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Reykjavik!
Greetings! It has only been two days and we feel like we have known each other for a week. Amazing! Our first stop after leaving the airport was the Blue Lagoon, Iceland’s most famous attraction....
View ArticleA Gallery Opening in Ollantaytambo
Our Peru A group completed their On Assignment projects this summer with a gallery opening in the Andean town of Ollantaytambo. Hundreds of people came out to the opening on the night of July 13th to...
View ArticleOn Assignment: Oxford and the Cotswolds
A photogenic mist of summer rain and fog set the mood this morning as we boarded our bus and headed to Oxford and the Cotswolds for our third assignment. Each day the assignments gradually become more...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes in Beijing
Students on our China expedition went behind the scenes at the National Geographic magazine office in Beijing. Upon arrival at the headquarters of the Chinese-language edition of the magazine, the...
View ArticleDispatch from Iceland: Golden Circle, Waterfalls, Geysers, and the Coast
The past couple of days have been busy ones. On Thursday, we started the day with a tour of the geothermal power plant outside of Reykjavik. After a short video and Q&A with a plant employee about...
View ArticleLast Days in Delhi
Hello Everyone! We are packing up our bags and getting ready for one last day in incredible India before we fly back to the States. The students presented their projects two nights ago and before we...
View ArticleGallery Show in London – A Success!
As we wrap up the London Photo Workshop, we can’t help but to be so proud of the work that all of the students did in the past week and a half. They grew by leaps and bounds and produced professional...
View ArticleGreetings from the Grand Canyon!
Greetings from the Grand Canyon! After our group met and got to know a little about each other in Phoenix, we began our seven hour drive to the north rim of the Grand Canyon. We passed enormous...
View ArticleDiscovering Machu Picchu & Making Connections at a Local Orphanage
Our Visit to Machu Picchu! Well, Day 1 at Machu Picchu was quite the day…it’s one of the most incredible place we’ve been so far. It’s hard to comprehend just how the Incas did all that they did. The...
View ArticleThriving in the Outback
How can I even begin to explain our Outback experience? Amazing, mind blowing, boundary-pushing, hilarious, and profound – these are the words that come to mind instantly. We started our adventure at...
View ArticleHola from Costa Rica!
We’re writing from the beautiful Playa Hermosa, where we’re spending our first days in Costa Rica getting to know this incredible country before diving into our community service projects. It’s been a...
View ArticleCinque Terre and Tuscany favorites
“Adventure is out there!” — Up Today we journeyed through the five magical villages making up the Cinque Terre. We began our day bright and early at a traditional pasticceria, dining on croissants and...
View ArticleAu revoir, Paris!
Phew! We’ve been on the move exploring and photographing exquisite Paris—from Monet’s gardens to Montmartre to Versailles to the Eiffel Tower—and we’ve seen the students’ approach and their work grow...
View ArticleGrand Canyon: 10 Fun Facts & Photos
Our first five days in Arizona have been jam-packed! We’ve jumped right into our On Assignment projects, and there’s no shortage of inspiration all around us. We’ve hiked along the Canyon, studied the...
View ArticleBird Watching in Ecuadorean Cloud Forests
We are excited to share this fantastic post from National Geographic Expert, Taylor Edwards: We entered the cloud forest before dawn but it was already full of life. The sounds of calling birds...
View ArticleA Rock Solid Day at Stone Henge
Today was, well, rock solid. We started by rolling out of bed and getting ready for our adventures in Stonehenge! We arrived at Stonehenge the minute it opened and were very eager to see it. Although...
View ArticleCelebrating the Incan Empire through Writing and Photography
Today was our last day in Cusco and Expert Peter Frost presented archaeological research explaining how the Incas cut stones so precisely and then maneuvered these heavy megalithic structures. Inspired...
View ArticlePhotographing Wildlife in Sydney
Although Australia is known for the iconic wildlife that roams the Outback and swims the Great Barrier Reef, our students didn’t waste any time seeking out and photographing iconic Australian species....
View ArticleTop 10 from Playa Grande, Costa Rica
We’ve spent most of our time in Playa Grande either in, on, or next to the water. The rest of the time we’ve spent working on our On Assignment projects, cooking delicious meals, or dancing and...
View ArticleFour Days in the Swiss Alps
After dinner tonight the group was discussing how much we’ve experienced in just four full days here. The first morning, the group did a “photo boot camp,” learning about shutter speed, aperture, ISO,...
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