A few beginner questions

[Sirene]

Okay so I'm a complete beginner, but I spend a lot of time watching photography and try to learn a little.

I want to learn and be an expert and make amazing pictures in the next year and the next few years make it as part-time career.

My question is this: Can I learn by myself, the net and good books ? Or that would make me lose a lot of time.

I'm interessed in taking the program of the New York Institute of photography ( It's a distance class, as I live in Canada ), is that a good school in your opinion ?

Also is there photographers who has great careers working only with digital photography as I'm not so interessed in learning film-based cameras, it seems more complicated to me ... ?

Thanks for any help and input, I appreciate it

 

[DeepSpring]

You can DEFINATELY learn a lot by yourself with the help of websites and books. Take a look at wikipedia. They tell you a LOT of information and have helped me learn a lot of terms and such.

I have never herd anything about that school so I cant comment there

Yes there are MANY photographers who use digital. Professional Photography is starting to lean mainly towards digital from what I know. It doent hurt to know how to use film tho.

 

[Hertz van Rental]

I want to learn and be an expert and make amazing pictures in the next year

The first thing you need to learn is that it isn't quite as easy as that. If it were full time College courses wouldn't be three years long

 

[Sirene]

Thanks for your answers

 

[One_Look]

I am enrolled in NYIP and I love it. I highly suggest the courses.