coreypolis
16th of August 2005 (Tue), 22:31
Last month I was down with a team in the DR. I'm just starting to go through the 10+ gigs worth of photos, but figured I'd post as I go.
We were down there working with Children of the Nations, an organization that is building schools and providing food and health care to the villages. The kids were all originally Hatians thats families came over to work the sugar cane fields, then they get oppressed by the Dominicans so they never get to advance in society. We were there to finish setting up a vocational center to teach them about sewing, car repair, computers etc and just spend time with the kids.
1D Mark II and the Canon 16-35 L, 70-200 L IS and Tamron 28-75 and 550ex Flash
Since I didn't speak the language, it was hard to convey what you wanted in a picture. I didn't get to take any lighting equipment other than a flash, and its just mean to make someone stand out in the sun just for a picture.
The majority of the time the kids saw me coming from a mile away (white L does that) and start yelling for their picture to be taken. At first its cute, but after a while it gets old, and you start getting tugged on and pulled away to do more shots. And of course they all want to see the image after, and I only brought 4 batteries and no charger. Had to say the LCD was broken after the 4th day as I was 2.5 batteries down and 7 days to go :(
A Few More Images Are Here (http://www.pbase.com/coreypolis/dominican_republic)
C/C is Always appreciated :D
We were down there working with Children of the Nations, an organization that is building schools and providing food and health care to the villages. The kids were all originally Hatians thats families came over to work the sugar cane fields, then they get oppressed by the Dominicans so they never get to advance in society. We were there to finish setting up a vocational center to teach them about sewing, car repair, computers etc and just spend time with the kids.
1D Mark II and the Canon 16-35 L, 70-200 L IS and Tamron 28-75 and 550ex Flash
Since I didn't speak the language, it was hard to convey what you wanted in a picture. I didn't get to take any lighting equipment other than a flash, and its just mean to make someone stand out in the sun just for a picture.
The majority of the time the kids saw me coming from a mile away (white L does that) and start yelling for their picture to be taken. At first its cute, but after a while it gets old, and you start getting tugged on and pulled away to do more shots. And of course they all want to see the image after, and I only brought 4 batteries and no charger. Had to say the LCD was broken after the 4th day as I was 2.5 batteries down and 7 days to go :(
A Few More Images Are Here (http://www.pbase.com/coreypolis/dominican_republic)
C/C is Always appreciated :D