Like your journal or notebook you should keep your digital camera or cell phone camera ready while going about your daily activities or doing research.
Fictional writers use their cameras to help them capture information for their novels or shorts stories tasking pictures of things like clothing and hairstyles; things like trees and other things they might want to do additional research on and include as part of the settings in their stories -- even information in magazines and books, and museums as well.
As a speaker or presenter you might be able to make similar use of pictures of people and things that could either help with your research or provide illustrations in your presentation.
So keep that camera ready -- And practice using it so you can capture that picture that could help with your speech or education seminar or presentation.
Just remember that in most areas of North America it is not illegal to take pictures of people in public. Check if there are any problems with this in your neck of the woods first and also remember that if you are going to use those pictures of people that are clearly identifiable then you must obtain a model release from them -- first -- if you are going to use the picture for any commercial purposes.
For more information on use your camera as a notebook read a copy of the August 2011 edition of the Writer and the article, "Use your Camera as Your NOTEBOOK" by Tanya Egan Gibson.
And if you would like to talk to her directly go to to www.tanyaegangibson.com or e-mail her at tanya@tanyaegangibson.com
www.tanyaegangibson.com or email her at: tanya@tanyaegangibson.com
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