I did it! I joined NYIP

Hey guys, Well i did it. I wanted to learn more about Photography and how to improve. So I decied to Enroll in NYIP and give it my best. Hopefully I will exceed my views and learn a lot of new things! Sorry just had to tell someone!

Very good for you. NYIP is a great school. Have you thought about what area of photography you want to focus on?

Thank you, I am still trying to figure that out. I have a wide range of things but my problem is my camera is always on my side and i take pictures of everything. I do like to do a lot of Macro of flowers, bugs and unique things. I'd really like to learn how to take night photos of the moon, cities etc. BUT my biggest problem is in editing, I admit this is my major weekness because i am not familiar with a lot of this software. I currently have Coral Paint shop and i am trying to learn all the features on it but not knowing really the editing side of this makes it diffcult.

You'e picked a great school to go to, good luck!

Thanks I am excited to learn some new things

Congrats! Im sure you will learn alot!

It would be great if you could do a weekly or monthly review of how the course is going, it would be most welcome in this forum, also NYIP are one of the vendors so they would be very pleased to see us discussing it.

SRT10 wrote: Thank you, I am still trying to figure that out. I have a wide range of things but my problem is my camera is always on my side and i take pictures of everything. I do like to do a lot of Macro of flowers, bugs and unique things. I'd really like to learn how to take night photos of the moon, cities etc. BUT my biggest problem is in editing, I admit this is my major weekness because i am not familiar with a lot of this software. I currently have Coral Paint shop and i am trying to learn all the features on it but not knowing really the editing side of this makes it diffcult.

Congrats on taking it to the next level,Paintshop will do what you will want but your method of trying to learn everything will make it a 'chore' and no fun.Get a great book to use as 'reference',learn the 'basics'
and when you want to do something more demanding look it up in your 'reference'.Learning 'everything'
is too demanding and time consuming.I know just enough Photoshop to do what I want to plus I have a great 'reference' book by Scott Kelby.Forget about finding out what to shoot,you will find out when you look back at your portfolio and see the images you 'really' love.Above all make shooting and processing fun and enjoyable.
Enjoy the ride!!

I know I'm excited. That is how I found them was threw here. I'm very excited and will keep everyone up to date with everything I've learned.

robbie wrote:

SRT10 wrote: Thank you, I am still trying to figure that out. I have a wide range of things but my problem is my camera is always on my side and i take pictures of everything. I do like to do a lot of Macro of flowers, bugs and unique things. I'd really like to learn how to take night photos of the moon, cities etc. BUT my biggest problem is in editing, I admit this is my major weekness because i am not familiar with a lot of this software. I currently have Coral Paint shop and i am trying to learn all the features on it but not knowing really the editing side of this makes it diffcult.

Congrats on taking it to the next level,Paintshop will do what you will want but your method of trying to learn everything will make it a 'chore' and no fun.Get a great book to use as 'reference',learn the 'basics'
and when you want to do something more demanding look it up in your 'reference'.Learning 'everything'
is too demanding and time consuming.I know just enough Photoshop to do what I want to plus I have a great 'reference' book by Scott Kelby.Forget about finding out what to shoot,you will find out when you look back at your portfolio and see the images you 'really' love.Above all make shooting and processing fun and enjoyable.
Enjoy the ride!!

I know what you mean. But I love learning new things and being able to grow. I don't find it as much of a chore but a new learning experience. And I shoot anything that I can.

SRT10 wrote:

robbie wrote:

SRT10 wrote: Thank you, I am still trying to figure that out. I have a wide range of things but my problem is my camera is always on my side and i take pictures of everything. I do like to do a lot of Macro of flowers, bugs and unique things. I'd really like to learn how to take night photos of the moon, cities etc. BUT my biggest problem is in editing, I admit this is my major weekness because i am not familiar with a lot of this software. I currently have Coral Paint shop and i am trying to learn all the features on it but not knowing really the editing side of this makes it diffcult.

Congrats on taking it to the next level,Paintshop will do what you will want but your method of trying to learn everything will make it a 'chore' and no fun.Get a great book to use as 'reference',learn the 'basics'
and when you want to do something more demanding look it up in your 'reference'.Learning 'everything'
is too demanding and time consuming.I know just enough Photoshop to do what I want to plus I have a great 'reference' book by Scott Kelby.Forget about finding out what to shoot,you will find out when you look back at your portfolio and see the images you 'really' love.Above all make shooting and processing fun and enjoyable.
Enjoy the ride!!

I know what you mean. But I love learning new things and being able to grow. I don't find it as much of a chore but a new learning experience. And I shoot anything that I can.

There are techniques that you might not even used,so why waste your time learning it when you can master another technique,just my way ot thinking but ofcourse we have different habits.
Just don`t rush it,take it nice and slow and enjoy your course.I did subscribed to NYIP but didn`t finished the course because I was based in the Caribbean but I went to a local community college and completed a Photography Course or I spend my time perfecting my Infrared shooting skills would be more accurate.No regrets on my part..Ir is my passion!!!

I know what you mean. But I love learning new things and being able to grow. I don't find it as much of a chore but a new learning experience. And I shoot anything that I can.[/quote]
There are techniques that you might not even used,so why waste your time learning it when you can master another technique,just my way ot thinking but ofcourse we have different habits.
Just don`t rush it,take it nice and slow and enjoy your course.I did subscribed to NYIP but didn`t finished the course because I was based in the Caribbean but I went to a local community college and completed a Photography Course or I spend my time perfecting my Infrared shooting skills would be more accurate.No regrets on my part..Ir is my passion!!![/quote]

I took a look at you photos, they are amazing!!!! I have heard of IR photos, how is it done?

SRT10 wrote: I know what you mean. But I love learning new things and being able to grow. I don't find it as much of a chore but a new learning experience. And I shoot anything that I can.

There are techniques that you might not even used,so why waste your time learning it when you can master another technique,just my way ot thinking but ofcourse we have different habits.
Just don`t rush it,take it nice and slow and enjoy your course.I did subscribed to NYIP but didn`t finished the course because I was based in the Caribbean but I went to a local community college and completed a Photography Course or I spend my time perfecting my Infrared shooting skills would be more accurate.No regrets on my part..Ir is my passion!!![/quote]

I took a look at you photos, they are amazing!!!! I have heard of IR photos, how is it done?[/quote]
Thanks for looking at my images Joeseph,appreciate the visit.
I shoot with a converted Infrared D200,processed with Nik plugins,mostly Color Efex 3/4 and Viveza2 and onOne
Photo Tools.There is a link here but it`s on my next laptop at home,will post it later.

Congratulations! its one of the best schools ...remember patience and positivity gets far...robbie beat me to it, he said it all lol...

Good for you bro.