On 30^th May, 2018, STAR-Ghana organised photography training for its programme management team (PMT) members to equip them with basic photography skills to enable the programme take near professional photos that can be used for programme communication.

Photos are one of the most powerful visual tools that the programme can leverage on to develop better content and stories. Visuals are important tools for capturing the interest of the target audience. As part of the programme’s content generation plan, the PMT are key for collecting photos when they go on field visits. The approach of using PMT to collect photos provides an opportunity to capture live images and videos during field and/or monitoring visits.

To ensure that strong and compelling images are captured, a photography training workshop facilitated by Rodney Quarcoo of RQ studios was organised to enhance the PMT’s skills in taking better photos by understanding how the camera works and how to take pictures with it; understanding the basics of light and fix lighting; and post photo editing among others.

At the end of the workshop, participants had a better understanding of the various features of the camera and had creative control of the photographs and determined which lighting techniques, lens selection, aperture settings and/or exposure length to use in producing desired results.