Dear Andrius, Tom Ochuka and all

I had a chat with Tom about his idea for for a photo site. I found that
what he has in mind for a 'site' isn't a website (like Flickr.com), but
a physical place. It would be a secluded/private/fenced garden, like an
outdoor photo-studio, where people can have their photos taken. For
example, wedding-couples, graduation photos, etc.

In Europe/USA, there are plenty of nice places for photos, such as
public parks, lakes, beaches, etc, but Tom says there is a lack of
nice-looking private places to go in his area. He has a garden already
and he wants to fence it for privacy and security, and add plants,
flowers, etc. Then he wants to add some of the facilities that you would
find at an indoor photographic studio, such as a changing-room for
different clothes, toilet, seats/benches outside, etc.

There are 2 main aims; 1) To teach people photography (Deaf Impact
members, etc), 2) To earn a little income for Tom and Deaf Impact.

I said that it would require quite a bit of money, so it's not something
I can fund on my own. It really needs a group of donors/supporters to
fund it.

If the garden-studio ever happens, I (and anyone else that's interested)
can discuss the design of the garden and what is needed. For example,
thinking about what direction sunlight comes from during the day, so
that plants are on the correct side of the garden to form a background.
Also, choosing plants that are dark or light, plain or coloured, etc, to
contrast nicely with people and their clothes.

Many articles recommend avoiding the harsh, flat light at mid-day and
instead taking photos at a time near sunrise or sunset, to make use of
the flattering yellow/orange light and deep shadows.

Until Tom can get this sort of 'garden photo studio' facility off the
ground, I said that I can do a bit of 'teaching photography at a
distance'. There are plenty of ways to learn photography using other
locations. I can send Tom some articles by email, ideally articles that
are mostly pictures with just a little text or captions, since Tom's
first language isn't English.

I've been preparing a course for new camera-users in Nigeria, starting
with pictures of 'getting the camera out of the box', 'what all the
items are', etc, so I can use a lot of that material with Tom and Deaf
Impact in Kenya.

Bye for now.

Ricardo

--- In mendenyo@yahoogroups.com, ms@... wrote:
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> Tom Ochuka,
>
> I share your very interesting idea with several of our Minciu Sodas
> working groups. http://www.ms.lt Ricardo is a photography enthusiast
and
> I hope he might advise. I note that you are in Kisumu, Kenya and lead
> Deaf Impact.
>
> Also, I recently created a web page to pick up photos at
> http://www.flickr.com that are tagged with "minciusodas", and likewise
> "myfoodstory", "publicdomain". Please try out these tags if you use
> Flickr, and your photos and their descriptions (presumed in the Public
> Domain) will appear through our website, such as our home page at
> http://www.ms.lt
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> Tom, are you signed up for Flickr? http://www.flickr.com I think that
is
> a good place to start.
>
> Andrius Kulikauskas, Minciu Sodas, http://www.ms.lt, ms@...
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> > Dear Andrius and all ms online users,
> > As part of Developing the God given Earth to pusue the inittiatve
have
> > had these year ,am intereste in Developing apicture site for
> > photography where idividuals ,actors,the wedding couples and the
public
> > can come and take pictures.
> > Am lookiing for individuals with vey good experience there are
different
> > forms of camera and with good photographers but the back grund means
alot.
> > I have identifie asite for this activity ,it will also be aplace to
> > train photographers ,photography is also an activity that brings
yuoths
> > and adults ,tribe and ethnics together,
> > We too can link different comunities using this meas exchanging of
> > pictures.
> > Am trying to ask thse questions.
> > Who is the best photographer.
> > How can we make agood site
> > What do w e need for BACKGROUND
> > Do we need natural flowers of just Natural with apealing colurs.
> > many people try to look for parks and other Gardens,others water and
seas.
> > Please help me put this on the Ground.
> > Thanks
> > Contact.
> > TOM OCHUKA.
> > BOX 3295
> > KISUMU KENYA.
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