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Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM

05/02/2003 03:39:47 AM · #1

Has anyone here taken the courses at New York Institute of Photography? I'm trying to figure out how worth it it would be to sign up and take their courses. I am just wondering how their classes are, if finishing and being a graduate has any push on getting into the photography market. Any info about them would be of great help.

TerryGee

Canon EOS-30D

05/02/2003 07:40:21 AM · #2

Good question, I would like to know the same.
Although I was told by an established photographer that you are better off buying a couple of Ansel Adams books.
I have been hounded by those flyers for over a year now.

Gordon

RIM BlackBerry Curve

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

05/02/2003 09:08:10 AM · #3

I do know that if you sign up for info on the courses, and then wait a few months, they start offering you large discounts on the courses. I think the best offer I got was $400 off the initial price...

KarenB

Canon EOS-70D

05/02/2003 09:16:03 AM · #4

I have been getting their newsletter via email for quite a while now (over a year), and keep contemplating it. But Gordon says the on-line courses at betterphoto.com (?) are quite good.. so I will consider those.

jodiecoston

Canon EOS-450D Rebel XSi

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

05/02/2003 09:42:19 AM · #5

I've taken the NYIP course and I found it to be worth it. Good, in depth texts, good audio and video tapes, and it's very helpful to send in your assignments and receive them back with an audio tape from an instructor that critiques your work. If you're just starting out, that's a very helpful thing. I'd encourage anyone to take the course.

Gordon

RIM BlackBerry Curve

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

05/02/2003 09:45:36 AM · #6

Originally posted by KarenB:

I enjoyed the one I did a lot and got a lot from it too. Kiwiness is doing one just now...

05/02/2003 10:33:12 AM · #7

is there any extra benefit from being a graduate from either of these two places other than just knowing how to shoot better? I'm wondering if it has any prestige or anything in getting a photography job?

Paige

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

05/02/2003 11:32:35 AM · #8

Jeremy,
I took the course 8 years ago, don't know if it has changed a lot since then, but honestley, I learned more in one $30 college course then I did with the $900 NYI course. It could just be me and the way I learn. To me it was a waste of money, I did end up passing ,but they never sent me a diploma even with hounding. I personally do not feel that having the diploma is an extra benefit or prestige, if I did I would have hounded them more for one :)

05/07/2003 02:14:24 AM · #9

I just got the info in the mail about their classes. The thing that intrigues me the most about NYIP is the press pass. That would be a fun little item to have.

OneSweetSin

Nikon D3000

05/07/2003 02:36:58 AM · #10

I'm enrolled with NYIP right now as well as a series of classes at Penn State. Comparing the two, NYIP is a great second to what I am getting through PSU. It is very complete and very precise, it seems to help me more as a study aid but the local class is better than the correspondant course.

Paige

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

05/07/2003 12:20:33 PM · #11

Originally posted by Jubei Kibagami:

I just got the info in the mail about their classes. The thing that intrigues me the most about NYIP is the press pass. That would be a fun little item to have.

You can make your own pass. The one I received was a plastic sheath with a cord around it with a page to cutout the NYI logo. You can make one on your computer, something like "DPChallenge Press Pass"or"Jeremy's Press pass",print it out and buy a plastic sheath at the store,(plus a little attitude) voila, you have a press pass that is as impressive and legitamate as the NYI one.
You are just as likely able to get into an event with a home made press pass as you are with a NYI one.