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06/21/2005 02:52:23 AM · #1 |
| A few years ago I took the New York Institute of Photography's home study course. I was pleasantly pleased with what I got for my money. I recommend it for any beginner who wants to study at home. It comes with books, cassettes and videos, plus a few extra goodies they toss in for fun. They explain the ins and outs of photography very clearly and they have an easy payment plan. You send in photos as lessons and they give you a recorded critique of your work. In addition you can call or write them and they will answer any questions you have. It's interesting and fun. I took the original course before they were through putting the digital version together. The original was so well done and thought out that I am sure the digital one is just as nice. Has anyone else here tried it? |
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06/21/2005 09:00:42 AM · #2 |
I have not taken anything like that yet. I was considering the New York Institute. I was not really sure about it though. Now that I have read your review. I am thinking more strongly about it. Nice to know it is worth it before you sign up.
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06/21/2005 09:19:34 AM · #3 |
my sister in law has the digital version and it comes with everything u stated here. it too is a real good lesson (as she has let me go thru all her books she got from them) very detailed.
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06/21/2005 10:51:40 AM · #4 |
| I saw an add for their home study the other day and I started thinking about doing it. Now after looking over the website and payment plan info, I think I might go for it soon. |
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06/21/2005 01:13:33 PM · #5 |
| I did it three years ago when I was traveling between southern California and Alaska but I had a bad experience.. The books and videos are very good and I look at them regularly but it was the critique that I disagreed with. With every photo you send in you have an information sheet about the shot. On the first reply I got the one thing the instructor told me to do was use a tripod in fact that was his answer to every shot. "Good work the shot was done to the assignment but you should use a tripod to help make it sharper." So the next time I listed my tripod and when I used it. I finally gave up when after three critiques the one thing he kept telling me was I needed a tripod to make things sharper. I its a good course but be aware your getting a bit too much of a generic answer. |
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06/21/2005 01:42:29 PM · #6 |
| I believe they have a policy or something that says if you feel your assigned instructor is not compatible with you for any reason, you can request to change instructors. Everybody doesn't see everything the same way and it actually sounds like yours may have needed new glasses(hence everything seeming slightly blurry). My instructor was very helpful and pointed out stuff that was exactly the things that the books had told me and that I had missed when taking the shots. He also complimented me by telling my lighting was just beautiful. Talk about an ego boost when I needed it! Also, when I couldn't complete the course on time, due to my own problems, they let me extend the time tremendously, but they will let anybody do that if they need to. Opening the packages from them felt like Christmas to me and I think any beginner would enjoy it, plus, you have all the material at hand anytime you need a refresher course. |
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06/21/2005 04:49:39 PM · #7 |
| Looked at the site and could not find any pricing. What is the course running for? |
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06/21/2005 05:29:07 PM · #8 |
| Have any of you heard of School of Photography.com? Courses are offered at a very competitive price in comparison to NYIP. See the website at //www.schoolofphotography.com If you want to know what other people are saying about the courses offered see their forum at //www.schoolofphotography.com/forum/index.php |
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06/22/2005 01:52:27 AM · #9 |
| I believe it was approximately $600.00 (US. dollars) when I joined , but I think there was a discount for paying in full instead of payments, I'm thinking it was about $60.00 discount. Seems like the payments were about $39.00 a month. That was a few years ago and it wasn't the digital course. Just request info and they will send it to you, you aren't obligated to buy anything up front as far as I know that hasn't changed. |
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06/22/2005 02:34:24 AM · #10 |
Nikon School
Digital Days
Digital Photography Workshops
are some of the traveling workshops that seems interesting. Most are on weekends and cost about $90-100 and taught by professionals. Some hire out models so you get to shot them if you normally don't take pictures of people. They are sponsored by manufactures or magazines so they may possibly have tiny tradeshow stores too.
Anyone go to any of these programs and are they worth it?
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06/22/2005 03:06:42 AM · #11 |
I went on a workshop weekend with the people in the link below. Barb and Jerry are a married couple who do workshops in several states.The nicest people you'd ever want to meet. I went to the Chillicothe, Ohio workshop at Hocking Hills Park near where they lived. It was a place I never knew existed, it was pretty cool. They also set it up with a game warden that let us take some super Hawk photos. I gave the trip to myself for my birthday about 6 years ago. I would love to go on another one. Alot of their group are repeat customers, amateurs and pros. It's great to be with people who have the same passion, it makes them not seem like strangers.
ImagesUnique Workshop
Message edited by author 2005-06-22 03:08:23. |
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