Pittsburgh Photographer-Dan Speicher- Photojournalism with a PR twist http://danspeicherblog.com Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:06:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Hydraulic Fracturing through an iPhone: Pittsburgh Photographer and Filmmaker http://danspeicherblog.com/2012/02/03/hydraulic-fracturing-through-an-iphone-pittsburgh-photographer-and-filmmaker/ http://danspeicherblog.com/2012/02/03/hydraulic-fracturing-through-an-iphone-pittsburgh-photographer-and-filmmaker/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:02:14 +0000 Dan Speicher http://danspeicherblog.com/?p=1583 AS many of you know im working on a film about the Marcellus Shale Natural Gas Play here in PA, NY, WV, and OH. I was out on a frac recently learning more about the process, and had a chance to capture some images with my iPhone. This process, while highly controversial, is an important element in our nations energy security, along with reducing our use of carbon laden coal and oil.

Because it is winter, and it is so wet, it was very muddy. But otherwise, it was a pretty clean process. The water was taken away to be treated, and when the site is fully reclaimed, you will have a small gravel road, and a well head. To learn more about natural gas, and my film, visit Marcellus InSpotlight. The Post Gazette

 

]]> http://danspeicherblog.com/2012/02/03/hydraulic-fracturing-through-an-iphone-pittsburgh-photographer-and-filmmaker/feed/ 0 What is a SmartSite? The newest corporate video project by a Pittsburgh Filmmaker and Photographer http://danspeicherblog.com/2012/01/30/what-is-a-smartsite-the-newest-corporate-video-project-by-a-pittsburgh-filmmaker-and-photographer/ http://danspeicherblog.com/2012/01/30/what-is-a-smartsite-the-newest-corporate-video-project-by-a-pittsburgh-filmmaker-and-photographer/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:18:35 +0000 Dan Speicher http://danspeicherblog.com/?p=1566 I just finished up my most recent video project for the SmartSite Team These guys dont just work with you to build a website, they create a marketing blueprint, so that every piece of your website works together to reach your target audience. If you are looking for a marketing strategy, or a full service marketing team, give them a call and begin to design smart.

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Timlapse from Dan Speicher on Vimeo.

]]> http://danspeicherblog.com/2012/01/20/winter-timelapse/feed/ 0 Some more from the Soccer Pitch http://danspeicherblog.com/2011/07/08/some-more-from-the-soccer-pitch/ http://danspeicherblog.com/2011/07/08/some-more-from-the-soccer-pitch/#comments Fri, 08 Jul 2011 08:36:46 +0000 Dan Speicher http://danspeicherblog.com/?p=1503 ITs been a busy past few weeks here in Cameroon working with the Cameroon Football Development Program as we were preparing to run training camps for our new leaders and project coordinators. So after weeks of preparation, on and off the pitch, and the arrival of FSS Salaberry, our training partners/first team of pen pals/ first cultural exchange team, training is finally here. This first week has gone pretty well, and you can check out photos from the training sessions over on the CFDP BLOG.

Today though, I want to show you some more photos from the soccer pitch, where we have a team member (Coach of minor league soccer team Kumba Lakers) preparing a girls team for an exhibition match against FSS on Saturday as part of a women’s empowerment program that CFDP is putting on.

Enjoy

A young boy walks through the field where the girls team is practicing



CFDP founder Justin Forzano talks to young men and women about the drill that we will be running

Two boys selling snails, hang by the side of the pitch watching practice

young men and women work on ball control during a mixed gender practice

boys clown around during a soccer practice

A young boy focuses on the soccer practice that is in front of him

Girls listen to the instructions for the next soccer drill. Many women in Cameroon believe that soccer is a male only sport, even though Cameroon has a womens team playing in the FIFA World Cup

A young man selling food goods, takes a break from his labor to watch soccer practice

]]> http://danspeicherblog.com/2011/07/08/some-more-from-the-soccer-pitch/feed/ 0 A trip to Barombi Village http://danspeicherblog.com/2011/06/30/a-trip-to-barombi-village/ http://danspeicherblog.com/2011/06/30/a-trip-to-barombi-village/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:15:12 +0000 Dan Speicher http://danspeicherblog.com/?p=1477 Not long ago, Justin the founder of the Cameroon Football Development Program, lived in a village outside of our hoe base of Kumba. He was working with the University of Dayton, in Ohio, to design and construct a water system for a farming village that is set off of the beautiful Lake Barombi. The project was quite an undertaking, and after months of hard work the project was finished. Now Justin has returned to Cameroon, for the fifth time, to start the Cameroon Football Development Program. CFDP is designed to engage the youth of Cameroon, and eventually West Africa, in life skills, and HIV education on the soccer field.

I met Justin in the late fall, and we began working together. I redesigned their website on a wordpress platform, and integrated their blog, so that as things move along, whoever is managing their PR, and online presence, can easily mange everything from one menu. They loved the results, and now I am spending two months in Cameroon photographing their project, and shooting videos to help explain the different facets of the program.

Today, join me on a trip to Barombi, across the lake in a wooden canoe that I was sure was going to deposit myself and cameras in the lake.

The trip to Barombi... Every time the "boat" aka hollowed tree trunk, shifted my stomach was in my mouth


Justin greets the children in the village

A man sprays his coco crop to protect them from insects and mold

The head of the water project, water enters the pipe here, where it flows 1.5 kilometers into the village

A Barombi fisherman prepares his new net

A couple and their new baby pose for a photo

A man stands next to his bio sand water filter

A group of men gather to say goodbye as we prepare to head back into town

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