>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
I attended Nikon School twice. Once as an 8th grader (and yes, my new
OM-1 DID get dissed . . . "Oh, an Olympus, how cute. It can't do double
exposures worth squat, though."), and again with my fiancee as a 30 year
old. The first time I thought it was great. The second time I asked for
my money back (and got it). I'd rather sit through a four-hour
commercial. I learned virtually nothing the second time around, and I'm
no photo pro, just a hobbiest. My fiancee (now wife) was bored to tears
and demanded we leave early. She is about novice level. So if the school
didn't work for either novice or hobbiest, you might wonder what it was
for. The answer? Advertising purposes, what else? I guess I really don't
blame them, in an age where even those little bars that separate the
groceries at the checkout have advertising on them. The real surprise is
how, as a kid, you're oblivious to the hype and commercialism, and
everything just seems wonderful. Ya get older and all you hear is the
shilling and hyping and selling. So my takeaway advice is this: if you've
just invested a mint in new Nikon gear, definitely go to Nikon school
because it will help reduce your cognitive dissonance. Otherwise buy a
good photo book and some film. Feeling particularly curmudgeonly on this
topic, --Kelton
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