Did you take any photography courses?

**Kerrowdown** · 06-27-2020, 03:42 AM

Originally posted by dieselpunk

something online to get flexible scheduling

YouTube can be a good source of information, but remember to view several on the same subject, to get a good cross section. As there is often multiple ways to achieve a similar result in photography.

micromacro · 07-01-2020, 12:13 PM

Originally posted by normhead

Any sentence with "gun" in it is likely to go that route.

I love to shoot birds, cats, children, and other animals.

**hjoseph7** · 07-01-2020, 02:46 PM

Whatever you do avoid the 3-day, 4-day workshops where the host is going to try to ram down so much information down your throat that you will not be able to absorb it in the limited time frame. I'm not saying that these workshops are bad, you can obtain some valuable information, but they are better for "specialized" photography not for General photography knowledge. I started out taking a couple of B&W film photography at a local community college. When my interest grew I took the entire NYIP correspondence course in Professional Photography. That was back in the early 1990's ! Then in 2002 I went back to school to earn an AAS degree in Photography. The thing about brick and mortar schools is that you are way more motivated. Your assignments and Tests, also human interaction have a lot to do with that. There are so many of Life's distractions when it comes to Online schools that you might never finish. Nevertheless I took the correspondence course in "Digital Photography" at NYIP back in 2005, because I tought it might round out my education. It took me 2 years, but I can say that I learned more taking this course than any other, including the Brick and Mortar.

kevinWE · 07-05-2020, 06:59 PM

B&W course in High School, also followed up at Wright College which was a bit more extensive. Then I signed up at NYIP and did their mail order course which was informative, much better than I actually anticipated.

MarkJerling · 07-05-2020, 08:15 PM

Originally posted by normhead

I did a year at Ryerson Politech in Toronto in 67. Learned way more in the year than I'll ever use, but it led to a 15 year career teaching high school photography, so in the end, it really paid off for me, even though I didn't work professionally.....

I was going to say, yes, long a go through school. And then I noticed you did yours when I was all of 1 year old. So maybe not that long ago after all!

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06-27-2020, 03:42 AM	#76
Kerrowdown PEG Moderator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Highlands of Scotland... "Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand" - William Blake Photos: Gallery Posts: 57,819	Originally posted by dieselpunk something online to get flexible scheduling YouTube can be a good source of information, but remember to view several on the same subject, to get a good cross section. As there is often multiple ways to achieve a similar result in photography.

07-01-2020, 12:13 PM	#77
micromacro Pentaxian Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Florida Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,722	Originally posted by normhead Any sentence with "gun" in it is likely to go that route. I love to shoot birds, cats, children, and other animals.

07-01-2020, 02:46 PM	#78
hjoseph7 Site Supporter Join Date: May 2014 Location: Minnesota Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,047	Whatever you do avoid the 3-day, 4-day workshops where the host is going to try to ram down so much information down your throat that you will not be able to absorb it in the limited time frame. I'm not saying that these workshops are bad, you can obtain some valuable information, but they are better for "specialized" photography not for General photography knowledge. I started out taking a couple of B&W film photography at a local community college. When my interest grew I took the entire NYIP correspondence course in Professional Photography. That was back in the early 1990's ! Then in 2002 I went back to school to earn an AAS degree in Photography. The thing about brick and mortar schools is that you are way more motivated. Your assignments and Tests, also human interaction have a lot to do with that. There are so many of Life's distractions when it comes to Online schools that you might never finish. Nevertheless I took the correspondence course in "Digital Photography" at NYIP back in 2005, because I tought it might round out my education. It took me 2 years, but I can say that I learned more taking this course than any other, including the Brick and Mortar.

07-05-2020, 06:59 PM	#79
kevinWE Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Illinois, USA Posts: 497	B&W course in High School, also followed up at Wright College which was a bit more extensive. Then I signed up at NYIP and did their mail order course which was informative, much better than I actually anticipated.

07-05-2020, 08:15 PM	#80
MarkJerling Moderator Site Supporter Join Date: May 2012 Location: Wairarapa, New Zealand Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 20,406	Originally posted by normhead I did a year at Ryerson Politech in Toronto in 67. Learned way more in the year than I'll ever use, but it led to a 15 year career teaching high school photography, so in the end, it really paid off for me, even though I didn't work professionally..... I was going to say, yes, long a go through school. And then I noticed you did yours when I was all of 1 year old. So maybe not that long ago after all!