Posted on June 29th, 2012 by Bob McGowan

A message often heard by students in our Career Training program is that if they are determined to make a career in photography, they can absolutely do so. An extremely focused student of ours from the last go around in 2011 is proving just that. Kinsey Roy Chamberlin, of Butte, MT came to us with [...]
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Posted on June 29th, 2012 by Bob McGowan

This week in Summer Intensive was all about the students rapidly learning advanced concepts in photography and digital technology. Over the previous weekend, the students were able to check out specific Canon cameras and lenses from our extensive “library” of gear. Canon is a tremendous Educational Partner of ours, and their support adds enhanced value [...]
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Posted on June 22nd, 2012 by Bob McGowan

And the journey continues. This week in Summer Intensive is a particularly fun one for the students. First off, their experience involved a second week of digging into the nitty gritty of the Adobe Lightroom software in the Edit classes & labs working on their newly created images. Also, they learned about enhancement of their [...]
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Posted on June 19th, 2012 by Bob McGowan

As far as where our students land after completing our Career Training program, sometimes they just stay up in the air…literally. Such is the case with 2006 alum, Ethan Rohloff. For the past couple of years, he has taken to the air for his photography business in Australia. With an eye for architecture, his work [...]
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Posted on May 30th, 2012 by Andy Kemmis

Well, it’s just about that time again!! The time of year when we kick off our Summer Intensive course. This year marks the 23rd consecutive year we have run this course, and we are as excited as ever about welcoming a new crop of eager, dedicated photographers to Missoula to give them the best photographic [...]
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Posted on May 23rd, 2012 by Bob McGowan

When one of our illustrious instructors gets big press, we’re both darn glad and super-pleased to spread the word. Such is the case with our Outdoor Photography instructor, Michael DeYoung. A professional adventure, landscape and lifestyle photographer, he has landed an interview and full page spread all about photographing in Alaska that has been published [...]
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Posted on April 13th, 2012 by Bob McGowan

Since graduating from RMSP’s Summer Intensive in 2004, Tonya Ballou Peterson has been working steadily as a wedding photographer in Utah and New Mexico. When she graduated, her intention was to pursue commercial and food photography, but after a disastrous experience with her own wedding photographer in 2005, she realized that helping brides preserve their [...]
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Posted on March 22nd, 2012 by Bob McGowan

Montana is the fourth largest state in the Union in terms of land mass, and if you’ve ever driven its breadth from east to west or vice versa – over 600 miles in all – you would know that it’s definitely one long haul and includes climbs over several mountain ranges including the Continental Divide. [...]
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Posted on March 13th, 2012 by Andy Kemmis

If you are like most photographers, you might have a shot list or list of projects you would like to accomplish that is a mile long, or a “bucket list” of courses you would like to take someday. Whether existing solely in the back of your mind, or (as in my case) on 1000 scrunched [...]
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Posted on March 2nd, 2012 by Bob McGowan

In terms of our alumni, it is always rewarding to see our graduates hit the ground running building their businesses and getting work almost immediately after leaving RMSP. Karen Dressel is one such an example. A 2011 graduate of our Career Training program, her drive and determination is beginning to make her a force to [...]
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