Photography Schools

...i was looking into this for this year, but it didn't happen...but theyre are a couple ones...they're usually around 15,000 so they will deff dent you pocket hard, but maybe there are ones i dont know about....honestly i have learned so much from the internet, i am not sure i can justify $15,000 for a year...not including rent and living expenses...but my rents say after ive done uni i can go out there if i still want to

I'm in photo school right now (@ Rochester Institute of Technology).

I would seriously recommend trying to get a job assisting first. I'm really not sure that the degree in photo I'm going to get at the end of this year is really going to help me get ahead in the photo world.

PM me if you really want to chat about it, but I'm beginning to reconsider if school is the best way to get into the photo field.




It really totally depends on what you want to do/shoot, but there are a variety of other ways to go about getting into the creative fields than paying out the asshole to have a college teach it to you.........

Well in another year in a half ill have a bachelors degree in Marketing.. so ill always have that as a back up.. plus i think a photography degree would work pretty good with a marketing degree. Right now i shoot a lot of landscape photography but im getting more and more into BMX and Ski photography..

i have a friend whos a professional photographer. shoots a mostly businesses and hotels. he told me that you dont need schooling for photography. just try to get on assisting someone would a better bet

Im looking into going to schools for photography too... I live in California and I dont want to leave the west coast but I have been looking into the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. The teachers there are award winning photographers and what not so that looked promising but Im also looking in Washington at the Cornish College of Arts or the University of Washington. I hope that helped a little...

very true. I have been working with another photographer for almost 5 years now. just this last summer I started branching out on my own. I feel for the stuff i do(mostly weddings and seniors with a bit of skateboarding for a local company) people feel a bit better but its your work that should speak for you not a degree.

I dont know i think photography school would be a real good time. I think i would accually enjoy going to class every day for a change. I mean you prolly dont have to go to photography school if you dont want.. its one of those things you either got the eye for it or you dont. But its kind of like where do you go if you want to get better at skiing.. you go to ski camp over in whistler or mt hood.. you dont really have to go to these camps to get good but it makes you a better skier in the long run!

Have any of you heard about Colorado Mountain schools? I know the one in Glenwood Springs offers photography.. http://www.coloradomtn.edu/campus_rfc/home.shtml

I go to Brooks institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California. 3 year program at 25K+ for tuition a year and you get a BA in photography. It is a true photo school, compared to a photo program in an Art school. Brooks gives you the technical knowledge and resources to be able to pull off any kind of lighting and shit that you could ever think of. Gives you the ability to look at any photo and instantly be able to know exactly how it was shot/lit. If you could get a job interning/assisting for a real good photographer, that would be the way to go instead of blowing 100 grand on school. That way you can use your money on equipment, which is far from cheap. Like someone said above, you will only learn what that photographer knows, and their kind of style. I would recommend going to a technical photo school for a year or two to get the technical base you need, and then assist and intern to get the real world skills you need to become a successful photographer.

is it me or are US schools way overpriced....i am looking at around 12-15,000 for one year in Canada and that includes living in rez and food, maybe i just havent paid attention to that. That means with a high us dollar it would be rediculously cheap for americans to come here for school

ive been looking at academy of art too, more for animation but i do photography alot too, it looks like a great school but i dont think i can afford tuition and housing in the bay area right now

i really dont think schooling in photography is necessary, if youve got the money it couldnt hurt, but ive made a few grand in sales with just high school education, just get out and take pictures and go to art shows to get your name out and see where it takes you

hell yeah man. Brooks & RIT are basically THE photo schools in this country, unless you're into more fine art work.

I'm curious of your opinion about your education there, do you think it's been worth your time/money? And how are the faculty/facilities there? I'm just comparing notes at this point, unless I decide to go to grad school.... I'd looked at Brooks pretty hard before I went to RIT, but just never made the trip across the country to take a tour/meet and greet....