From New York to London

We had a thirteen-hour layover in London, so we decided to look around. We rode the train into town. From there we walked around starting from London Bridge and ending at Big Ben. I am posting a few photos from the walk around. We found a cool little market while walking the streets and I really wish I could have stayed for a while longer.

Downtown Namibia

On the night of the 8th, Rodayne and I walked downtown to take some photos while the sun was setting. It's winter here so the sun sets around 6:00 p.m. Here are a couple of HDR images that I captured.

Training: Day 1

This morning we ate at the campus lunch room. We ate a traditional Namibian Breakfast consisting of Bread, Cheese (slices, not cheap kind), warm milk, and some type of bran flakes packed together like I remember the old shredded wheat. The bran has sugar on it and you're supposed to dip it in the milk... we found out later. I also found out that bread is a traditional item for breakfast. They also serve plenty of butter (good stuff) and lots of apricot jam with each breakfast.

We have started our training of the Namibian Students. Professor Harper gave us a good look at what's coming around the corner with new technology. The students were amazed at some of the technologies that are coming up... like the iPhone. I was so impressed with some of them and their hunger for knowledge and media information. They are so talented and they and hungry for information. I wish I had the money to equip them with appropriate labs, cameras and the things they need. I'm trying to figure out ways to help these students with some kind of donations. Mom I'm going to need the G5.

The Lunch and dinners are great... they feed us well.

I will catch up on the past couple of days as soon as I can. We are super busy with training and other activities right now.

Namibia Prep: Day 4

We had a phone conference this morning and I had to get up too early! I'm really tired right now so if this is a bit sloppy it might actually sound good. We discussed a bunch of stuff from laundry to photoshop. I found out they play basketball over there and I'm excited to play some cricket. I've watched it and it has a lot of the same principles as baseball and I'm not too bad at that game.


I'm finalizing the paperwork on my "Photo Stories" and I think I will call them "Visual Narratives" or "Visual Stories." I haven't decided yet and would like some feedback if you don't mind. Here is a description of what I'm trying to accomplish. Check out this site: http://www.soulofathens.com/#index/


Photo Stories
Produced by: Chad Clark




Description: Photo Stories will be short picture based narratives of student experiences and cultural accounts. Each story will be a short documentation of an event past or present in Namibia. These stories are meant to provide thought provoking insights to the Digital Archive and the country of Namibia. They will be picture based along with accompanying audio to help tell the visual story.


Style: Each story will dictate the presentation of audio/visual material. Each story will have voice over narration. Each story will have interviews to accompany the appropriate image. Text Graphics will be used to help the audience follow the story and characters.


Amount: I am planning on producing 10 episodes.


Duration: Each story will be at least1:00, and not much longer than 3:00.


Naming: I haven’t decided on the official name yet, but I have some ideas. I am leaning toward Visual Narrative.


Visual Narrative, “A Meeting with the Church”


Photo Story
Picture Story
Photo Essay
Picture Essay
Visual Story
Visual Essay
Picture Narrative

Namibia Prep: Day 2

We had another great day today. I am so excited about the podcast and my part of the photo stories. I found a great site today that displays exactly what I had in mind for my project. I am going to implement these same things into my class at Kearns. Oh if you didn't know, I got a job! I am the new Multimedia Teacher at my old high school, Kearns High. I thin my experience will be a great benefit to the kids.

Anyhow that site I found is called www.soulofathens.com It's an amazing site... check it out. Tomorrow I am preparing a Digital Imaging training. We are hoping to finalize the podcast by the end of the week. Stay tuned. - Chad

Namibia Prep: Day 1

Today we discussed our plans for the project concerning our training sessions we will be responsible for. I will be covering Digital Imaging with Professor Esmay. I will be posting more information about the project nearly every day now. Please ask any questions or email if you'd like. I am thinking about breaking imaging down to the basic fundamentals because I'm not sure what my audience will be able to handle.
We also talked about our podcast we will be producing during our trip in Namibia. I will be responsible for producing the "Photo Stories." The stories will use images and sounds to tell a brief story about the people or about our experience. Tomorrow I will get to work on each of these projects and tell you more about it. Thanks for tuning in - Chad

I finally got to use my backboard camera!!! I was stoked. It turned out o.k.. I got one that was pretty nice, a bit soft though. I need to focus beyond the hoop, and adjust the placement too. think I will tilt it a little more to the right. I need to show more of the court in the background , not the empty seats. I also got the strobes going in the arena too, they aren't the best, but they will do. I was satisfied overall, and I will do much better next time. I have some more ideas for the remotes too. Hopefully I can shoot some indoor stuff with it.
I can't wait for the Utah Brownzz season to start. I will get some photos up here soon. - Chad