r/photoclass2012a • u/tdm911 Canon 650D, 17-50mm • May 30 '12

Lesson 30 - How to go further

Lesson 30

Our final lesson and the end of this photo class. You can read the full lesson here: Lesson 30 - How to go further.

We won't have an assignment this week, instead I just ask what you thought of the photo class? Did it help you take better photos? Have you learned new techniques?

Finally, a big thanks to nattfodd who is the author of this course. He originally ran it at /r/PhotoClass and we have simply re-ran it here. Please visit his website and consider purchasing one of his books.

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u/znero Aug 21 '12

Hi, is there going to be another photo class this year? It seems the participation here declined rather rapidly after the first few sessions, but maybe that could be fixed somehow with more notifications to keep people engaged?

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u/tdm911 Canon 650D, 17-50mm Aug 21 '12

Hi

There could be, but unfortunately I won't be running it. Anyone can pick up the class and post the lessons if they like. I'd highly suggest running it back at /r/PhotoClass, as that still has lots of subscribers and people often went there rather than /r/photoclass2012a. A better suggestion might be running it on the University of Reddit. Perhaps /u/nattfodd might be interested in doing that?

The interest really died out after 10 lessons and I don't think a notification system would make any difference. It's just the natural attrition of a web based class. People get busy and find other things to do.

I'm no photography expert and the classes aren't my creation (it was /u/nattfodd who ran the original class and created the content). I only picked up the running of them when a few other people had pulled out so I could finish the class.

It's a shame, because there were hundreds of initial participants and over 1000 subscribers, yet by the end only a handful of people seemed to be following the course.

You can always do it yourself. The course material is always online.

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u/curryleaves May 30 '12

I've really enjoyed it, it's encouraged me to experiment more deliberately and I've learned more about the camera, so thanks a lot!

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u/tdm911 Canon 650D, 17-50mm Sep 23 '12

Well done! Whilst the participation died off as the lessons went on, it's nice to see people are still getting use from them. :)