Nonprofit and cause photography guides
Charities, community groups and fundraisers — imagery that respects the people in it, with the dignity questions handled up front.
4 guides
Showing Change Without Turning a Person Into a Before Photo
Why a before image of a person is uniquely hard to withdraw, what to photograph instead, and how genuine physical before-and-afters should be shot honestly.
Avoiding Poverty Porn in Fundraising Images
What makes a fundraising image exploitative rather than persuasive, the concrete alternatives, and an honest look at the internal argument about what performs.
Photographing an Annual Report Across a Whole Year
A rolling shot list, briefing programme staff to shoot on a phone, the minimum bar for print, and a consistency pass so twelve contributors look like one report.
Rescue Fundraising Photos Between Sympathy and Shock
How animal rescues weigh the intake photo against the recovery photo, plus kennel lighting, dark coats, floor-level eye contact, and keeping the pair comparable.