Actually on June 9th down in St. Louis there is a one day Nikon course being
held about intro photography skills and techniques. I'm really thinking about
going and it says all levels of experience and all cameras are welcome so i
think that will be a good resource for me. i'm not quite sure who the
instructor is but hopefully it will be pretty good. thanks for the advice.
Eric
On Wed, 07 March 2001, ClassicVW@xxxxxxx wrote:
>
> <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3>In general, I'm very skeptical
> of these schools. I'm sure there are fine
> <BR>ones, but you could teach yourself with the right choice of books from a
> <BR>larger library. Any of the ones that were recently recommended here would
> be
> <BR>a good start. Anything by Ansel Adams is considered 'religion' and a good
> <BR>start for you. Once you get into photography further, you may find a
> camera
> <BR>club can give you much (free) information.
> <BR>OTOH, I have taken a Nikon sponsored weekend course or two and been very
> very
> <BR>pleased with the experience. One of my best experiences was the one with
> Art
> <BR>Wolfe as one of the advisors for the weekend. And he was totally availabe
> and
> <BR>approachable the entire time, certainly not a 'guest appearance' as I was
> <BR>expecting.
> <BR>(I TOLD you I was the skeptical sort).
> <BR>(In general my advice is to keep your money for the future purchases that
> we
> <BR>ALL know will come soon..... [sinister laugh....] )
> <BR>
> <BR>George S.
> <BR>
> <BR>ejackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> <BR>
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> <BR><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT:
> 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">hey guys,
> <BR>i recieved a catalog i requested from the Rocky Mountain School of
> <BR>Photography. Have any of you guys heard of this insititute and what are
> <BR>your opinions on it? Also, are schools or programs like this worth
> the
> <BR>money they charge? just wondering
> <BR>EJ
> <BR>
> <BR>
> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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