Canon U.S.A.
Through Canon Canada, Ajani Charles was commissioned to facilitate three workshops on mental health and introspection on behalf of Canon U.S.A.’s Get Up & Go With Canon conference on National Camera Day in the United States on Tuesday, June 29, 2021.
The conference was produced to feature inspiring guest speakers, including top Canon explorers of light, Canon content creators and tech experts, empowering the audience to change how they capture images and create.
The conference was a free virtual event and one of the largest photography conferences in North America.
Ajani was the only Canon Canada ambassador who presented at the Get Up & Go With Canon conference and facilitated three times as many workshops as the other instructors.
His workshops for the conference were entitled Creating Fulfillment Through Personal Projects, Improving Your Mental Well-Being Through Photography, and Mindfulness Through Photography.
Through the workshops, Ajani described the mental health benefits of photography and art in general, how photography saved his life, and various mental health tools, organizations and communities that creatives can benefit from.
The success of his workshops was such that many audience members requested that he return to the conference in real-time during his presentations.