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;...
There is a cool calmness to the mornings here that belies the adventure we’re surely going to have today. Since our arrival, we’ve started each morning with a walk from the guest residences to the canteen at around 6:45/7am....
One of the major challenges of our workshops typically lies in figuring out the stories that our students will work on and all the logistics involved. Our goal is to first determine the stories that are important and lend...
Three days ago, on March 17th, Esha Chioccio left Santa Fe for Los Angeles kicking off the longest journey of the five instructors to the Hyderabad 2017 workshop. Esha met up with Fred Roberts and Nick Souza and together,...
As usual, the day before the graduation ceremony is a busy one. We did our photo critique in the morning and then sent the students off to practice their speeches and prep themselves for the graduation ceremony. Around 5...
Our first assignment of the week was covering a community event in a small village called Porto Salvo. The event was designed to build a sense of community within the village and actively engage its seniors. There were craft lessons, cooking classes, games of...
First thing this morning, we shut off all the lights and looked at the photographs from yesterday afternoon. It’s always incredible to see the images our students create, and we had to remind ourselves that these photos were from our very first...
After a successful technical training day, we began our first day of class with a running start. The students came in, claimed their cameras and were ready to start learning. The first day of instruction is always quite technical – our students are grappling...
On our second day of preparation, we got a great surprise. Usually, the day before the workshop begins, Mike does a short introduction to the technology with five or six students who serve as our group leaders during the week....