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Telling the Story: Field Techniques for Documentary Photographers and Writers

Presenters: Thatcher Cook and Roger Burks

Date: 2 - 4 August (Mon - Wed) 2010

Early Bird Registration: CLOSED (21 June 2010)

IDSS and Pictographers will be hosting this exciting three-day workshop with the objective of helping your organisation get the images and stories from your programs that really stand out.

Who is this course for?

This course is designed to help those with an interest in community development to represent the work they are passionate about in the best possible light. If you work with an NGO,community group, media organisation, academic institution, aid agency, commercial aid company or government department, or have an interest in documentary photography and writing you, should consider attending this unique course.

What do you need?

Participants are expected to have basic photography and writing skills. Participants will need to attend with the following -

Digital camera, preferably, but not necessarily, one that shoots in RAW.
Laptop computer with an image viewing software such as Adobe Bridge, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Aperture, Photoshop Elements, or Photo Mechanic. Try to avoid iPhoto as it does not allow organising and categorising photographs as easily.

Course Description

Over the course of three days, this workshop will explore how you can use two enduring, engaging forms of communication - photography and writing - to create a culture of storytelling at your organisation. Storytelling will help your organisation's work more vital and vibrant to supporters, as well as bringing the critical social issues you care about most to better awareness with new audiences. The course will cover relevant topics and approaches in the classroom before a short field exercise. The workshop will also feature critical one-on-one feedback from an award-winning documentary photographer and a professional writer.

Course Content

The ethics of documentary storytelling in the humanitarian context;
Ways to weave photography and writing into an effective communication style;
How to use different kinds of written pieces to convey and vary your message;
Photography techniques;
Identifying your organisation's strongest stories.

Learning Outcomes

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

Approach, interview and photograph beneficiaries;
Identify, edit and process digital photographs;
Transform field notes into well-crafted stories;
Combine written pieces and photography into features that drive fundraising, communications and advocacy campaigns.

Course Fees

Early Bird Fee	Regular Fee
AU$1,750.00	AU$1,850.00

The above course fees are applicable for participants based within Australia only. All course fees are inclusive of GST and they cover registration, course materials and meals during the course delivery.
To qualify for Early Bird registration fees, course fees must be paid to IDSS within the early bird registration deadline. Beyond that the regular fee will be applicable to all registrations including the existing ones which were not paid within the deadline.
Overseas participants will incur an additional fee of AU$40.00 (inclusive of GST) to cover the additional cost of processing overseas payments and registration. Please click here for further information relevant to overseas participants.
The assessment task is included within the course fees for students of RMIT University who are currently enrolled in academic programs relevant to the course and are going to claim advanced standing/Recognised Prior Learning (RPL) status. Participants who are willing to complete similar follow-up assessment task are requested to contact IDSS directly before submitting their enrolment request. An additional fee of AU$110.00 (inclusive of GST) will be applicable.

Venue

IDSS Pty Ltd

Level 12, 60 Albert Road

SOUTH MELBOURNE VIC 3205

AUSTRALIA

Registration

Participants are requested to read the IDSS Training Policy before applying for registration/enrolment.

To register/enrol, download the Enrolment Form here and email your completed form through to training@idss.com.au

For additional information please contact:

Ruth Garner

Phone: + 61 8 8919 9767

Fax: + 61 8 8919 9750
Email: training@idss.com.au

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