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[langloisonthetrail]

I am reading books on digital photography. They are helpful but I feel classes would be more benificial to me. I really want to learn photography, thoroughly. I want to take an online course. I am interested in the New York Institute of Photography's online program. Are online photography classes good? Any input would be appreciated.

Originally Posted by langloisonthetrail

I am reading books on digital photography. They are helpful but I feel classes would be more benificial to me. I really want to learn photography, thoroughly. I want to take an online course. I am interested in the New York Institute of Photography's online program. Are online photography classes good? Any input would be appreciated.

Waste of time.

~Eric

[Jim Poor]

Originally Posted by maxharvard

Waste of time.

~Eric

And money.

[langloisonthetrail]

Originally Posted by Jim Poor

And money.

So I should just continue with more reading, trial and error, right? The money could pay for more camera equipment......

Originally Posted by langloisonthetrail

So I should just continue with more reading, trial and error, right? The money could pay for more camera equipment......

Pretty much.

[Naois]

Search for a local photography club. Many of them go on photo walks and are very eager to assist people new to photography.

[Izzy]

My camera club is about as helpful as glass in your underwear.

[rosserx]

Originally Posted by langloisonthetrail

I am reading books on digital photography. They are helpful but I feel classes would be more benificial to me. I really want to learn photography, thoroughly. I want to take an online course. I am interested in the New York Institute of Photography's online program. Are online photography classes good? Any input would be appreciated.

I think your money and your time would be better spent doing weekend workshops. Calumet runs workshops all over the country and I bet if you go to Canon or Nikon's websites you can find workshops they sponsor all over the country too. And you can spend a week long workshop in Nowhere, Montana with a famous photographer. I've always wanted to do one of those. You can find all that stuff on the internet.

[ChasDennis]

I started taking classes at Nyip 3 weeks ago and my pics have inproved greatly. I still have a ways to go. But the first year I tryied to learn by reading books that's ok . but there's nothing like being taught from someone else. Also I can't write every question on this post that I can think of and some of the terminaligy I don't understad. But I can pick up the phone and talk to an instructer that's assign to me and ask them questions and if they are explaining something that I still don't undrestand they can clarify it more. So for me that was the way to go. Hope this helps

[doubleg]

Thanks for the info on NYIP. I just signed up myself for exactly the same reasons you stated. Although I have access to a non profit photography group who offer courses, they range any where from 250.00 to 1000.00 for one to 2 day course. I've taken a couple and enjoyed them, but they're just that, a class, no feedback, no assignments. Hopefully you'll post some of your photos here as you progress.

And I wanted to add, as a Training Manager for a large company, people learn in many different ways, depending on their age, skill set with technology, and obsticles that prevent them from learning. Where some of you can pick up a camera, read the manual and go out and shoot, do self learning, and have great success, others may need to follow a standardized course, have guided learning and get feedback and critique. So to say that go the NYIP route (or any good, well reviewed/researched online course) is a waste of money and time really isn't fair to the person who IS trying to learn.