Opportunity and Giving back

You might have seen this shot earlier in my post about “Do What You Want with What You Have.”  It’s a nice shot with lots of little compositional things I would have changed; some lighting changes, posing suggestions, framing the shot differently, etc.  However, that’s not the point of this post.

I’m actually really proud of this picture for a number of reasons.  This picture actually helped me nail down some thoughts I had been having for quiet a while about our roll as photographers – especially in another culture and how do we serve the community rather than take from it.  It was also a turning point for me to re-see the things that I saw the first time I came here that moved me.  So much happens around us that we are numb for so many different reasons.  Listed below are the things that, this shot, taught me.