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Photo Documentation Guidelines NOTE: These guidelines won't make you a pro photographer.  I was at a Documentation Training organized by  Nepal Childrens Art Museum . It was a 'very basic' training, not going into the technical depth.  CAM organized this training for their volunteers actually. During the Child Friendly Space (CFSs) and other events, their volunteers would take photos and at the end CAM would want to use them. So, CAM wanted to help the volunteers with guidelines on 'what to shoot and how to shoot'. If you take photos for a organization, this will be helpful. Even if you take photos just for your sake, still this might be helpful.  Here are few of the guidelines that I remember. 1. Take permissions Ideally, it is always important to take permissions. If you are among people you know, if it is an event of an organization you are involved with, you needn't take permission. If it is a public place, you are allowed to tak