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Are you a mom who wants to take great photos of her kids?
Maybe a blogger in need of some pinnable images that you don’t have to buy?
How about a homeschooler, wanting to learn photography.
Last week I explained that my daughter is participating in an online photography course for high school credit. I’m following along so I can tell you about it as she goes along.
So far we’re loving it. I’ve looked for a while now for a class for her and this is fitting the bill perfectly. And though I was reluctant to take it myself because I feel like I’m not even trainable when it comes to photographing people, I must say, even I might actually end up taking some nice photos!
Here are a fewThings we’re loving about this program:
Sorry about the wash of light on this one. Lighting is the next lesson, so I have an excuse.
It’s Self-paced:
Once you log in to your account, you have access to all of the lessons. Want to do one every day? Great. Maybe two per week works better–you can do that too. I love that I can have Lydia approach it just like any other homeschool class; scheduling it for particular days and times. It’s totally up to us.
However… If self-paced leaves too much room for you to forget to do your lessons…
You can sign up for “The 21 Day Escort”, which is a fun way of saying you can get email reminders.
You choose the start date. From there you’ll get a daily reminder, along with a quick encouragement for the day. It’s a great way to stay on top of your lessons and maintain momentum and excitement. You’ll want to get all the way through so you can learn everything you need to know about taking awesome pics of your kids. This service will help you stay on track.
Lots of examples:
When learning about photography, I need examples. You can tell me all day long about the best use of space and lighting, and how to pose a puppy. (I made that up.) But if you don’t show me an example, including a comparison between what to do and what not to do, or an example of the tip being taught, you’ve lost me.
This program provides tons of examples. And the because it’s video based, you really get the most out of the examples. Kyle talks you through the lesson, pointing out exactly what he’s teaching as he goes along. It makes the lesson exponentially more useful.
Only the most useful tips:
In the marketing materials for this program, you’ll see a promise that you get the tips that will make the biggest impact on your photography skills. That promise is kept right from the beginning.
From the first lesson, you’ll jump in and learn small tips with big impact. Here are some of the things we learned just in the first module:
- How to direct the viewers eye to the subject (what you really want them to see).
- How to use spacing, perspective, and positioning to take a huge-impact photo instead of an ordinary one.
- Where to position the horizon in your photos! I’ve never given the horizon a second thought. But with this lesson I’ve learned an easy trick that makes a big difference!
- And lots more but I don’t want to rewrite the lessons here on my blog.
It’s video based:
I mentioned this above, but it bears further explanation. A lot more can be taught through video than with text and photos. The videos will give you detailed explanations for each topic as well as very clear visuals to demonstrate the effect of the tip that’s being taught. For example. You can read about lines in a photo. But when you watch the video and see all the lines in a painting and what those lines do to accomplish the desired outcome , you’ll be amazed and you’ll “get it”. Yes, there is text as well, which makes for a quick review, but I think the video makes this program super-useful.
And the best news for you?
We’re giving a course away to one of my readers! (Did you like how I said “we”? Yeah, I’m just the facilitator of this amazing giveaway.)
You can enter the giveaway here.
And more good news for you…
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