Got my NYIP course today

[Bosscat]

After many aborted attempts to take this course, I finally put my foot and hard and enrolled and when I got home today, there was my 1st package, awaiting me.

Can hardly wait to knuckle down and get on with it.

[mrclark321]

OK...I give...what is it?

[Bosscat]

New York Institute of Photography course

Home study photo course via correspondence

[Tom W]

Stick with it - it will be easy at first, but you will find times when you lose some interest in the coursework. I did an electronics correspondence course many years ago. Things went well for the first 6 months or so, then I started to get lazy. It was all I could do to finish it.

If you find yourself losing ambition, just drop in here at POTN and get some inspirational talk.

[mrclark321]

Best of luck , I hope you do great!!

[Harry Settle]

I did their course, back in the early 70's. Stick with it and work with the basics until you don't have to think about them any more. The problem with most of us is that we forget the basics.

[cyclone]

Bosscat

I'm in this course now, and there is a lot to go through, some basic, some not. One word of caution. They say that you should send the best photos you can get in a day or two or maybe a week. However, the instructors are brutally honest with regard to their photo critic. You should take extra time to send in your best pictures even if it takes a bit longer to get something really good. I've sent in an average picture, and I know it is average, but it still got an average review. I would rather get a review on my better pictures.

Cyclone

[epeace]

i just started my NYIP lessons last week . . . nice to see others doing it too . . . .

the first lessons are brutally basic . . but encouraging . . i like their approach. . so far anyway . . : )

i'm really hoping to get something out of the course though . . its a race between experience and this course to see which can teach me more . . im not normally one to learn that way very easily (book lernin). . but we must always reinvent ourselves if we hope to evolve . . .

[cyclone]

The latter NYIP video lessions with Monte Zucker about portraiture are very good - something to look forward to.

[froman98]

Is this correspondence very expensive?! This has sparked my interest. :)

[CappuccinoDavid]

Which one did you take the Film or Digital?

[johnlo]

i took the course back in the early 90s. I think I did the first three lessons, after that I got so bored and lazy... i cancelled the rest of the course. I heard they have classes for digital photography now??

[epeace]

there are two courses . . one focuses on professional photography and the other on digital photography . . .

http://www.nyip.com/gen_info/courseinfo.php

[cyclone]

I think the course on digital photography is more of a photoshop course. Could be wrong though, I haven't seen the exact outline.

[Bosscat]

Which one did you take the Film or Digital?


I enrolled in the film course. I am still sitting on the fence in regards to getting a DSLR. But we all know it'll be a Canon :D :D :D

I have always done motorsports photography and had good results, but stink at all other forms of taking pictures, so I figured this might help me to see the way the pros see things and help me get better pictures. So far the beginning does seem pretty basic, but like someone said, this stuff should not have to even be thought about and just come naturally to an photographer. Can hardly wait to see what my 1st photo project yields in terms of critique???

[Bosscat]

Is this correspondence very expensive?! This has sparked my interest. :)

I don't think it is that bad when you look at what a person could waste in time and materials by trying to learn by your mistakes by just firing away.

And the best part is that you don't have to adjust your schedule to attend classes. You can spend as much of your free time as you please working at it.

[epeace]

in response to the expense inquiry . . they offer a payment plan that breaks down to a little over $30 US per month . . .