Child Sponsorship Department to teach all of their field staff some photography basics. It was a lot of fun and they asked really interesting questions but I didn’t really expect to ever see results or to hear feedback from the projects.
Then I went to visit a project about 4 hours away. When the project director saw me he was really excited. He said “Renee! Thank you for finally coming to visit us we are so happy to have you here. We have been taking so many pictures of our projects come and see!!!” He took me to the office and handed me a six inch stack of photographs. Most of them told a story and most of them were really great. When I was talking to them about photography I told them that I wanted them to be able to capture their projects as they are, my hope for them is that they do not have to depend on outside visitors to provide the photos used to promote the work at their sites. Anyone who has spent time here knows that everyday life is drastically altered when foreigners are visiting and that they have the opportunity to show life as it is through their eyes.
I am so happy that at least one project has better photos today than they did last year.
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