Canon 5D, 23 mm, ISO 800, 1/60 sec @ f/5.0
Over the Christmas period, myself and Chrissy visited Ghana in our capacity of Trustees of Partner West Africa. We once again wanted to visit a lady named Amina who provides a safe haven to children during the day whilst their mothers work at the local market.
We admire her efforts greatly and try to assist with little bits here and there for her when we visit with Inusah from VWA Volunteer West Africa, by taking her items like rice, nappies, biscuits and general food items to help with looking after the children.
For me it was fascinating to see some of the same children who were there last year, and how, if at all they had changed. Compared to another group of children we met at the nursery we sponsor, there was very little change – no doubt due in part to the lack of stimulation and the limited facilities that Amina can offer. Nevertheless, kids everywhere love a load of balloons and we soon had some (but not all) smiling kids showing off their balloons to one another.
Amina’s house is long and narrow, and quite dark with a strong source of natural light coming from a narrow entrance along with a few shafts of light coming in through holes in the corrugated roof. I shot using ISO 800 with a low power flash. Focal lengths ranged between 17 mm and 29 mm. All images were tinted in Lightroom using a Warm Tone profile downloaded from the wonderful Lenswork.