Re: [OM] photography schools

[Gregg Iverson]

Eric,

I certainly agree with George.  If you want to take a photo course,
go to a community college for some hands on work with a darkroom or
digital editing.  The best learning experiences will come if you go
out and take pictures and keep all the information about aperture and
shutter speed, time of day, lens used, and what you were trying to make
from the image.

Look at lots of photos and figure out what was happening with the
camera.  Read the information given with the photos, especially if
it is something that you would like to learn to do, or if you really
don't like the results (so you won't make the same mistake).  Check
the T.O.P.E events and the ADITL events for lots of online help.

Gregg

George wrote:
> In general, I'm
> very skeptical of these schools. I'm sure there are fine 
> ones, but you could teach yourself with the right choice of books from a
> larger library. Any of the ones that were recently recommended here would
> be 
> a good start. Anything by Ansel Adams is considered 'religion' and a good
> start for you. Once you get into photography further, you may find a
> camera 
> club can give you much (free) information. 
> OTOH, I have taken a Nikon sponsored weekend course or two and been very
> very 
> pleased with the experience. One of my best experiences was the one with
> Art 
> Wolfe as one of the advisors for the weekend. And he was totally availabe
> and 
> approachable the entire time, certainly not a 'guest appearance' as I was
> expecting. 
> (I TOLD you I was the skeptical sort). 
> (In general my advice is to keep your money for the future purchases that
> we 
> ALL know will come soon..... [sinister laugh....] ) 
>
> George S. 
>
> ejackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: 
>
>
> > hey guys, 
> > i recieved a catalog i requested from the Rocky Mountain School of 
> > Photography. Have any of you guys heard of this insititute and what are
> > your opinions on it?  Also, are schools or programs like this worth
> > the 
> > money they charge? just wondering 
> > EJ 

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