We have a new member at The Difference Academy! Please help me welcome Lynette to the team! She’s a thinker, writer, traveler and just a jolly well person to be around.

Thanks to Lynette we’ll keep this blog running with regular posts covering stories of people making a difference through photography, be it pro photographers or someone with the most basic camera.

Below are a few of Lynette’s thoughts and background story on how she ended up joining The Difference.

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This is part of a bigger dream for me…

To make a difference can be lived out in different ways and actions for individual people. For me it means to actively get out there and get in touch with people, see what I can do to help. If I’m passionate about anything it’s travel and I’m always looking for ways to get to other places and cultures to get to know them a bit and then write about it.

A couple of years ago a friend and I chatted about spotlighting stories of travel and photography of people and places around the globe “making a difference.  Fast forward a few years when my friend (Seth Haley) founded ‘The Difference Academy’ and asked me if I wanted to be part of the blogging, it hit me suddenly, “this is part of what we talked about, and what I love to do.”   

Taking a picture isn’t  just about technique, and lighting and artistry, though these things make up the structure, but it’s about telling a story and telling stories is another passion of mine.  To feature stories from photographers at home and around the globe is an honor, but more than that it’s more exciting than I have words for to see caring people take their skill and go out of their way, step outside of their comfort zone, to make a difference in other people’s lives.  I’m planning to spend the rest of my life “out of my way,” which is my way of saying “making a difference.”

I’m honored to be part of the team here!

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Back to Seth now… I’m super excited for the future of this! I cant wait to be inspired by you guys and seeing the ways you’re using photography to advance others. Slowly but surely I’ll be adding photography trips that I trust will make a difference in the way you use a camera to tell stories.

We are always on the lookout for stories to share, so if you or a friend have one leave us a comment and we’ll get in touch, we’d love to hear from you.

Until next time, peace.