Ahimsa Media

Things I’ve Learned Creating a Character for an Online Narrative

Erica presented Bronwyn, Liz and I with the project of creating a character for a blog for readers in their mid-teens. Being way out of my mid-teens, I found the task a bit daunting and wasn’t really sure I could create a narrative voice that sounded authentic and entertaining. Thankfully, I found that actually getting…

July 19, 2010
Our Family is Growing

We are very pleased to announce that our family has grown!!! We have a few new additions to add to the Hargreave / Yearwood team, on top of our wonderful crew of educational and tech based contractors. The first new addition to the family is Liz Kearsley, a photographer and journalist hailing from the UK.…

June 24, 2010
Bluepoint Wins the SCN Licence!

Saskatchewan Communcations Network (SCN) has always been close to our heart’s here at Ahimsa. They (and Joanne McDonald) were the first to spot Erica Hargreave’s talents as a creative producer and aired our first educational series, The Magic Backpack. Therefore, we have kept a keen eye on the bidding process of the network’s license and…

June 21, 2010
Copyright, Social Media & Orphan Works – Advice for Protecting Your Photos

Many photographers have become fearful of the internet, in recent years. It is a double edged sword, a great tool for getting our work seen by a wider audience, but it’s also hard to track images, copyright infringements and keep up to date on where and how to safely display our portfolio. I was rarely…

June 15, 2010
Photo Editing for the Interactive Audience

Caption accuracy and editing used to be the main tasks us photographers had to focus on following a shoot. Today that has all changed. With a multitude of platforms to display our photographs, most freelancers now have to get to grips with internet distribution too, on sites like photoshelter, flickr and stock agencies. As a…

June 14, 2010
Bringing Together Ahimsa’s Education and Broadcast Worlds

Here at Ahimsa we relish our diverse skillset and now our very own Erica Hargreave has helped us add a new string to our busy bow with the airing of her educational kids science TV show: The Magic Backpack episode The Greenhouse Effect. Whilst Ahimsa Media were co-producers, multi-tasker Erica had a starring role, was…

May 10, 2010
Exciting Times for Media

Times are a changing in the Media World and we are highly excited by some of the most recent evolutions. Particularly here in Canada where the new Canadian Media Fund (CMF) has been announced bringing in an experimental element. This is a perfect opportunity for members of the digital media community to get funding and…

April 23, 2010
A New Classroom & Course for the New Year

Photo from The Hague’s Nationaal Archief I’m excited to be embarking on a new educational adventure this year! My new classroom will be in the Broadcast Communication Program at BCIT and the Continuing Studies Department at Capilano University. At both schools I will be teaching Interactive Storytelling. Not completely sure, but I do think these…

January 2, 2010
Ooey Gooey Good Animal Tracks: Our Annual Holiday Activity

At Ahimsa, we have a tradition of sharing a yearly activity that can be enjoyed with friends and family, and you don’t have to be a kid to have fun with it. One of my favourite winter time activities is animal tracking, especially in the snow. I love finding animal tracks, identifying them, and creating…

December 20, 2009
Emme Out & About Kissing Calendars for Dyslexia

It’s been a year now since we pushed Emme Rogers out from behind her computer screen and out into the real world, and we are proud to see her flourishing in real life as well as cyberspace. Like any proud parents, seeing your kid making their way in this world, and in this case, truly…

December 18, 2009