Wanting to pursue a career in Photography

[Bitter Jeweler]

If yes, buy what they use and you can borrow their gear.

I wouldn't let friends borrow gear they can't afford to replace. That's how enemies are made.

Hi Bitter.. I am back!!

Did you forget your old password? LOL
Welcome back!

 

[cgipson1]

Finally had time to find some old threads / articles on this topic for the OP to check out if still interested:

Dennis Dunleavy - California Agency Alleges Brooks Institute of Photography "Willfully" Misled Students

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...5-grad-school-after-art-institute-school.html

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/photography-beginners-forum/122245-ny-institute-photography.html

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/...000-00-free-700-00-nikon-thoughts-please.html

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/photography-beginners-forum/248288-art-insitute.html

http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/general-shop-talk/295791-art-institute.html

 

[MLeeK]

Finally had time to find some old threads / articles on this topic for the OP to check out if still interested:



http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/photography-beginners-forum/122245-ny-institute-photography.html

Somewhere in that post the proud photography course is mentioned. I have NO first hand knowledge of it, but I have taught a few people who started with it. They've said that for the price it was pretty darned good! If you are ready to throw away the insane amount for NYIP $145 is nothing!

 

[cgipson1]

Finally had time to find some old threads / articles on this topic for the OP to check out if still interested:



http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/photography-beginners-forum/122245-ny-institute-photography.html

Somewhere in that post the proud photography course is mentioned. I have NO first hand knowledge of it, but I have taught a few people who started with it. They've said that for the price it was pretty darned good! If you are ready to throw away the insane amount for NYIP $145 is nothing!

My main problem with NYIP is that they are not accredited... supposed to be good (far better than the Art Institute CRAP), but not accredited and WAY expensive. I'll pass!

 

[MLeeK]

Finally had time to find some old threads / articles on this topic for the OP to check out if still interested:



http://www.thephotoforum.com/forum/photography-beginners-forum/122245-ny-institute-photography.html

Somewhere in that post the proud photography course is mentioned. I have NO first hand knowledge of it, but I have taught a few people who started with it. They've said that for the price it was pretty darned good! If you are ready to throw away the insane amount for NYIP $145 is nothing!

My main problem with NYIP is that they are not accredited... supposed to be good (far better than the Art Institute CRAP), but not accredited and WAY expensive. I'll pass!

I have the materials. I bought it off ebay thinking it might prove a good resource. It's a JOKE. REALLY crappy and very little that is pertinent to actually shooting. MUCH in the way of filler and useless crap. Most of which is outdated.

 

[rexbobcat]

Somewhere in that post the proud photography course is mentioned. I have NO first hand knowledge of it, but I have taught a few people who started with it. They've said that for the price it was pretty darned good! If you are ready to throw away the insane amount for NYIP $145 is nothing!

My main problem with NYIP is that they are not accredited... supposed to be good (far better than the Art Institute CRAP), but not accredited and WAY expensive. I'll pass!

I have the materials. I bought it off ebay thinking it might prove a good resource. It's a JOKE. REALLY crappy and very little that is pertinent to actually shooting. MUCH in the way of filler and useless crap. Most of which is outdated.

I don't want to hassle you or anything, but any chance you could give us a little tidbit of the crap they have? You've piqued my interest since I thought that they were a decent school.

 

[MLeeK]

I'd love to show you... I don't have a scanner, but I might just take a few pics. I gotta dig it out. Give me a few!

 

[MLeeK]

It's all in magazine style booklets. The images in every one of them is circa 1970.
The wedding photography one is my favorite. It's a total joke.

Here are all 30 lessons, in order, from the course in 2003:

1. Eye of the Photographer
2. Camera and Lens
3. Using Your Camera
4. Film
5. Exposure
6. Developing B&W Film
7. Filters
8. Developing Your Eye
9. Natural Light
10. Available Light
11. Artificial Light
12. Strobe
13. The Perfect Print
14. The Darkroom
15. Basic Portraiture
16. Studio Portraiture
17. Location Portraiture
18. Child and Pet Portraiture
19. Weddings
20. Color Film Processing
21. Photojournalism 1
22. Photojournalism 2
23. Fashion Photography
24. Finishing Touches (Zone System, Darkroom)
25. Copying and Macro Photography
26. Color Printing
27. Glamour and Nude Photography
28. View Camera
29. Advertising and Still Life
30. Architecture


Lessons 1-3 -- Unit 1
Lessons 4-8 -- Unit 2
Lessons 9-14 -- Unit 3
Lessons 15-20 -- Unit 4
Lessons 21-26 -- Unit 5
Lessons 27-30 -- Unit 6

I was looking for the one on using your camera, but I can't find it for some reason. Probably because I've used it as the example somewhere before... ANYWAY... it is NOTHING about exposure and setting it. It's about knowing the anatomy of your camera and what each thing does.
Here are some crappy cell phone shots of a few. The wedding booklet is my next favorite. It basically tells you that you have a camera and now you know how it works, shoot a wedding!

 

[imagemaker46]

All I can add is simply, Good Luck.

 

[jhodges10]

It's all in magazine style booklets. The images in every one of them is circa 1970.
The wedding photography one is my favorite. It's a total joke.

I was looking for the one on using your camera, but I can't find it for some reason. Probably because I've used it as the example somewhere before... ANYWAY... it is NOTHING about exposure and setting it. It's about knowing the anatomy of your camera and what each thing does.
Here are some crappy cell phone shots of a few. The wedding booklet is my next favorite. It basically tells you that you have a camera and now you know how it works, shoot a wedding!

Good god, I took better shots than that when I was 10 years old on my grandma's old 110 camera. They're passing that off as a photography course now?!

 

[2WheelPhoto]

It's all in magazine style booklets. The images in every one of them is circa 1970.
The wedding photography one is my favorite. It's a total joke.

I was looking for the one on using your camera, but I can't find it for some reason. Probably because I've used it as the example somewhere before... ANYWAY... it is NOTHING about exposure and setting it. It's about knowing the anatomy of your camera and what each thing does.
Here are some crappy cell phone shots of a few. The wedding booklet is my next favorite. It basically tells you that you have a camera and now you know how it works, shoot a wedding!

Good god, I took better shots than that when I was 10 years old on my grandma's old 110 camera. They're passing that off as a photography course now?!

Pics!? Or at least pic of grandma's camera

 

[chuasam]

Professional Photography is depressingly little about taking pictures and horrifyingly full of politics (dealing with local businesses, clients, friends who want free photos) and getting your books done right.

 

[MLeeK]

It's all in magazine style booklets. The images in every one of them is circa 1970.
The wedding photography one is my favorite. It's a total joke.

I was looking for the one on using your camera, but I can't find it for some reason. Probably because I've used it as the example somewhere before... ANYWAY... it is NOTHING about exposure and setting it. It's about knowing the anatomy of your camera and what each thing does.
Here are some crappy cell phone shots of a few. The wedding booklet is my next favorite. It basically tells you that you have a camera and now you know how it works, shoot a wedding!

Good god, I took better shots than that when I was 10 years old on my grandma's old 110 camera. They're passing that off as a photography course now?!

Well, as long as you are talking about those cheesy little magazines and not my cell phone shots! LOL!
Yep. It's really bad.

 

[jhodges10]

Well, as long as you are talking about those cheesy little magazines and not my cell phone shots! LOL!
Yep. It's really bad.

No I'm pretty sure your cell phone shots improved the booklet.

 

[MLeeK]

NOTHING can improve that crap.