Every church needs photos. TONS of them. Websites, print pieces, and especially social media all need a constant stream of content. The trick is getting photographers where you need them, when you need them. This is particularly true with large-scale events, and even more so with events that happen simultaneously at multiple sites [ex. serving days]. The complexity expands exponentially if you’re part of a multi-site church…
“Crowdsourced” photos are a good way to help that content keep rolling in. Back in “the olden days,” it wouldn’t have been an option to mix the professional photos with shots taken by the congregation – the quality difference would have been painfully obvious. The cameras on phones these days have the capacity to narrow that gap – if you give a clear vision for the “win” and a site to send the photos to, you’d be surprised how many decent shots you can get. You might also find some individuals with a “good eye” to join your volunteer photo team [you have one, right?]…
Two quick tips – ask people to shoot in “landscape” [rather than “portrait”], and ask them NOT to edit the shots. If you are using the shots as part of a photo or video montage, you may want to edit differently than if you’re using them as standalones. #creativeworshipideas
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I'm a Christian, a husband, a dad, a son, a pastor, a consultant, a musician, a writer, and bits and pieces of a bunch of other things. My work life has followed three main phases - business to teaching to church. I was the Weekend Services Pastor for nine years at Northview Church, an awesome church in the Indianapolis suburbs. I used to work for Willow Creek, another awesome church in the Chicago area. Plus I've written for various magazines and websites, and other freelancy sorts of things... My life mission is to help the church be as excellent as it can be.
Oh yeah - the name's Greg. Greg Wallace. But not the race car driver or the major league pitcher or the British celebrity chef. Just the creative worship guy. Hi.
It's my hope that these ideas, musings, rants, raves, etc... will inspire you. They're just my opinions - but again, I hope that they'll help to inspire you. Because the church really, really needs inspired creative types. If you're a creative type (and most people are, deep-down), ask God for help. Then take any ideas that are useful to you - borrow them, nab them, use them, adapt them - and make them into something greater...
You can head over to my Instagram site for an abundance of shorter posts: creativeworshipideas. If you're looking for consulting - especially on weekend services, team leadership or multi-site strategies - I'd love to help. Just message me here, and I'll be in touch - Greg
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