Back in Bhutan
This morning, with the clouds low in the valley, and the mists rising through the pines from the ruddy hillside, the team sat for our first breakfast back in Bhutan. This year, we will be hosting the 21 students...
Bhutan Workshop Galleries
Hello everyone! At last, we have posted the videos of our recent photography workshop in Bhutan. Please take a minute and click on the link below to view them. Link to Gallery Page The first video is a selection...
The Graduation Ceremony
Graduation is the climax of any workshop. The students have spent a week living (literally) in a total immersion environment of photography and storytelling. Learning, shooting, testing techniques, making mistakes, achieving successes, editing their work, facing the semi-public scrutiny...
Day 7: Our Group Show and Closing Day
At 4PM, Thomas and I were in the truck with Kelzang on our way to a handicraft market, and it finally hit me that not only is the day over, but that it was Saturday and our workshop in...
Final Days (From Fredric)
As we progressed through the end of the week, it was clear to all of us that this was an unusual group of students with whom we had a special relationship. They seemed to “get” everything, and enthusiastically incorporated...
Day 6: Final Assignments (And Dressing Up!)
When I woke up this morning, I rolled over to look out of my window and saw a thin haze filling the valley. The view out my window was filled with clay red, burnt orange, and curry yellow colors...
A Midweek Update From Fredric
It’s now early Thursday morning here, and we are about to begin our fifth day. While the workshops are nominally a week long, in actuality the teaching takes place on only six days, as the final day, Saturday, is...
Day 5: Storytelling & Celebrations
Another long and productive day for us in Thimphu today, but it was fantastic! We started with our photo critique and then took a break for our class portrait. Will and all of the students got dressed in the...
Day 4: 3,994 Images
Tonight our group edited 3,994 images from today’s shoot. That is either an indication that we’ve been photographing some pretty amazing stuff, or that the kids are drinking too much caffeine. It could also be a little bit of...
Day 3: There’s A Lot Going On
Here’s a breakdown of what today’s schedule looked like: Critique, Lecture: Composition, Portrait Exercise, Lunch, Instructor Slideshow: Sarah Meghan Lee, Shoot on location 1: Youth Center Paro, Shoot on location 2: Town Center Paro, Download, Edit, and Critique, Dinner, Instructor Slideshow: Thomas Kelly This was one busy day! ...