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- From: jwhitnell@cup.portal.com (Jerry D Whitnell)
- Newsgroups: rec.photo
- Subject: Re: Photo Schools
- Message-ID: <69587@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 92 19:15:02 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <1992Nov12.011151.4575@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU>
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- |Has anyone out there had any experience with the various photo
- |schools? I'm especially interested in the Nikon School (one day
- |seminar that travels around the country, $75) and the NYI School
- |(correspondence course for 6mo-1yr, ~$800). I'm not interested in
- |full-time live-in schools. Is there any correspondence course better
- |than NYI? I'm a serious amateur interested in taking better pictures,
- |but have no intention of opening a studio.
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- I'm currently enrolled in the NYI program and have found it well worth
- the money. It is designed to take you from knowing nothing about
- photography to the advanced amatuer-beginning pro level. The course
- is divided up into six units, each unit consisting of 3-6 lessons (30 page
- booklets), 2 audio tapes, a quiz and a photo assignemnt. The first three
- units are also accompied by a video tape. The photo assigment is three
- photos you send in to be reviewd and you get back an audio tape with your
- instructors comments on your images.
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- The first three units cover the basic technical side of photography (this
- is film, this is camera, this is f-stop, this is depth-of-field), the last
- three cover bredth of the field, with subjects including portrait, wedding,
- nude, architecture, the zone system, etc.
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- I like this program because, like you, I wanted something that I can work
- into the rest of my life. I listen to the tapes during my commute and can
- shoot the lessons when I want to, not to meet some classes deadline. The
- biggest weakness is the lack of access to the instructors, but I take an
- occasional weekend extension course to gain that and to get more in-depth
- work in the areas I'm interested in. For example, I just took "Fall at
- Point Reyes", offered through the Berkley Extension.
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- | Rob
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- Jerry
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