Anyone taken courses?

[tasmo2]

I am thinking of taking a photography course. However, because of where I live I haven't heard of any good local courses. I have only heard bad reviews of every local one available. Soooooo... I am looking into NYIP, I think I remember someone on here mentioning that they are learning a lot from them. Its online/mail and at your own pace. What do you guys think? Has anyone else had any experience with them? OR has anyone taken another online/mail course that they love? Thanks!

[Elite Shutterbug]

i had a friend of mine take the at home courses from NYIP and she let me borrow all the literature last year...personally i was not impressed, i read a lot of articles online and in magazines and found my self taught methods were way more informal than there lessons. there was a lot of information in there course but i apparently knew 90% of what was in it. so unless it has changed from 2 years ago i would find out EXACTLY what your getting before you pay a lot of $.

[tasmo2]

Yeah I had looked at NYIP because they have a money back trial period. so you can see the whole unit and decide if you want to keep it. The hesitation that I have is that in their material it says you don't have to have a DSLR. So that made me wonder what we would be learning since I don't think you can control the camera settings in a P&S. I could be wrong though?

[RichardTaylor]

Some P&S cameras will give you almost as much exposure and flash control as a SLR. The only thing you can't do is stick a fast tele lens on it to get those beautiful shallow DOF photographs.

[JenJ]

Hi,

I'm doing the NYIP course now. I'm on lesson 4 of 16. So far I'm finding it very useful. I took a photography course through the city (London, Ontario), and everything I learned in that course was covered in the first couple of NYIP lessons.

The books/lessons are great, and you get the audio CDs and DVDs as well, which I like. I'd definitely recommend the course. I ended up getting $100 off the price plus a couple of free photography books, so make sure you don't pay full price!

If you have any other questions about the course, let me know!

Jen

[Photowanderer]

Call your local Community (Junior) College, Adult Education program, or local arts organization. They might have just what you are looking for at a very reasonable price.

[tasmo2]

thanks for the replies! I am going to look into it more I guess. I know the course has a money back trial so we will see!

I did check into the courses around here, I live near Jacksonville State University, but haven't heard any one that has been though it say it was good. LOL They all have said it was a waste of time learning stuff that everyone knows.