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This summer Global Encounters worked with Christina Dickson to host a missions photojournalism team that traveled with the Ecuador mission team. These are some of my favorites of their images from the summer...

Ecuador in Motion

One of the best things about good photographers: they know how to capture motion and energy! Amanda Forman adding color and sparkle to kids' faces. They loved it!We had about the craziest skit crew ever, but good luck trying to catch them in motion, especially since the lighting was often terrible. Great job getting this image, photo team!Enjoying the skitsSometimes you have to be creative to communicate and build relationships when you don't speak the same language.Tim, what are you doing here? Is this baseball without the bat?I love this picture! Although I have to admit, when I saw it afterwards my first thought (after admiring the picture) was "Why are they playing this game on concrete?!? Yikes!Something was funny!I'm not the world's greatest artist, but when you add trying to paint moving targets surrounded by other moving targets it definitely increases the challenge factor. Bring on the challenge! This was totally a blast!Awwwww! (We ran a one-week camp right near the beach, hence the beach pictures.).)Kudos to the photographer for capturing motion at night. Yeah, I'm impressed by stuff like that since I can't do it.Energy!I think this might be my favorite picture from the whole trip.Impressive vertical action!

Blacks and Whites

What photojournalism class would be complete without a selection of fabulous black and whites?A cathedral in downtown Quito17I didn't think black and white could capture the look of the tropics, but the photographers got some amazing images with their effects.Massive game time! Imagine playing games with about 40 kids at a time... none of whom speak English. Now imagine that you're the photographer trying to get a good pictures of all that action happening at once.Besides just being a great shot of teaching in action, this is also a good representation of Crystal's Spanish skills! She was the only team member who was truly fluent. The rest of us loved our translators!Just look at those amazing eyes!

Cool Places

Photographers go to cool places (like 12,000 ft above sea level in the Andes Mountains).And they do it with super cool people! (Nice photo effects, David!)Flying! We tried out a zipline on one of our days off. Made for some cool photos. You should have seen the photographers trying to figure out how to do the zipline WITH their cameras withOUT endangering their equipment.Hold up that world there, Daniel! (Taken at the equator.)The equator! There we are, on the line. Cool angle on the shot, Christina.

Relationships

The Ecuador trip was about building relationships - with the kids, with other team members, with the Lord. The photographers did a great job of capturing those relationships. By the way, this is Marissa, who was one of the amazing photographers.OK, besides being a great picture of Nani and her little friend, I love all the orange in this picture.Building relationships often starts with practical small steps - like helping a kid make his crown fit...or put together his craft...or laughing with him...or giving her a hug...or listening to his funny little stories...or showing them how much you value him by giving him the gift of your attention...until, by the end of the trip, you have learned to love those kids, and they love you, and both of you have grown in your love for the Lord. It's hard to say goodbye!

The Look

Sometimes, people provide you with those priceless looks, faces, and moments. So glad there was a photographer there to capture these!Yeah, that's definitely a look. Not sure what kind...And some of them are absolutely adorable...while others are just too cute for words.

The Photographers

And here are the awesome photographers themselves: Hannah Brandau, Christina Dickson, Marissa Boles, David Fox, Ashlyn Ours, and Faith DiPasquale.

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