Comments on: My NYIP Experience: The Complete Course in Professional Photography – Review of Unit 2

By: Ellie

Ellie — Fri, 02 Jan 2015 22:04:58 +0000

Thanks for your comment Fallesen! The Internation Certification sound great! Plus they would be focused on what you specialize in I hope that they are available soon! This is a great comment about the hyperfocal distance! To be honest, this is still a concept that I am struggling with and I definitely need to get a better handle on with more practice Thanks for the tip, I will definitely give this a try!

By: Fallesen

Fallesen — Wed, 31 Dec 2014 05:53:28 +0000

Nice photos. I have been thinking about taking the course at NYIP when they start up the Wedding and Portrait International Certification classes. Looks like it is a great school.

I noticed on the third photo (farm house) you had your settings at f/22, with a shutter speed of 1/30 so that you would have everything in focus. Do you think you could have just used Hyperfocal Distance for this shot? Then take the shot at f/14 to get a little more shutter speed and everything from 2ft from your camera to infinity would be in focus. That way you are closer to that sweet aperture f stop for sharp focus. (I think on the lens you listed ef24-105 f/4.0 has a sweet spot sharp focus of f/8) Just a suggestion. It is a really beautiful photo. I like how the path leads me into the photo and also the slope of the mountain on the left side coming into the farm house too.

Can’t wait to read more of your course reviews. Happy shooting

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Wed, 15 Oct 2014 10:57:45 +0000

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By: Martie

Martie — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 01:13:41 +0000

Thanks for the reply!

By: Ellie

Ellie — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 22:50:10 +0000

Hi Martie, thanks for your comment. I am really enjoying it and am learning lots. I am not sure how much it has changed in the past 10 years, but I can tell you that I did not know how to use my camera in Manual before starting the course and now I can really control all the settings and have a much better understanding of the general rules of photography. I would definitely recommend this course, it is really helping me further my knowledge of professional photography and I love to learn about lighting and studio setting in the later units! There is so much to learn with photography and I love having the structure of a full course, with photo assignments in between to put your learning into practice. Hope this helps!

By: Martie R

Martie R — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 20:27:52 +0000

Hi Ellie
Just reading your blog. So you really are enjoying the NYIP course? I sigh up about 10 years ago and never finished. Back then it seemed very dated. Now seeing your photos and reading your input ,it seems very different. I have taken on line courses from PPSOP,but I’m rethinking trying NYIP. Thanks for your blog!