There are lots of ways to get started as a photographer or journalist. I wrote about a few of them here, and I wrote about a portfolio review and some great advice from the lovely Jamie Rose.

I met Jamie and her colleague John Anderson when they were in Uganda running a Momenta workshop. I didn’t take the workshop, just helped them with some logistics. But I saw firsthand how a photographer could benefit from their format and instruction.

With fifteen students, and three instructors, everyone who participated got one-on-one feedback on an ongoing basis and a solid foundation of professional photo skills, as well as career guidance and an understanding of the options for working photographers.

They’re running another workshop in Uganda this spring – Project Uganda 2009: Photography as a Force of Change - and it’s definitely worth considering if you’re not quite sure how to take your passion for making images and run with it, or if you want to take your skills to a new level, or if you just really want to meet Jamie.

Here are a few photos from last year’s students. You too could make these kinds of images, so sign up soon, and tell them I said hello .

All photographs are © 2008 Momenta Group LLC.