We had a student this week from the Roma community, a typically isolated community. There were a couple times this week we thought this student was going to walk out. He had never spent time outside of his community...

Edit Day…this is always a bit of a long day for us. It’s a tough one because we go through all of the students work, all 35,000 images, and editing down to about 470 photos with which we’ll create...

Today we followed Esha’s group as they explored the district of Alcantra. Our assignment is to photograph the local shops and observe how the traditional shops contrast with the newer institutions. We started by visiting a beautiful quaint little...

We may have turned a corner today…admittedly some of our locations have been difficult to work with, but it seems that on today’s shoot we were finally able to put all the concepts together. The groups split up today,...

After a morning camera exercise we headed out to explore the city! The neighborhood that we focused on is run by a new group of Portuguese entrepreneurs that have established every kind of shop imaginable! From restaurants to barbershops,...

We started our day with a review of images from yesterday, our typical morning critique, and then moved into slightly more advanced ideas about cameras. Where yesterday was all about the technical aspects of making a proper exposure, today...

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...