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Beecher's HandoutsBeecher's Handouts is a free 122 page book about photography. Read online or download a free copy. | Photo Cheat SheetThe questions you need to ask just before you press the shutter release. Read online or download a free copy. | Photo Flash CardsUse the flash cards to make learning about your camera easy. Read online or download a free copy. | Photoshop Elements100s of articles & tutorials make editing with Photoshop Elements easier and fun. | LightroomHere's a free 127 page book about organizing and editing with the program. Read online or download a free copy. | PrintingGet help with your prints. |
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Tips: Flash Bigots, Shutter Speeds: Long
Making Photographs
Post Production
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Classes with Jim
Private Photography Lessons with Jim
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NYC & Nearby
I'm available:
• Afternoons and evenings.
• Weekdays and weekends.
House Calls or ?
I can come to your home or office.
Or, we can meet elsewhere.
Credentials
• This website
• 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).
Fee
A two-hour session is $185.
A three-hour session is $235.
Please pay cash or check at the end of the lesson.
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.
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.
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If you have a question, go to Ask Jim.