Wow, what a trip Senegal is! Incredible place but tough on docs and patients using the less-than-ideal infrastructure. Take the above photo for instance.
My friend Dr. Al Ruenes and his colleague, Dr. Serigne Gueye, were doing a fistula repair on a patient in a remote clinic south of Dakar when the power went out. So they’ve got the patient opened but can’t see a thing.
Well, as much as I love my Nikon Speedlights, it was continuous lighting that saved the day because I pulled out my little headlamp flashlight and my Lite Panels Micro Pro LED on camera video light, handed them to the docs, and they were able to finish the operation with a nice main light and a broader fill!
The docs liked the light quality so much, they continued to use it even when the lights came back on (probably a good thing, since we lost power a couple of times that day!)
We’re wrapping up here today and hope to be home tomorrow. It’s been an incredible experience seeing what obstacles are faced and overcome here on a daily basis. Hope to have some video up (but, it’s going to take a while).
I hardly shot a still while I was here….video took up all my concentration, and I’m still making rookie mistakes. I’ll have more on that in another post.
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Colin Walker
23 Jul 2011Hi Bob
Great to hear from you! Got worried when you disappeared offline for soooo long. Was considering asking around to see if you were alright.
Love the story. Those who do volunteer work can’t get too much coverage.
Take care, Colin
kran-rf.ru
29 Jul 2011Good article . Will definitely copy it to my blog.Thanks.
lindayoga
7 Aug 2011To be able to capture such beauty at this magic moment, is beyond description of my words. Thank you for sharing your wonderful work.
-Linda