Engaged Researcher Online - Photography To Communicate Your Research

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Have you ever thought about telling your research story through the universal language of photography?

This training will help you reach diverse audiences even simply by taking photographs with a smartphone! The workshop will look at how you can use photography as a tool to translate the key messages in your research work, the different styles and techniques to do so, and basic technical & software editing skills to perfect your shots.

You will have the opportunity for a one-to-one 20-minute session with the trainer where you can discuss your ideas and questions and get project specific help.

The training will be led by Domininkas Zalys. Dom’s career in the creative industry began in Florence and further developed studying photography at the Cambridge School of Art. Dom has worked with Wired Magazine, Jordan Belford, Prof Stephen Hawking, and many more established people and businesses around the world.

• PhD students
• Post-docs
• Researchers
• Public Engagement Professionals

Number of sessions: 5

• Provide basic knowledge about photography and its history
• Introduce to technical skills in composition and capturing photographs
• Highlight visual storytelling techniques
• Provide basic training in photo editing

After the training participants will:

• be able to approach a valuable photograph with a critical eye
• have improved their visual storytelling skills
• be equipped with some of the tools to narrate their key messages through photography

A smartphone or tablet with a functioning camera.

Good internet connection: the course will be held in Zoom.

If you have troubles joining the sessions or have any queries, please contact Selen Etingu-Breslaw (selen.etingubreslaw@admin.cam.ac.uk).

Two mandatory one-hour sessions, and one optional thirty-minute one-to-one session with the trainer.

• Engaged Researcher Online - Video training: Shooting and Editing
• Engaged Researcher - Animate your research

• Communication
• Presentation Skills
• Public Engagement