We loaded into a giant white bus and set out north from Managua toward the mountains, Macizos Peñas Blancas. Multi-storied complexes of malls and food courts shrank into single-story concrete and tin-roofed shops, and then into small wooden kiosks...
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...
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! ...
Our first full day and WOW! These guys have us floored…and today is only Monday. In one day. This morning we covered two ways of controlling exposure when photographing: aperture and shutter speed. But not only did we get...
This morning we were treated to a wonderful experience. After an early breakfast of muesli and chicken sausages our guide and all around top man Kenzhang took us on a small photo expedition before the students arrived. First we...
Yesterday, as we were touring around Thimpu shooting and sightseeing, Sakas asked our guide Kalzang if it ever snows in town. Kalzang responded that it’s normal for there to be snow on the mountain tops, but it’s unusual to...
It’s late and things blend together, time, flights, the landscape we’ve flown over or through (the approach to Paro had us flying low in a valley with mountain tops above us and the narrow valley floor not that far...