It did appear that most in the village of Neply had shoes, but there's plenty of poverty and many still living under tarps. The group that I went with operates in the village and has made a great impact there. And you're right - many, many smiles from the kiddos and lots of tears from us.
Here's a few more...

Has no children herself, but cares for 7 special needs children.


Local fruit. Or is it a vegetable?


One of the families we met.

No, I don't think much has changed. It certainly hasn't since there 2 years ago. I will never forget Port au Prince - the sight, AND the smell. Most of these shots were from the village of Neply, not a bad place at all. Still poor, not much food...etc...
Thanks for looking, here's a few more.

A ray of sunshine.


Deep in thought.




At play.

Thanks Bill! I'll post a few more in here along the way. I saw the capital two years ago, which was about 18 months after the great earthquake. It was completely destroyed in the earthquake and at the time I saw it, had been untouched. Quite a sight to see... We didn't get to go by the capital on this trip. We were in Neply, about 27 miles west of Port au Prince.

Franski was born with club feet, found living on a mattress on the front porch.


Not an American dish yet, but nutritional for those we fed.

So I went to Haiti last week on a mission trip. One of my goals was to take lots of photos (about 1500) and learn a lot about shooting photos (I did).
I wanted to concentrate on people and unique shots, but I wanted to improve - I'm still really new at this stuff - and didn't just want to click off images.
I learned to not be so scared of high ISO and wished I'd bumped it up for a few more shots.
I learned that really, really bright sunshine is hard - or was for me - to get used to.
And I've learned a lot about post processing. All of these were done in LR 4.
I used a Canon 60d, the kit lens 18-135, a Sigma 8-16, and my canon 70-300. Everything was shot in Manual mode cause I have no clue what to do with the others and I just didn't want to do automatic.
C&C are appreciated cause I learn lots from the great teachers here. Thanks and enjoy!

12 hours old.

Having been to CR before, you'll likely come across quite a bit of wildlife - monkeys up in trees (and throwing stuff at you, watch out for that!) and lots of birds. But you're also going to see beautiful landscapes, beautiful views. Hopefully you'll be able to take in a volcano or two. And not to mention beautiful faces. I'd find a way to take a full spectrum of lens cause I suspect you're gonna miss having it. Look forward to seeing your photos when you get back!

What a great shot there! Love that place. I was there this summer but somehow missed out on this trail you're on.

Great shots! Love the second one and last one! If this is wildlife OUTSIDE the park, what in the world is INSIDE the park?

Thanks Wait...I had the camera on him to get a shot when he let loose with this wide-mouth yawn. Came at the perfect time!

Just a couple of recent ones. My Cheddar Cat is about 12 or so years old. And this Hummer gave me just enough of a pose to shoot him and he was gone.
Handheld with my Canon 60d and 70-300 lens with a little bit of LR4.

My! What big teeth you have!


Hummer BIF

WOW! New to photography myself, purchased my camera from you guys last September, and seeing this, I'm even more glad I did.
Good luck to the OP, but I just had to chime in here to say thanks for this!

Beautiful shots! WOW!

Thanks Bob! And, in my line of work, I can appreciate the committee part!

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thanks Nikonian! I appreciate your suggestions from your other posts... This time round I shot these at F18 I think...remembering from other times your suggestions were to try to get it up there around F16 to F22, or so.