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First Stop, Medan
For me, On Field Media Project’s training in Medan, Indonesia, was a trip of “firsts”. It was the first time I had ever visited Medan. It was the first training we had ever done as a team. And even...
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Kolkata
My trip to Kolkata for our week-long training couldn’t have started out more stressfully. We arrived at Kuala Lumpur airport knowing we were about to miss our flight to India. We would have had to wait...
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From the Digital Trekker: Dear Beginner, You Make Ripples
Photographers can cause ripples. Recently I had an email from a reader who had some basic photography questions. He was dealing with some pretty common issues that most beginners deal with. He has been...
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From the Digital Trekker: How Do You Photograph People? How Do You Approach...
Relax and engage with your subject. Today I thought I would do something a little different and answer a readers question online. The reason is his question is probably the most common question I get...
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From The Digitial Trekker: Four Elements That Can Make Your Images Stronger
Laughter I’ve been taking some online training with Media Storm this past week. The first lesson dealt mostly with audio production. Brian Storm made a point in passing that each audio clip must have...
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From the Digital Trekker: Some Practical Tips for Your Consideration
From a practical point of view, agencies and clients like an offset image as it leaves space for copy. From a practical point of view, agencies and clients like an offset image as it leaves space for...
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From the Digital Trekker : Line of Sight
Composition and design are made up of many, many elements. Things like visual weight, aspects of graphic elements such as vertical lines, diagonal lines, the use of perspective and so much more. There...
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Ira Glass on Storytelling Part 4: Common Pitfalls for Beginners
Creating content is often not a cut and dry process. The more experience you gain, the better you are at distinguishing what will work and what won’t. Ira Glass was no different and offers his advice...
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Why an OFMP Workshop Was Worth Waiting 4 hours in Bali Airport
It was nice to see familiar faces after traveling 6 hours in the air and waiting 4 hours in the Bali airport for a plane to take us to Jakarta. Nate and Miguel met me when I finally landed in Jakarta...
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In Kenya Teaching NGOs to Tell Their Own Stories
This articular was first published on The Digital Trekker blog on April 24, 2015 under the title, “The On Field Media Project, Teaching NGOs to Tell Their Own Stories“ “Photographs are the portal to...
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