Can't say I've ever heard of them. They look legitimate enough, if rather expensive. I like the idea of having a tutor to support you but it's unclear as to what form that support is in. If you feel you have the self discipline for distance learning it might well be worth pursuing, but you could probably find a city and guilds course at a local college cheaper.
As for a camera club, no I don't think so. In my own personal experience they're not really about learning and even if you found one that had some form of mentoring it wouldn't be to the same standard as an academic based syllabus.
Hi Gary, sorry I can't answer your question because I myself am looking for a course to join. There are so many different ones to choose from; it's hard! This British Academy of Photography looks good. If you do sign up for it, could you let me know how it is? Thanks!Hiya people, I'm thinking of doing a course with them and just wondered if anyone had any feedback about them.
Will do, though it won't be until late February lolHi Gary, sorry I can't answer your question because I myself am looking for a course to join. There are so many different ones to choose from; it's hard! This British Academy of Photography looks good. If you do sign up for it, could you let me know how it is? Thanks!
lol, ok that's fine. I will try doing some free online courses first and see how that goes before I decide whether I need paid courses.Will do, though it won't be until late February lol
lol, ok that's fine. I will try doing some free online courses first and see how that goes before I decide whether I need paid courses.
Did you do this course in the end?Maybe have a look at some courses here:
http://www.oca.ac.uk
They do a structured photography course online.
Hey, did you do this British academy of photography in the end?Hi! I too am looking to do this course but can't seem to find anymore information about them other than their own website! Has anyone found any more information?
There's so many courses to choose from that you just can't be sure of the quality of some of them!
Hey, I'm looking at doing the British academy of photography did you do it in the end? And is it real?Will do, though it won't be until late February lol
It's not a profession: it's a trade and good tradesmen command good incomes in most markets. Apart from that I agree with the post.Photography is one of those few professions.
Photography is one of those few professions where you really need to stand out in order to make it as a sole source of income. You need to learn a lot more than just clicking good pictures. You need to learn how to market yourself, build a portfolio website, work on its optimization, edit your photos and much more.
Maybe so if you want to earn an income as a photographer, but that hadn't been mentioned in this thread. Not everyone wants to do a course in order to make a living at it.Photography is one of those few professions where you really need to stand out in order to make it as a sole source of income. You need to learn a lot more than just clicking good pictures. You need to learn how to market yourself, build a portfolio website, work on its optimization, edit your photos and much more.
Much here that I agree with...Photography is one of those few professions where you really need to stand out in order to make it as a sole source of income. You need to learn a lot more than just clicking good pictures. You need to learn how to market yourself, build a portfolio website, work on its optimization, edit your photos and much more.
And become a master of processing software, something we didn't need before the age of DSLR's
This is a digression, but I would hardly say post processing is something that didn't happen before DSLRs.
Most of the tools (and their icons) in Photoshop are taken directly from their darkroom forebearers. The difference now is that you don't need a darkroom and chemicals, just a PC and some software.