Today’s blog is going to be a short one…because from about 9am until a little after noon, the five of us sat in a conference room going through thousands of images that were shot over the course of the...

At some point, in nearly every one of these workshops something goes a little sideways. Usually it’s location access but every once in a while we’ll have a problem with either customs, power issues, broken equipment, or even sickness. ...

Huge archeological restoration dig site? Sweet! Shooting in the middle of the day with noon sun and high temps…not as sweet. Whatever the challenge though, the restoration of these 16th and 17 century tombs was easily fascinating enough to...

So…it wasn’t that early actually, but we did head out of the class pretty quickly this morning.  By 8:45 we had met in the classroom, collected our cameras, and were packing ourselves into the cars.  In a caravan of...

Wendy’s 8 steps to making a photograph: THINK Look at Light Set ISO Choose either Aperture or Shutter Speed Set other variables Meter to “0” FOCUS Click! Day one of class is all about explaining what each of those...

I don’t know how we can be tired already…the kids from the Advanced class did so well, the session was a breeze!  Thankfully today was a really short one.   A few workshops ago, we implemented a short introductory...

Today was the real deal! By the end of the day, each group will have presented a finished slideshow to the class that tells the stores that they’ve worked on these past three days.  This will be the first...

The advanced workshop is a chance for us to reconnect with our old students, review what we learned the year before, and then push them ahead in their techniques and abilities.  By the end of this three day intensive...

  Today started bright and early…especially early after a long day of planning and the additional late night class that was added to yesterday’s’ agenda.  Last night, as part of the class, we divided the students into three groups;...