The New York Institute of Photography

Founded in 1910, the New York Institute of Photography is the world's largest photography school. Located in New York City, a place that the school calls "the photography capital of the world," it has a constant enrollment of at least 20,000 students and offers a program that combines home study with hands-on learning. The course offers a very strong business element along with the photographic technique, a valuable skill for students to acquire as they set out to sell themselves to the hungry world market.

The courses at this institution offer a distinct advantage over others because they are completely distance learning based and the courses can be completed in twelve to twenty-four months. The school offers three comprehensive learning experiences: a complete course in professional photography, a complete course in digital photography (which also includes training in Adobe Photoshop) and a short course in the fundamentals of digital photography. Students are assisted with comprehensible and well-designed textbooks, teachers-on-tape audio guides, audio analysis by your professor as to your personal photographs, a personal student adviser (who may be accessed whenever you need) and DVDs which describe and demonstrate professional photography techniques so you can see as well as do. For those not wanting to participate in the segments about nude or glamour photography, those are considered optional.

The school allows for any course to be completed in a maximum of three years, and they also offer a three week money back guarantee, with no fee for course withdraw or materials return. The easiest way to request information is via the school's website, and they are also available by phone and fax, Monday through Friday, from nine to six.

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