Picture Perfect

If you want to take a picture as beautiful as this image of Nepalese children, you can either hope for some extraordinary fluke of light, timing, subject matter and hardware — or you can sign up for Workshop Asia. Award-winning Australian documentary photographer Jack Picone — who took this shot — leads these intensive, one-week courses for dedicated amateurs hoping to take their photography to the next level. Held two or three times a year in various Asian cities (the next is scheduled for Kathmandu in March 2007), the courses have previously featured guest lecturers such as photojournalist Tom Stoddart and...