This Year Photography school

Should I spend my money on an education in photography or should I spend it on Travel this year?

We get this question very often.

The concept

This Year Photography school© provides a unique learning opertunity. With some time off from school or work many ask themselves "What should I do? Education or travel?" Wouldn't it be great to do both?

This Year you can.

We provide a unique learning concept and service.  We welcome you to come to a beautiful tropical paradise where we teach you a complete, serious and intense course in ideal surroundings. This is a real and complete Photography course. By the time you come home you will be ready to start your career in Photography or just have the ability and understanding to take professional and beautiful pictures. Not to mention a great Tan and wonderful memories you bring home.

Everything is taken care of. The course packet includes:

• Flight
• Transportation to Tioman Island from Kuala Lampur
• Bookings and reservations
• Accomodation
• Course Materials
• Graduation Party

We even offer greatly reduced rates on photographic equipment. If you purchase a package that include camera equipment you will save up to 75% compared to buying it locally.

You may choose to stay in Malaysia longer. If you wish to do so please let us know if you would like to extend your stay so we can book your return ticket for that date. After your course ends you will be responsible for your own accomodation which we can book for you.

You have come here curious about this wonderful medium, photography. You felt it was such a exciting career or an artistic medium. Maybe you just want to take better pictures for your hobby or on Holiday. Or you felt it was very glamourous to be a photographer. Whether it's on the runway or deep in a  jungle on a documentary or on your own studio set or location. Surrounded by assistants, Makeup artists, hairstylists, clothing stylists, set designers and art directors. You are the one in charge and control of it all, and want to see how you can become a photographer.The truth of it is. It is just that exciting and Glamourous. After almost 25 years of being a professional photographer I can honestly tell you from personal experience that I still feel exactly like that every day! This is your chance to start feeling like that.
This is a course about Photography, Not a graphic arts course. You will learn about light and the way we capture the world around us using photography. We do have basic teachings using useful and required skills with Photoshop. You will gain the tools you will need to do ALL TYPES of photography. Digital, Analog, Alternative and all different genras. Fashion, Glamor, Portrait, Sports, Press, Mingle and Event, Entertainment, Nature, Lanscape, Archetechture, just to name a few. You will gain practical "Hands on" Knowledge on how to become the kind of Photographer you choose. You will learn how to control the camera and composition, instead of the other way around. You will learn what makes a good picture and how to tell the difference.

We love to share our knowledge and experience and want to pass it on to you. This is an intense course. Where we have been compared to schools who teach for a year and get much more out of our course. This is also a relaxed and comfortable environment.
You will be tested, but mostly by yourself and your peers. We care very much if you are following with the skills and work very hard on making sure you are benefitting and retaining them. This course is built in logical steps. You start with the basics of what Photography is and move on to the operations of the camera and photo equipment. This includes studio lightng and sets.

• beginner
• amateur or professional
• as a hobby

The professional looking to increase their skills or branch out into another field of photography.

The hobbyist who just wants to learn how to take beautiful pictures

The student that wants to become a professional photographer.

When talking to students that have taken the course the Top 3 reasons
why this course standsout among others are:

1. It's a intense course that covers many of the fields of photography. You will try all of these hands on and learn how to work within these fields. This gives you the oppurtunity to try on fields of photography that you haven't worked with before and broaden your knowledge. This helps you getting a better understanding of photography as a whole and also gives you the knowledge you need to advance your photography after the course is done.

2. The course is "hands on" oriented. It's takes place in a proffesional photostudio, you work with the equipment that you are learning about and you always have your camera with you. There will also be fieldtrips, guest speakers and studio time. So not only do you get the technical knowhow but also the practical experience with the camera and also how to work in different surroundings and environments

3. It's the course where you get the most value for your money. There are no extra or hidden fees. Course litterature, analog film, chemicals, papers, studio time etc, it's all included. All you have to bring is a pen, papper, and a digital SLR camera. If you don't
have a camera you can't rent one from the school for a 1000 SEK for the duration of the course. So the 19,900 SEK course fee is the only cost for the whole course and all the material you need.