Monterrey 2025 – Day 2
I’ve been a photographer for so long that t’s difficult to remember how hard it was to grasp the concepts that our students are now wrestling with. All I remember is that it took me a long time to...
Monterrey 2025 – Day 1
It’s the first day of the workshop! It’s been 5 years since we were in Monterrey and the last workshop ended with an historic event we’d all like to forget. And THIS workshop begins with an historic event we’ll...
Kyrgyzstan 2015, Day 7: The Final Show
We’re on the plane, reflecting on another great couple of workshops, all the things that we’ve done and the progress the students have made. It’s always amazing how far the students can come in a few days and it’s...
Kyrgyzstan 2015, Day 6: Reflecting on the week
Well it’s the end of the week, another workshop basically in the bag, and today we sat down to do the final edit and make the slideshows for the graduation. Not a ton of excitement to report for today...
Kyrgyzstan 2015, Day 5: A Summer Pasture and the Livestock Market
Today was one of the earliest starts we’ve had yet. The van picked up our intrepid instructors from the hotel at 6:30 AM so that we could get the kids in the vans for a 7 AM departure!...
Kyrgyzstan 2015, Day 4: The Kitchen Garden
So this beginner workshop is taking form a little bit differently than workshops in the past. As you know by now, we normally have class and critique in the morning, and then head out on location in the afternoon....
Kyrgyzstan 2015, Day 3: The Kindergarten
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...
Kyrgyzstan 2015, Day 2: The City Park
Sdrastvuyte, and welcome to day two of our Osh workshop. By the way, there will be a Russian language test at the end of the week so stay up on your studies. Spasseeba for reading. Day two began as...
Kyrgyzstan 2015, Day 1: Take Two
Ten days in, our second country of the trip, and we are finally getting to meet our Beginner students! This is going to be a big class, with the usual mix of rural and urban kids, boys, girls and...
Kyrgyzstan 2015: Getting Ready
You may have noticed, from the now famous Group Picture with Donkey, that Mike is getting scruffy. Seriously, his patchy (and recently peppery) beard is getting out of control. What you may not have known is that Thursday was...