Our Featured Education Partners:
Sessions.edu
The first accredited online design school, Session.edu offers dozens of online courses in web design, web development, multimedia, digital design and new media marketing. Training is instructor-led and available whenever you wish to learn. Session.edu's courses integrate theory, practice and related software applications and run on a continual basis. Sessions.edu offers a wide variety of certificates, course packages and individual courses.
Online digital photography certificates include:
- Graphic Design Certificate
- Graphic Design Advanced Certificate
- Graphic Design Masters Certificate
- Digital Arts Certificate
- Digital Arts Advanced Certificate
- Digital Arts Masters Certificate
Sessions.edu is the only nationally accredited fully online school of design. Sessions.edu is accredited by the Distance Education and Training Council (DETC) in Washington, DC and is the first online school licensed by the State of New York Department of Education.
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Academy of Art University Online
Established in 1929, Academy of Art University is the largest private art & design university in the nation offering accredited online AA, BFA and MFA degrees, classes and certificates. The Photography program ensures students produce technically and aesthetically sound work. Under the guidance of a faculty of working professionals, students fine tune their style. Courses include:
- Digital Photography
- Portraiture/Fine Art
- Advertising/Photo Illustration
- Documentary/Photojournalism
Academy of Art University is accredited by the national Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).
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Agfa Online Photo Course
Improve your photography skills with Agfa Photography's online courses. Tuition is free and you can choose from these titles:
- The Online Digital Course
Be sure to visit the Agfa library where you can find everything worth knowing about the world of photography: data and facts, advice and recommendations, information and instructions, designed to assist you in your tasks and hobbies.
BetterPhoto.com
This award winning site offers many online photography courses in addition to photo tips, articles, questions and answers, newsletter, discussion forum and more. Here are some of the online courses available:
- Beginning Photography in a Digital World
- Photoshop for Photographers
- Image Design - Revealing Your Personal Vision
- Creative Use of Filters
Kodak Digital Learning Center
Kodak's Digital Learning Center offers a collection of tips, techniques, how-to's as well as free online courses for learning digital photography. Courses include:
- Digital Imaging Fundamentals
- Digital Color Theory
- Desktop Imaging Systems & Issues
- Introduction to Digital Imaging
- Introduction to Digital Printing
- Introduction to Digital Storage
The Lepp Institute of Digital Imaging
The Lepp Institute of Digital Imaging provides interactive photographic workshops with a state-of-the-art digital darkroom lab. Here are some of the distance learning courses available:
- Photography and the Digital Darkroom
- Macro/Flower Photography and the Digital Darkroom
- The Complete Digital Travel Photographer
- Initial Digital
photocourse.com
This site teaches digital photography, while paying homage to the masters who have used different technologies over the past 150 years. The extensive online text covers all areas of digital photography while never overlooking the technique common to both film and electronic media.
The Robert Farber International Photography Workshop
Founded in 1998 by Robert Farber, Photoworkshop.com is a unique educational environment created by photographers for photographers where photographers from around the world to share their work, their ideas, and their knowledge with each other. Free membership at Photoworkshop.com gets you access to a 3D learning environment with hundreds of audio files, tutorials and interactive content. Topics covered include:
- Digital Photography
- Camera Choices
- Lighting
- Desktop Publishing
Members can participate in photography assignments, member showcases, galleries, critiques, exhibitions, as well as message boards, classifieds, calendar, chat room and contests.
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT University)
RMIT University offers the photographic online subjects Location Imaging, Studio Imaging and Digital Imaging and is an asynchronous approach to photographic distance learning education. Note that the application to enrol in these courses involves a questionnaire and the submission of a folio of work consisting of 6 JPEG images.
SayCheese
SayCheese is all about digital photography and offers a wealth of information for learning about digital photography. At the site you'll find:
- Simple Steps: guide to shooting digital
- Digital Photography News
- Articles and information
- Tips, tricks and tutorials
- Digital photo contest
- Camera buying guide
- Professional corner
And if you get stuck, you can ask the Big Cheese a photography question.
School of Photography
If you are new to digital photography, try the Digital Photography course at the School of Photography. The course is designed to give you all the necessary information and help needed to become confident with your camera and covers subjects from capturing your image, processing your image, layers, image manipulaton, printing, presentation and more. The course is delivered entirely online and available anytime, anywhere. Visit the site for current tuition fees. On successful completion of the course you will receive a graded School of Photography Certificate in Digital Photography to frame.
Shortcourses.com - Making Digital Photography a Snap
Shortcourses.com offers comprehensive photography courses online and for free. This site specializes in digital photography and here's a list of available courses:
- Choosing a Digital Camera
- Digital Photography
- Digital Video
- The Digital Darkroom
- Getting Better Digital Photos
Also helpful is the digital camera resource guide where you will learn about the different camera brands and what accessories are available for each. If you currently own a digital camera or just thinking about buying one, you'll definitely want to bookmark this site!
Web Photo School
Web Photo School offers you over 100 photography lessons in a wide range of subject areas. You can try the public lessons for free or enroll for a yearly membership and have access to the entire database of courses. Here's a just a few of the many learning categories:
- Lighting and special effects
- Digital photography
Utilizing world class instructors, the Web Photo School faculty is comprised of many of the editors and columnists from the world's leading photography, film, video and digital magazines, and many authors of best-selling photography books.
Photography Tutorials
Digital Outback Photo
Fine Art Outdoor Photography using Digital Cameras. For all content of this online magazine the quality of the photo is a main criteria. This includes composition, message, colors, stories and technique. This site is totally independent and fully dedicated to outdoor photography using professional digital cameras (often SLRs). Good selection of reviews and resources are also included on the site.
Luminous-Landscape.com
Luminous-Landscape.com has a large list of digital photography tutorials, techniques, camera and equipment reviews and more.
PhotographyTips.com
PhotographyTips.com offers hundreds of tips and hints for both beginner and advanced photographers. Lots of good information here for anyone interested in digital photography.
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