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I have an opportunity to attend a vocational school for an 18 month Commercial Photography Program. This is there outline. Photographer’s what are you opinions? Or should I just go to an actual university?
MISSION: The mission of this program is to prepare students for employment or advanced training in commercial photography, portrait photography, wedding photography, industrial photography or the photographic digital lab industry.
Program of Study Includes:
This program consists of a planned sequence of courses.
PGY0180 – Black and White Specialist (500 hours) – Includes training in the areas of safety, principles of the digital camera, creative controls, lines of composition, perspective, available light exposures, and using a portable flash.
PGY0182 – Photography Specialist/Lab Technician (200 hours) – Content includes training in the following areas: Adobe Photoshop, making prints, scanning images, and outputting digital images.
PGY0183 – Portrait Photographer (500 hours) – Content includes training in basic portrait lighting, lenses and their effects, creating low and high key portraits of men, women and children, bridal portraits, business portraits, creating model composites, window light portraiture, and creating environmental portraits.
PGY0185 – Commercial Photographer (450 hours) – Includes training in computer tethered digital cameras, commercial lighting, multimedia presentations, table top product photography, architectural, and product photography and preparing a business plan.

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I have an opportunity to attend a vocational school for an 18 month Commercial Photography Program. This is there outline. Photographer’s what are you opinions? Or should I just go to an actual university?
MISSION: The mission of this program is to prepare students for employment or advanced training in commercial photography, portrait photography, wedding photography, industrial photography or the photographic digital lab industry.
Program of Study Includes:
This program consists of a planned sequence of courses.
PGY0180 – Black and White Specialist (500 hours) – Includes training in the areas of safety, principles of the digital camera, creative controls, lines of composition, perspective, available light exposures, and using a portable flash.
PGY0182 – Photography Specialist/Lab Technician (200 hours) – Content includes training in the following areas: Adobe Photoshop, making prints, scanning images, and outputting digital images.
PGY0183 – Portrait Photographer (500 hours) – Content includes training in basic portrait lighting, lenses and their effects, creating low and high key portraits of men, women and children, bridal portraits, business portraits, creating model composites, window light portraiture, and creating environmental portraits.
PGY0185 – Commercial Photographer (450 hours) – Includes training in computer tethered digital cameras, commercial lighting, multimedia presentations, table top product photography, architectural, and product photography and preparing a business plan.

Swedish ladies doesn’t qualify as still life. But an interesting subject doesn’t hurt to go along with composition and lighting.

I’d say pretty important. I helps keep your eyes moving and adds intrigue to the piece. Looking at an image of a bottle can be pretty boring and I’d look at the piece for a couple of seconds tops. But what if we wrapped it with barbed wire? Wouldn’t that be interesting?
Good Luck,
stev