Hey Mario,.
I thought I'd chime in with my experience but years ago I had taken a basic photography class at a local community college. I think it was saturdays for 6 weeks or so. Is that similar or is this a full blown, real class? I did enjoy it. I've forgotten most everything I learned in there since it was a long time ago and didn't have the $$$ to continue with photography (back in film days!). They didn't focus on SLR vs non-SLR. It was primarily composition, very basic lighting (nothing like using flash guns, gels, mostly using the sun and where to and where not to take pics).
Can you post a syllabus or class description? I felt the class I took was fun and I did learn a little, but I went in knowing next to nothing..
Just trying to learn.
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Mario007 wrote:.
I just found out that my comunnity adult school fill offer a 8-weekclass of BASIC PHOTOGRAPHY for 55 bucks..... have any tried any ofthis classes? is it worth it?.
The best upgrade you can make is to the photographer. Money spent on courses is seldom wasted. How much you can get out of the course depends a lot on who is teaching..
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Well, I don't know who your teacher would be, and that makes a difference..
I don't know what language the teacher uses. Is it the same one you speak?.
I don't know if the course is based on film or on digital. That makes a difference..
I dont know if basic is in regard to technical matters, or in regard to artistic matters..
And so on and so forth..
In the world of photography, $55, whether Canadian dollars or Australian dollars or American dollars, or some other kinds of dollars, isn't very much money..
You could go for the first day, and if the course is bad, skip the rest and not worry about the course price, which is less than a polarizing filter..
BAK..
For that price I'd do it if I were you. Thirty-five years ago (days of film) I took a similar class and it was well worth while. It was taught a local free-lance pro (portrait and product) and while not tied to specific camera he covered a wide range of topics and we actually had a portrait model shot..
As others have pointed out the quality of the instructor is paramount. You should try to at least try to find the course description to see if the topics are of interest to you...
Acsmith wrote:.
As others have pointed out the quality of the instructor isparamount. You should try to at least try to find the coursedescription to see if the topics are of interest to you..
The best instructor I ever had, in any subject, was a photography prof (and dean) at an art college. Now I know what you're thinking: artsy-fartsy ivory tower academic. You'd be wrong. He got into academics later in life, before that he worked as a photographer doing many things, including commercial, advertising and photojournalism (war, to be more precise)..
He taught a night course with a very common title, "intro to B&W" or similar. But once you were in his class, you could do whatever you wanted, and pick his brain in the process. There was a photojournalist in the class that had taken "intro" 17 times..
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See if you can talk to the instructor first... I took a similar sounding class years ago and the guy turned me off photography as he was such a boring presenter. Mind you now with digital you can have instant results, plus post processing etc so you dont wait to see whta happended the week before. The class should be better than an old school dude dribbling on and on with no interaction from the audience...
I once took an monthly subscription from webphotoschool for USD 8 only..
After it's internet and websites only...
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As stated the instructor make a huge difference. The class I took involved a fair opportunity for hands-on. The instructor could also illustrate his points from his own work...