RRRoger Loc: Monterey Bay, California

Same problem

Does anyone know how to stop the Great Courses flyers?

papakatz45 Loc: South Florida-West Palm Beach

I have done all their photo course and others. Well worth the money.

papakatz45 Loc: South Florida-West Palm Beach

Call and ask for customer service.

MtnMan Loc: ID

Also check my thread:

http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-376109-1.html

lowkick Loc: Connecticut

I have Joel Sartore's classes, Fundamentals I and II, as well as Masters of Photography and The Art of Travel Photography. I love Sartore's classes the most, but all are good. What I really like is that, while they are not very technical, it feels like the instructors are your mentors, teaching you what they see and how they approach shooting.

tshift Loc: Overland Park, KS.

I have purchased Joel's videos and they were really informative and I got a lot out of them. They do offer good sales from time to time so wait.
Tom

OnDSnap Loc: NE New Jersey

I think his Ark Project is superb.
http://www.joelsartore.com/galleries/the-photo-ark/

Bear2 Loc: Southeast,, MI

Yes, they are great!
I have the;
Fundamentals of photography l & ll
Art of travel photography
ALL by Joel Satore and they are all excellent!!!

Also have the;
Masters of Photography
Tought by 12 NG photographers in 24 lessons, 2 each.

Make sure you get the sale prices.
I highly recommend them.
Duane



quote=lindmike]Just wondering if any UHH's have taken the photography classes offered by "The Great Courses" folks. And opinions of them.[/quote]

OnDSnap Loc: NE New Jersey

In case anyone is interested as to what equipment Joel uses...


http://www.joelsartore.com/about-joel/common-questions/camera-equipment/

jeffhendy Loc: El Dorado Hills, CA

The first series Fundamentals Of Photography is excellent. I have used it to learn myself, and also as a teaching aid in in the volunteer class that I lead at the Renaissance Society, a life long learning organization at CSU Sacramento. It is very well received by photographers of all levels. The second series, FOP II is rather more quirky, but there are still some gems to found.
Overall I rate them very highly, and can personally put up with the mailings from Great Courses - they have some excellent offerings!

MrBob Loc: lookout Mtn. NE Alabama

I can only say good things about The great Courses.... I have been dealing with them for years and found their courses to be well done and very informative. Yes, they do send frequent catalogs but that is no inconvenience to me. As I have a touch of ADS, I have 4 of their courses going right now.... This is a Great way to learn things taught no where else. As far as Photog. is concerned you will have to analyze what the course offers and balance that against your current knowledge and experience. Good Luck !

Toment Loc: FL, IL

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

pmsc70d Loc: Post Falls, Idaho

I'm a Great Fan of the Great Courses and have quite a few. Joel Sartore's Fundamentals courses are very good for several reasons, not the least of which is that he is just a down to earth guy who loves to take pictures. I'm a life long amateur and learned a lot from him. But don't pay full price; wait for a sale or buy used. Also, don't bother with his six-lecture travels pictures. There is nothing new there.

pmsc70d Loc: Post Falls, Idaho

I'm a Great Fan of the Great Courses and have quite a few. Joel Sartore's Fundamentals courses are very good for several reasons, not the least of which is that he is just a down to earth guy who loves to take pictures. I'm a life long amateur and learned a lot from him. But don't pay full price; wait for a sale or buy used. Also, don't bother with his six-lecture travels pictures. There is nothing new there.

russraman Loc: New York City

I purchased the Fundamentals of Photography course taught by Joel Sartore soon after I traded up from my Nikon D7000 to a Nikon Df in late 2014, and realized that I needed to refresh my knowledge of classic photographic techniques from my days in college when I used Nikon and Nikkormat film cameras and developed my own B&W film over 40 years ago(!). My photo skills seriously deteriorated with my first Olympus digital camera purchased in 2001, and as I moved up to Nikon DX-format DSLRs over the past 10 years, I tended to rely heavily on the cameras' automatic features to get my shots.

The purchase of my first serious DSLR motivated me to want to re-learn how to properly use the Df and take advantage of the various mechanical settings, as well as better frame, set-up and compose shots.

Somehow I received a catalog from The Great Courses in the mail in early January 2015, and jumped at a 75% discount offered to purchase the Fundamentals course, comprised of 23 20-30 minute video segments. I was able to upload the videos onto my iPad, and on a 22-hour flight to Malaysia for vacation in early 2015, watched the first half of the course. I also noticed that the quality of the pictures I took on vacation were significantly better than previous photos Inhad taken.

Joel is a very engaging, knowledgeable and entertaining instructor, with a wry sense of humor. His standard lectures in a studio are interspersed with "video field trips" where he demonstrates the techniques presented in class in real-life situations. While he covers technical material and terminology, he also speaks in plain English and includes many "tricks of the trade" to help photographers shoot not only technically correct, but interesting, memorable images as well.

I'd highly recommend this course, both to new as well as experienced photographers who would like a refresher photo course.