by Bryon Lippincott | Dec 27, 2017 | Blog Posts, Humanitarian Photography, Photography, Storytelling
I am beginning to have a problem with the documentary photography world in general. Not with every documentary photographer, but with the established standards of what is good documentary photography. My problem is this, if you want to be recognized as a talented...
by Bryon Lippincott | Aug 28, 2017 | Blog, Blog Posts, Humanitarian Filmmaking, Nonprofit marketing
This week a video popped up in my Facebook feed that truly captured my attention. It was a funny, engaging and authentic and easily relatable experience. The characters felt real and in the end I felt like I had shared an experience with them. I could immediately...
by Bryon Lippincott | Aug 20, 2017 | Blog, Blog Posts, Humanitarian Filmmaking, Humanitarian Photography
The third major challenge in humanitarian photography is building or maintaining an organizational brand. Honestly this is more of a concern for the organization than the photographer, but it needs to be a consideration for the photographer as they prepare for...
by Bryon Lippincott | Aug 16, 2017 | Blog, Blog Posts, Humanitarian Filmmaking, Humanitarian Photography
In part 1 I talked about the need to communicate the intangible and that often it requires us to move beyond images and fill in the details with a written narrative. Today I want to talk about the words we use and the voice we use to communicate. I see three main...
by Bryon Lippincott | Aug 13, 2017 | Blog, Blog Posts, Humanitarian Filmmaking, Humanitarian Photography
There are a number of challenges faced by those of us pursuing humanitarian photography. Often times the least of which are the technical aspects of actually making the photographs. The challenges often fall more into the abstract and uncertain world of ideas. How do...