{"id":5110,"date":"2018-03-03T09:58:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-03T13:58:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/?p=5110"},"modified":"2018-03-03T09:58:06","modified_gmt":"2018-03-03T13:58:06","slug":"struggling-to-capture-the-essence-of-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ethnos360.org\/ian-fallis\/2018\/03\/03\/struggling-to-capture-the-essence-of-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Struggling to capture the essence of Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Africa\"<\/a>Africa is inspiring and overwhelming.<\/span><\/p>\n

I feel inadequate \u2013 incompetent, even \u2013 to capture the grandeur, the scope, the beauty, the colors of this land.<\/span><\/p>\n

We spent a little time in Dar Es Salaam, on the east coast of Tanzania. We flew to Mbeya, on the southeast of Tanzania, and drove to Keratu, on the northeast. Now we are back in Dar Es Salaam for the rest of our time here; we return to the USA in roughly one more week.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve videotaped nearly a dozen interviews and shot probably fifty snippets of \u201cB roll\u201d \u2013 the footage that gets intercut into interview videos so you\u2019re not staring at a talking head the whole time. We have more interviews this week, and I plan to shoot even more B roll.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve shot roughly 1,100 photos, and I\u2019m pleased with about 100 of them. As with writing, editing is a vital part of the process, and I\u2019ll discard more than I keep. I plan to shoot a lot more in the coming few days.<\/span><\/p>\n

Today is a rare day when we\u2019re mostly off. Tomorrow we head to a church where we\u2019ve been given the OK to video and photograph, so it\u2019s right back to work. We still have a couple of days at the end for touristy stuff, but it\u2019s looking like one of those may be consumed by other work we want to get done. We\u2019ll see.<\/span><\/p>\n

Please continue to pray for good health, for stamina, for creativity, and for opportunities to get just the right shots and videos.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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