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A few photo tips:

•      Set your camera to the highest quality setting. We need high resolution shots; photos from mobile phones are of no use. •      Photograph a mobile phone in the foreground so it won’t get dwarfed by the person. •      Shoot from someone else’s point of view, i.e. if someone is videotaping or taking a photo, take your photo from behind them. •      Show what’s around the person/people – buildings, children, animals – to make it obvious that this is a developing world setting. •      Show people engaged in an activity rather than posing. •      Know your flash’s range (usually about 15 feet). •      Put your main subject off to one side to add visual interest. •      Don’t leave a whole in the middle of the photo – move to the side to shoot from an angle. •      For group shots, put people at different levels – use stairs and chairs. •      For head tables, shoot from an angle, not straight on. •      Take lots of photos, from different angles and zoom levels.