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Anonymous
Hello there /p/.
I have come to you for some advice. I'm currently in the computer programing program at my local community college. I'd don't mind programming but I can't see myself doing it 5 years from now. I've always been into photography. I'm not great, but I don't suck that bad either. I took a course but it was mostly fixing photos in photoshop. So I ask you, whats the best college to go to to get a degree in photography. Anywhere in the country will work for me, I have nothing holding me here besides lack of $.
Picture unrelated, yet awesome.
>> Anonymous
Don't get a degree in photography it's a huge waste of money. No one is going to hire you just because you have some degree. All that matters is your portfolio.
>> Anonymous
agreed.

you dont really need a college to get better, you need a mentor.

Somebody whos already doing photography and is willing to pass along the knowledge.
>> Anonymous
Yeah be cool stay in school and try to find a photographer you can assist part time. I would actually recommend taking a beginning photography course to learn the basics first but that's it really. You don't need a whole degree.
>> Lynx !!KY+lVSl0s2m
I've learned more about photography in the last 6 weeks in class than the last 3 years with a camera and the interbutts. I'm majoring in mechanical engineering, but I'm trying to take photography as long as I can find time for both. It's a very time consuming class, but it's really worth it. This week I have a lecture with Shen Wei of www.shenphoto.com and a workshop with him saturday morning. My teachers are truly a wealth of knowledge and they have me thinking in directions I would have never gone on my own, mainly from forcing me to shoot tri-x with a 50mm only for the first year. http://deptart.memphis.edu/index.php?id=50,0,0,1,0,0 is our department head and a fantastic person to approach and talk to about anything photography. My teacher is really into strobist stuff and while he treats my film and prints like crap and come down hard on me, he treats me like an equal I suppose when it comes to digital and off camea flash and is more than willing to help me with it, even tho it's WAY beyond the scope of Photo 1. Seriously, half my class can't even take a pic with their cameras, let alone develop the film and make a print. He criticises me hard sometimes, and there have been days I've wanted to drop his class, but I've learned too much to stop, I needed the structured direction and ,more importantly, criticism to make me shoot like I am now.
>> fence !!POey2hdozCZ
>>266747

what, is he supposed to check the local mentor listings in the yellow pages?

craigslist listing?

"young rebel xti owner wishes to achieve eternal photographic wisdom in a mentor-acolyte arrangement. gritty tone of voice, world-weary seen-it-all persona and scraggly photojournalism stubble a big plus."
>> fence !!POey2hdozCZ
>>266759

also, this. everyone needs to take a college level photo course if they own a camera. photo 101 in a good program will fucking change your life.
>> Anonymous
>>266762
10 out of fucking 10
that was gold, you are now my favorite tripfag