I finally received my copy of the BetterPhoto Guide to Creative Digital Photography written by Jim Moitke and Kerry Drager. Jim and Kerry have both been mentors to me over the years, through taking online courses at BetterPhoto.com, the masterpiece club at BetterPhoto, and from a seminar I took in Seattle a few years ago. I was honoured that they asked to use one of the photos I took during the seminar in Seattle for their book. I contributed the image for free to thank them for all they have taught me.
You can view some excerpts from the book by clicking the cover image.
The excerpts do not include the page my image is on, so I will show you that page here:
Click the image to view a larger version.
I love taking the online courses at BetterPhoto. Their instructors are well known professional photographers. They send you the course material with an assignment and you have around 10 days to complete each one. The course schedule is just a guideline though and if it takes you longer to complete the assignment that is ok. You don’t have to be online at any specific time. You upload your images and then the instructor sends you feedback on how you could improve them. You even have an opportunity to take the photos again or adjust them and re-submit for further feedback. As well, you get feedback from your fellow classmates and can upload any photos that you want critiqued to a forum. All around I have found the courses to be very educational, fun and a great value.
Check out their courses on their website:
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Congratulations Anne. Wonderful silhouette with amazing color
Thank you very much Len, I appreciate it.
Hi Anne,
Thanks for the nice words and the great blog post! The book features lots of beautiful photos contributed by BetterPhoto members and pro instructors, and a well-deserved congratulations to you on your terrific photo being among those selected. Thanks again, Anne!
Kerry
Hi Kerry, thank you very much for your visit and comments, and of course for selecting my image for your beautiful book. I am very honoured to be included in it.
Congrats Anne for your selection and thanks for the reference
Hi Robert, thank you very much, I highly recommend the courses I’m sure you would enjoy it.
Congratulations. It’s always nice to see one’s work in a publication – objective proof of one’s ability. Well deserved in your case certainly and the image shown is an example of the high quality of your work. Well done, Anne
Hi Andy, thank you so much for your very kind words about my image! It is reaffirming to get an image into such a high quality book as this and helps reinforce that I’m on the right path.
Congratulations on having your beautiful image published in this book, Anne.
Thank you very much Steven, I appreciate it very much.
Congratulations Anne! It’s a great picture and very good advice!
Howard
Thank you so much Howard!
That’s fantastic Anne. Congratulations.
Thank you very much Edith! It was a real honour.
Congratulations, Anne! It looks like a really good book – and this is fitting, as your beautiful photo deserves to be in a really good book.
Awww, thanks Laurie! It is a really good book. I have a few other books written by BetterPhoto and they are very thorough and contain lots of great tips.
That’s great Anne! Congratulations!
Thank you very much Curt.