Tonga 20012

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

Tonga | Saturday, January 12, 2013 | flickr photos

One of my ambitions as a teenager was to become a National Geographic Photographer and though I have travelled down a different career path I have always been a keen photographer. I work for Caritas Aotearoa New Zealand a social justice NGO as a Communications Assistant working on our website and using social media. I can see how powerful photography is in allowing people to see how others live. It can inspire us to help others who are less fortunate than ourselves. The world is a stunningly beautiful place. I love capturing it in photos, all of it – people, landscapes, buildings, food, wildlife and still life. I would relish the opportunity to travel to Oman with Jason and learn from his years of experience. I’d really like to learn not just the technical aspects but also good ways to approach people and places and photograph them with respect. I am really interested in how photography can be used for effecting social change. For example: encouraging people to become more active in conservation through showing them the beauty of our Earth’s wild places. I would love to work as a travel photographer showing people amazing sights from around the world.