the end of my first month

this is the end of my first month at the owf one world foundation in ahungalla. there are about 40 amazing(!) students in my classes and days are filled with a crash course on theory as well as excursions to the indian ocean and a nearby buddhist temple. we work with ten digital pentax slr cameras and a standard zoom lens. the school provides the infrastructure to upload the images and complete the whole working process with photo editing software. I am also taking time to teach about history of photography and present a small number of artists I find precious and relevant to know about. earlier this week I took an hour off and captured some of the other students, looking for a photographic approach in this new environment.