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7 Photography Courses For Excellent Results

by admin · 09/02/2019

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The projects on this site are not “how to learn photography” projects. They’re about having fun with a camera and enjoying photography. Learning something can turn into a chore rather than an enjoyment. So if you want to try these ideas out you can do so casually. Just enjoy them, you may learn something from them, and if you do great. If not you can do some photography courses.

A waterscape in Galway

Before I go any farther I must disclose that I use affiliate links on this website, and there are some on this page. This means that if you click on one and buy something from the website it refers you to, I will get a little payment. You will not pay any extra than you would have if you had gone straight to the website you bought from. This is how I make a living.
The photographs in this article have nothing to do with any of the photography courses discussed here. They’re all my own photos and are here to brighten up the post. Text only posts are dull on any blog, but on a photography blog…well…ridiculous.

Why bother with a photography course

Many people just want photographs as memories. They aren’t overly concerned with how technically accomplished they are. This site is basically to show people that it’s possible to have fun with photography.

A photograph on a post about online photography courses

Some people want to learn all about photography. In some cases they will be happy to be enthusiast photographers, but will want to learn about photography. Other people will have ambitions to take it further, and will need to learn. There are many photography courses online and I’m going to show the best ones here.
Sometimes people will want to learn about one or two aspects of photography that they’re week at. It may be exposure, composition or lighting. It may be processing, learning a specific programme, or the tools involved. There’s many photography courses available for the different aspects of the craft, as well as general courses.
If you would like to take photography courses to take your skill to the next level, here are some courses. These are not the only photography courses online, but I think they’re some of the very best. Why don’t you look through them and see if any is what you like.

A photograph of a pigeon

1.CreativeLive

CreativeLive is all about creativity. Their photography courses online are delivered as video tutorials. They cover essentials, software, techniques and cameras. More importantly they cover twelve photographic genres, or just about everything.
This whole website is geared towards creativity, as the name implies. They also cover Video, Art, Design, Crafts, Music and Audio. In all they have over 1,500 curated classes with over 650 instructors.
Some of their classes are free and always available online. Have a look at one or two of these. They’ll give an indication of what’s on offer, but the paid for classes obviously have more detail and depth. Some of the free classes last for less than 2 minutes while others are well over an hour long. Visit Creative Live website.

2. Digital Photography School

This is one of the top photography websites and is also well regarded for photography courses online. They have several stand alone photography courses, some for beginners, and others aimed at intermediate level photographers. Like most courses they’re delivered by video.
As well as their courses they also have 24 quality ebooks that teach aspects of photography. This is all from one of the best loved photography blogs online. The blog alone is a wonderful resource for photographers quite apart from the courses and ebooks. Check the Digital Photography School website.

Some water activity

3. Learn & Master

This is a single comprehensive course. It’s presented on DVD which you buy and own yourself. This gives you the option of playing the discs over again if you need to. It also include two CDs of photos used in the course and a thorough Lesson Book. There’s over thirty hours of instruction.
I know that online videos are always there as well as the DVD you own. However the Internet does  go down occasionally and that could happen at an inconvenient time. When you have the course on your own DVDs, that won’t happen. Learn & Master is here.

4. CLICK Photography course

This is a photography courses online for beginners and amateurs. It has 18 modules which you complete at your own pace. It goes from an introduction to the basics right through to advances photoshop techniques.
Their website has a student showcase gallery where students can post some of their photographs. There’s a forum exclusively for members who take the course. On their website there’s also a DSLR simulator. Take a look at Click photographic course.

River Corrib, Galway

5. kelbyone

Again this is a business that teaches through video. All photography is covered in depth, with a large number of specialised courses. It looks to be very strong in it’s post-processing content. Many of the instructors are world famous photographers.
 This is a membership site with three different plans. You can sign up for free, check out some of the videos and decide if you want to join. If you do there are two levels of membership. There’s more about Kelbyone here.

6. Skillshare

This is another company that offers many different courses across the photography spectrum. Once again they’re video based. They provide courses in a range of subjects and many of them are free. Actually they call them classes rather than courses. When you join up for paid classes, the first month of membership is free. Get a closer look at Skillshare.

Time for a snack

7. Udemy

Udemy provides more than photography courses online, they provide courses in many other areas. They include Marketing, IT and Software, Business and several others. In all they have over 100,000 online courses.
Their photography courses  are presented in the form of online video lessons. There’s a large number of courses covering a wide range of topics. Some of the courses cover video production also. The Udemy website.

You can start online photography courses for free

I’ve listed very good online photography courses here. If you would like to learn photography or any specific aspect of photography, you’ll find a suitable course here. There’s a mixture of comprehensive all encompassing courses and short targeted courses. If you decide to signup for one, try to enjoy it. Some of listed sites offer some free courses to try before you commit to a paid for course. Try a few of these first what’s available, would it benefit you, and would you complete a comprehensive  course. Then if you feel you would, pick an online photography course, and enjoy it.
If you’re not interested in studying photography why not try some of the projects here. Perhaps you’d like to make comics with photographs or photograph fish in an aquarium. There will be more fun projects added here on a ongoing basis.