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Great Photos Require Time
I captured the Maasai dancing in their traditional clothing, women carrying piles of wood on their head...

Paul Bettings
Oct 31, 20231 min read
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What Gear Do I Bring to Africa?
Let's go through my simple, cost effective and versatile camera kit. See what cameras and lenses I bring when simple and light is the order

Paul Bettings
Oct 31, 20231 min read
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A Room That Feels Like Home
I have slept outside on the desert floor in Mauritania, on a concrete bench in the mountains of South Sudan, and on a small cot...

Paul Bettings
May 5, 20231 min read
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A Bunch of Firsts in Mali
I went to Mali. What sort of gear do you bring to a country with security concerns? Learn about my preparation...

Paul Bettings
Dec 8, 20221 min read
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Farming in COVID-19, A Documentary
I have been working with Lennox Farm for almost 18 months and it has been an amazing experience...

Paul Bettings
Jun 26, 20211 min read
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Uncertain Harvest
Farming has been in Brian French’s family for 100 years.

Paul Bettings
Jun 11, 20212 min read
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The Resonance of a Pandemic (II)
From March to June 2020, I spent weeks in Canada on my own. I have also quarantined twice in my apartment in South Sudan...

Alana
Jun 3, 20215 min read
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Sandstorms in Niger
For most of the trip I sat in the back of an aging Land Cruiser and looked out the rear window as we weaved around massive potholes.

Paul Bettings
May 29, 20213 min read
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The Resonance of a Pandemic
In the madness created by COVID-19 in the last year, I have been able to still move around in ways that many haven’t.

Alana
May 13, 20213 min read
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Focus in the Chaos
When travelling in the Eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) I felt that I was in a place where...

Paul Bettings
May 8, 20214 min read
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The Global Road
While driving down dusty African roads or weaving through the busy streets of small towns of Asia, I regularly pass by incredible street...

Paul Bettings
Apr 24, 20212 min read
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Time is of the Essence
Time is a valuable commodity in life, it’s something we can’t get back once it’s gone and, in most cases, we are always looking for ways...

Paul Bettings
Apr 17, 20213 min read
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A Question of Patience
What makes a good photograph?

Paul Bettings
Mar 15, 20213 min read
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Where Are the Fields?
It’s the fields I always ask to go to.

Paul Bettings
Mar 8, 20213 min read
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Documenting Life on a Farm
In another life I may have been a farmer.

Paul Bettings
Mar 1, 20213 min read
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Creative Conversations
Creating a documentary is a lot of work, in the case of Pressure Baby it was also a lot of travel on airplanes, cars and boats.

Paul Bettings
Feb 22, 20211 min read
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