Wondering if anyone has any experience or opinions with classes from The New York Institute of Photography? I am an amateur and have always been intrigued to learn more and have a...

jwegge11 Loc: Stillwater, MN

I am an amateur and have always been intrigued to learn more and have a coach at my fingertips. I'm curious if you've had experience, good or not so good in regards to NYIP? Perhaps you've used another online course to truly dive deep and hone your skills--if so, would love to hear about the experience, learning and cost.

Thanks---Jeff

greyeagle Loc: N. E. Texas

I have looked into that myself and i am very interested in it, i am just waiting till after the holidays.

RiverNan Loc: Eastern Pa

I think you can find something on the web to structure yourself for free. If you lived nearby that would be something else, but if you are going to do it on line anyway.....why pay. you can get critique for free right here!

Uriah

I my self invested in this program and found the long distance relationship of the course not to my satisfaction. My advice is to study each aspect of the basics. F stop and what each does for depth. Shutter at each setting and what motion it will stop. Knowing these will start your image or begin to define it. Exposure and metering for it and then LIGHT, always study light. Never stop studying light, when to add or subtract, ratio's, soft or hard and what works for the story of the image. Posing people and body's with objects for composition and balance to the image is a course in it's self. NYIP covers these in general and the different types of images as in portrait, press, sport etc. but I found the feedback loop too long. Buy books or video's on singular subjects as this will be in greater depth and shoot, shoot, shoot. Joining a local camera club if you can will provide feedback and pleasure of like minded environment to grow in.

Michael

RonH Loc: Shoreview MN

A long time ago when I first started I took a on line course from Stare Photography (just Google Stare Photography). It was if I remember about $50 dollars for ten lessons. It put some structure and discipline into understanding the basics along with participating with a group of other who are at the same skill level and on the same lessons etc.

I know all of that can be gotten on this form but it was really nice to have a class to follow that provided what this class did.

Just my two cents worth.

janangelo

[quote=jwegge11]I am an amateur and have always been intrigued to learn more and have a coach at my fingertips. I'm curious if you've had experience, good or not so good in regards to NYIP? Perhaps you've used another online course to truly dive deep and hone your skills--if so, would love to hear about the experience, learning and cost.

Thanks---Jeff[/quote

I too was considering NYIP ... but since I've discovered Ugly Hedgehog & everybody's willingness to teach, share info, and give friendly constructive criticism ... I've found no reason to spend money to learn and improve my photography skills. All you need to know is right here and I also get a lot of free lessons on You Tube.

thg3 Loc: La Quinta, California

jwegge11 wrote:

I am an amateur and have always been intrigued to learn more and have a coach at my fingertips. I'm curious if you've had experience, good or not so good in regards to NYIP? Perhaps you've used another online course to truly dive deep and hone your skills--if so, would love to hear about the experience, learning and cost.

Thanks---Jeff

I have no experience with the schools but when I got my T2i and read the manual, I was convinced that I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. The camera was way smarter than I was... I got on YouTube and discovered Karl Taylor (www.karltaylorphotography.com). He offers a free basic course and then some CDs that are pretty good. He explains things while he is actually doing them. He advertises on this site often...

thg3 Loc: La Quinta, California

jwegge11 wrote:

I am an amateur and have always been intrigued to learn more and have a coach at my fingertips. I'm curious if you've had experience, good or not so good in regards to NYIP? Perhaps you've used another online course to truly dive deep and hone your skills--if so, would love to hear about the experience, learning and cost.

Thanks---Jeff

I have no experience with the schools but when I got my T2i and read the manual, I was convinced that I had absolutely no idea what I was doing. The camera was way smarter than I was... I got on YouTube and discovered Karl Taylor (www.karltaylorphotography.com). He offers a free basic course and then some CDs that are pretty good. He explains things while he is actually doing them. He advertises on this site often...

lillyry

I have a lot of friends who work in the film industry and have used the classes from NYI and regard the information as trustworthy and informative.
Two of the biggest aspects of learning anything are first to observe what is true for you and use that. From there, getting your information from trusted sources.
Yes, there is tons data all over the net and you can search for (and find) pretty much anything. How useful that data is, how true it is - that is something you have to learn by studying and applying and seeing if it works as stated.
I can say that both personal experience and experience of award-winning friends, the NYI Photography program is one of the best (and no, I do not work at NYI, have stock in NYI or anything to benefit by stating this - aside from sharing a great Photography program to someone who is looking to expand their level of skill)

HEART Loc: God's Country - COLORADO

jwegge11 wrote:

I am an amateur and have always been intrigued to learn more and have a coach at my fingertips. I'm curious if you've had experience, good or not so good in regards to NYIP? Perhaps you've used another online course to truly dive deep and hone your skills--if so, would love to hear about the experience, learning and cost.

Thanks---Jeff

Jeff - suggest a a site for FREE online courses; photographycourse.net . A recent thread had listed other sites, but unfortunately I didn't track it. Good luck!

davedeuce

As in Uriah's case I too invested in NYIP. I was just getting into digital and was eager to learn. I figured it would be a nice structured environment in which to do so. I was also disappointed in the course. I am sure it would be good for some but it was just not up to my expectations. Read, shoot; read more shoot more. Join a local club and get to know people and their preferences as you develop your own. Always, shoot shoot shoot! Most importantly, have fun with it. make nistakes and learn from them. Mistakes can be fun too ya know ;)

Twice Retired Loc: Virginia Beach, VA USA

Took the course in 1989 when it was film. My trusty Olympus OM-10 and I shot up a lot of film, and started to get 2 or 3 photographs out of a roll of 24! Joined a photography club and actually had some understanding as to what the real shooters were talking about!

Now if they held thier quality when transitioning from film to digital, go for it! It was well worth the cost.

flshutterbug Loc: FloriDUH

I signed up the complete digital course a number of years ago when I already had a decent background in both photography and Windows-based computing. I finished about two-third of the course before a number of circimstances caused me to drop my participation.

I still learned quite a bit (mostly about photography rather than related technologies) but I thought their approach to Photoshop inadequate to anyone serious about the medium. To harness the power of that program takes substantial time and effort (and not just a little bit of money) but it will pay dividends . . .

shadow1284 Loc: Mid-West Michigan

After sever years of shooting in digital I discovered the NYIP course and bought into it. I found it to have good instruction and layout. I got good response from their instructors and learned a lot in a relitively short time. They have upgraded their material to keep up with the advancements in cameras and soft ware. Surprisingly you will find that theory and practice have not changed over the years, only the tools.

Dryart38 Loc: Carlsbad, NM

Many moons ago, I bought the Famous Photographers' School photo course - 2 high pressure salesmen came to my house and brow-beat me to death, until I signed up for the course. The printed books, etc. were very impressive. My problem with any course is that, once I got a good mark in a lesson, I got too meticulous with my shooting and my course time ran out, which can easily happen.
Today's internet has enough information on it to beat just about any course for pay. If you read your manual with camera in hand, then practice what you read, you'll do just as well! My 2 cents!