We’re back in Toronto, a location we’ve visited twice before. The morning was full of warm welcomes and catching up with all of the old students we’ve worked with on and off over the past four years. This workshop...
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...
Picture a 19th century red-brick factory building…now imagine that the building was once a stable for the horses used by the Toronto Street Railway Company. These horses were used to pull the street cars…before it was refitted as an...
Today Fred and Yana (one of the advanced students who’s returned as a peer mentor) went on The Morning Show to talk about the workshop, here’s the link: Fred Roberts Workshop Featured on The Morning Show It was a...
Usually when we have an advanced class, we ask 4 or 5 of the students if they would like to come help with the Beginners class the following week. This week, we have nearly ALL of the students from...
It’s Saturday afternoon and the new class has arrived. Our first day of the beginning workshop used to be limited to only a few students who would be briefed on the technical side of the workflow process ahead of...
The last day of our advanced workshop is planned to resemble a real-life shoot day as closely as possible. As soon as we arrived, the teams got their cameras and immediately headed out to their locations to get the...
Since our last workshop to Hyderabad, we’ve implemented a new format for our Advanced class. For some time, we’ve felt the need to go further and do more that was outside of the limitations of our beginning class. First,...