We’re well rested and ready to push on through the week! The students came in today and we picked up right where we left off, introduction to the cameras! Wendy started by teaching the basics of camera mechanics; aperture,...
A bus load of new faces and a room full of new stories. These new students come from all different backgrounds and experience levels. Some of the students have used cameras before, but the majority haven’t. Very excited to...
Today we wrapped up the advanced class with their finished stories! The groups were assigned the task of creating a slideshow accompanied with music to best illustrate the weeks topic; the changing face of Lisbon. Like yesterday, we started...
We started this morning by finishing off the editing leftover from yesterday’s images and moved into a critique of the student’s work. Compared to the general newness to photography that comes with our beginning workshops, our advanced students are...
The students are back! It’s funny how intense an experience it is to be reunited with people that you haven’t seen in a long time. For us, seeing our students again is always the biggest joy…so it shouldn’t come...
It’s happening again! We are all in Lisbon and our advanced workshop starts tomorrow! Esha, the last member of the team to arrive, came in this morning, dropped her bags in her room and headed out to finish scouting...
Graduation day today was a smash hit! The format followed our template, we hung an exhibition of the students work, we made a bunch of slideshows, and we put out a bunch of invitations for the event. And the...
I assume that everyone is tired of hearing how impressed we are with all of these student’s work. We’re all in such awe because not only have they never touched a camera, or have never learned through the aid...
This morning, as we loaded into the van, we realized that it’s the last shoot day. We’ve been in Toronto now for twelve days, and we’re almost finished. Looking back over the ground we’ve covered with the beginner workshop...
To catch you up on the on-goings of our workshop; From New Circles Community Services Executive Director, Alykhan Suleman, “The youth unemployment rate is 18%, nearly triple Toronto’s overall rate. However, for newcomer youth, who make up the majority...