NYI Short Course: Fundamentals
of Digital Photography.

Many people invest in high-performance digital cameras — either Single Lens Reflex (SLR) models or point-and-shoot cameras — only to find themselves stuck in automatic mode. That's why we created the NYI Fundamentals Digital Short Course. Over the past few years digital SLRs and other powerful digital cameras have become increasingly affordable, increasingly powerful, and — much more complicated. The NYI Short Course is designed to help beginning photographers gain control over their cameras and learn how to take great photographs.

The Fundamentals Short Course covers the photography basics — aperture, shutter speed, exposure, composition, and much more. You'll receive a series of beautiful, full-color lessons that make these topics easy to understand. The Course sticks to the information you really need to know to take spectacular photographs, rather than getting bogged down with technical language. We promise that you'll even learn how to read and use your camera's histogram!

The sixteen lessons included in the Short Course also provide a solid introduction to image editing, photo archiving, home printing, and countless other topics that will help you learn how to take photographs like a professional and produce stunning images. The NYI Short Course is a solid introduction for beginners who want to learn photography from the oldest, most established photography school in the world.

At NYI we like to tell our students that "it's not the violin, it's the violinist." By this we mean that there's nothing more important than the skills of the photographer — owning a powerful digital camera is no guarantee that you'll take great photographs. We promise that the NYI Short Course will give you the knowledge and training to get the most from your digital camera.

Your Fundamentals of Digital Photography Short Course Training Includes:

  • Sixteen complete full-color lessons.
  • Seven "Learn from the Experts" Audio CD lesson guides.
  • Two NYI Weekend Photo Workshop DVD video programs prepared exclusively for NYI students.
  • Personal Student Advisor — a working photographer who is available to answer all your questions.
  • Unlimited support from the NYI faculty that includes professional photographers who are willing to answer all of your questions.
  • Two picture-taking projects, which will be carefully evaluated by a working professional photographer.
  • An NYI Gray Card.
  • NYI Fundamentals of Digital Photography Graduation Certificate.

We're so sure you'll be satisfied with your NYI Short Course, we offer our No Risk Refund Policy, which is unlike any other in the industry. Find out more by calling 800-445-7279 or by clicking here for a Free Course Catalogor enrolling right now!

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Here's what some of our graduates have to say about NYI's Short Course: Fundamentals of Digital Photography.

Joanne L., 2007 Fundamentals Graduate from New Jersey:

"This course provided me with the basic skills to successfully operate a digital SLR. Since taking the Fundamentals Course, I have developed a better eye for photography and art in general. Thank you for your constructive feedback and excellent instruction."

Susanna G., 2007 Fundamentals Graduate from Victoria, B.C., Canada

"I have really enjoyed this Course. It was practical and easy to finish. I could look at the material and use the information right away so that I felt it was of immediate benefit to my picture taking. It also helped me in my classroom to bring digital photography alive to my students."

John B., 2007 Fundamentals Graduate from Rhode Island:

"I enjoyed taking the FDP Course and the knowledge gained from it has helped me move forward in pursuing a career in digital photography. My instructor was very helpful and in fact, took the time to answer all my questions in detail."

John D., 2007 Fundamentals Graduate from California:

"This was a great course. I must admit that I looked on the Internet and various trade magazines but I couldn't find a photo course that I could really afford that was for real. Then I got the announcement in the mail about this new course you were offering.

This course had everything that I expected and more. I really appreciated the explanation of the digital SLR. I went from using auto mode 90% of the time to full manual mode 90% of the time.

The chapters on composition and lighting were my favorite. When I started looking at my subjects from these points of view I found my photographs improved immeasurably. I also appreciated the comments from the person who did my critiques on my submissions. They were very constructive and I am trying to put them to use all of the time.

The textbooks were easy to read and presented the information in a way that was understandable. I think the CD presentations were great. The conversational tone of the instructors who are very knowledgeable made me feel like I was right there in the classroom."

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