TRAINING
Making photography simple, fun and engaging. At Gaia Visual we empower teams and communities to frame their own narratives with confidence.
Site Stories
Photo & Video for Better Comms
For clean energy, nature restoration, built environment and other organisations with site teams.
This is a simple, hands-on training designed to help site teams to take better pictures and videos so comms teams have consistent usable images and video for socials. Can be delivered in person or remotely.
Follow-up support is available to help participants embed the knowledge and support them day-to-day
Training covers:
simple camera techniques
basics of lighting and composition
guide to common scenarios: site visits, people working, portraits
“Our team have benefited from photography and video training by Jonathan, helping us create our own social media content”
Jill Wotherspoon
Head of Marketing at Nattergal
Photo, Video, Storytelling
For charities, humanitarian and development organisations working with communities 'in the field
Helping field teams. local partners, stakeholders and communities to improve their photography, video and storytelling, including, ethics, and consent.
Training Covers:
Discussion of your organisations images
Camera, lighting, composition, timing
Key shots: portraiture, documentary style, general view
Storytelling, ethics, consent, and captions
Editing and transmitting images
Exercises to build confidence, and encourage participants to see the world in a new way,
“Jonathan tailored modules and delivered trainings to improve the skills of frontline officers to capture human interest stories through photography”
Anastasiya Nurzhynska
Chief of Social & Behaviour Change, UNICEF Poland.
Field Storytelling
Participatory Workshops
Based on the Photovoice Methodology
Working with communities to facilitate them telling their own stories
Follow up support and membership individual mentorship where needed.
“Our team have benefited from photography and video training by Jonathan, helping us create our own social media content”
Jill Wotherspoon
Head of Marketing at Nattergal
Notice, Play, Create
For creative team-building, exploration, offsites, and individuals
A playful adventure, helping participants to be more present, creative, and connected.
Mindful Photography
Bespoke group and 1-1 photography training also available
Your Facilitator:
Jonathan Perugia
I have been a been a professional photographer, teacher and practitioner of yoga and meditation for nearly 35 years. My workshops encourage playful exploration of creativity, storytelling and presence, while teaching the fundamentals of photographic technique in an engaging, practical way.
I’ve facilitated photography workshops for businesses, schools, community groups and global organisations like UNICEF, Save the Children and Plan International, working with marginalised young people in Indonesia, Burmese journalists, recovering addicts, UK corporates and creatives, and medics in the NHS.