Sdrastvuyte (hello)! Did you remember what that means? If so, Atlichna (super)! Thanks (spasseeba) for reading. Today we went on our first assignment! The start times are getting earlier and our days are getting longer but the students are...
Take forty or so adorable little gremlins (aged 3-5), put them in a room filled with books, building blocks, paint, crayons and musical instruments, and set a handful of incredibly talented teachers to shape their young minds…and you get...
Dear Friends, I am extremely pleased to announce my next photography workshop in Tajikistan, this time in association with the Aga Khan Foundation. Our team is leaving on October 7, and the workshop will run from October 12 through...
It seemed a little weird to me that we would begin our longest day of photography for the week with an hour-long walk at 6AM, but our students were somehow up for it. Yesterday, I got up way too...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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! ...