Know your audience
Look carefully at these first two photographs. What is similar, and what is different? [NIKON D5, 14.0-24.0 mm f/2.8, ISO 7200, ƒ/7.1, 1/250] They are in the same church on the same day. The difference…
Month: January 2019
Meet Storyteller Hannah Bohrer
I walked over to Hannah Bohrer and asked her about her story. The night before, she had met her subject of the tale Marlen Talledo. Marlen and Hannah at the premier showing of the videos.…
Meet Storyteller Naomi Harward
I met Naomi Harward a couple of years ago at our Storytellers Abroad Workshop in Nicaragua. Naomi is one of the quietest people I have ever met. Naomi working with James Dockery on her project.…
Meet Storyteller Rose Finley
I first met Rose Finley at our Storytellers Abroad workshop in Nicaragua. Rose is such a joy to be around. While she is quiet, she does love to laugh. Rose talking with missionary. [NIKON D7100,…
Meet Storytellers Marissa Dickey and Jamie Gessner
Marissa Dickey and Jamie Gessner are ABWE Career Missionaries in Colombia, South America. When Jeff Raymond and I went on our scouting trip to Lima in October, we talked with Evelyn Stone, the founder of…
Meet Storyteller Stephanie Simmons
[photo above is of the seminary night classes that share the space with a school] Jorge Quintana is a seminary student whose storyteller Stephanie Simmons was given to tell his story. See the story she…
Meet Storyteller Jay York
Jay York is working on his story for the Storytellers Abroad Workshop in Lima, Peru [NIKON Z 6, 24.0-105.0 mm f/4.0, ISO 32000, ƒ/6.3, 1/200, Focal Length = 24] I have known Jay York for…
Meet Storyteller Josh Hart
Josh Hart Storytellers Abroad Workshop in Lima, Peru [NIKON Z 6, 24.0-105.0 mm f/4.0, ISO 28800, ƒ/4, 1/200, Focal Length = 24] Mr. Positivity is how I would describe Josh Hart. He was the first…
Shocking Blog Stats
So I was working on my resume, which some clients wanted, when a friend asked me about my blog. I had not put this into my resume. He pointed out that I had a pretty…
Look for Audience before Story
ESPN is broadcasting from the Fanzone at the Georgia vs. Alabama SEC Championship game at the Georgia World Congress Center. [NIKON Z 6, 24.0-105.0 mm ƒ/4.0, ISO 2500, ƒ/5.6, 1/80] When you first begin your…
Storytellers Abroad Peru Workshop
Storytellers Abroad Workshop in Lima, Peru [NIKON Z 6, 24.0-105.0 mm f/4.0, ISO 2000, f/8, 1/200, Focal Length = 24] This was a whole week for the team in Lima, Peru. We were getting up…
Why you should be data-informed and not data-driven
Storytellers Abroad Multimedia Workshop [X-E2, XF18-55mm F2.8-4 R LM OIS, ISO 400, ƒ/4.5, 1/150, Focal Length = 83] In data-driven decision-making, data is at the center of the decision-making. It’s the primary (and sometimes, the only)…