Kaboom Your Photography!

Beecher's Handouts

Beecher's Handouts is a FREE digital photography textbook.

Topics include aperture, shutter speed, exposure, lenses, white balance, flash, & more.

• Read Online

• Table of Contents

• Download a Free Copy

Photoshop Elements

Edit with Photoshop Elements.

It's easier to use than Photoshop—does what photographers need to do—and costs a lot less.

• Beginners go here.

• Others go to Photoshop Elements.

PATH

Most books are about cameras.

This book is about you.

Get on the best photography path with PATH.

And, it's FREE.

• Read Online

• Table of Contents

• Download a Free Copy

Tips

Learn something new.

Improve your photography with over a hundred tips.

Topics include how to buy a camera, flash, lenses, matting & framing, night photography, & lots more.

• Go to Tips.

NYC Photography Exhibits

There are over fifty photography exhibits in New York City.

Can't go?

Most of the exhibits are online.

Don't know which ones to go to?

There's a photograph from each exhibit to help you choose.

• Go to NYC Photography Exhibits.

photokaboom.com blog

Every weekday—two photography "treats" are posted.

I search hundreds of photography websites for the best articles, interviews, tips, & tutorials.

• Go to the photokaboom.com blog.

Over 300 Master

Photographers

There are hundreds of links to over 300 master photographers.

• Go to Over 300 Master

Photographers.

Printing

Need help with printing?

• Go to Printing.

Creative Energy Questionnaire

Delve into your inner photographer.

Get more creative energy—more motivation—& more direction.

• Go to the Creative Energy Questionnaire.

Upcoming Classes

Get energized by taking a class with me.

I teach at the 92nd St. Y in New York City.

• Go to Upcoming Classes.

For Jim's Students

I've collected together articles pertinent to you.

There's advice, a list of items to buy, & more.

• Go to For Jim's Students.

Private Lessons

Get learning, inspiration, & energy—customized to your needs and goals.

I teach in NYC, its environs, & the Hudson Valley.

• Go to Private Lessons.

Digital Photography

Possible topics include:

• Instruction Manual Assignments

• Two Filters

• Organizing Your Photographs

• Or ?

Photoshop Elements

A few simple techniques can improve your photographs tremendously.

Credentials

• photokaboom.com

• Many years of teaching at the International Center of Photography (Bio), 92nd St. Y (Bio), and elsewhere.

• Years ago, I taught young people at the Nightingale-Bamford School and the Trevor Day School.

• Counseling training at New York University (B.S.S.W, 2000, summa cum laude; M.S.W., 2002).

House Calls or ?

I can come to your home or office.

Or, we can meet elsewhere.

Fee

A two-hour session is $185.

A three-hour session is $235.

Please pay cash or check at the end of the lesson.

When

I'm available afternoons and evenings.

More than One

You can invite a friend to the lesson at no extra charge.

Handouts

Handouts pertinent to your needs are provided at no additional charge.

Support

E-mail support between lessons is provided at no additional charge.

Assignments

We'll devise assignments to be completed between lessons.

Creative Energy Questionnaire

I may ask you to fill out the Creative Energy Questionnaire.

If so, your responses will give me a picture of where you're at and where you want to go.

At the Lesson

At your lesson, have:

• The camera battery charged, and the camera instruction manual.

• Pen and paper handy.

• Questions ready.

• Photographs set aside in a folder on your computer for easy access.

Select photographs about which you have questions, and some of your "greatest hits."

Please don't have any concerns about showing me your photographs.

I'm not a rip-you-to-shreds-to-build-you-up teacher.

Get Going

Please fill out this short form.

If you have a question, go to Ask Jim.