Posted on March 7th, 2013 by Andy Kemmis

2013 is definitely shaping up to be a milestone in the history of our school. What began in the basement of a local church with three students in 1989, has grown into one of the best photography schools in the world (at least we think it is!). In our 25 years, we have partnered with [...]
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Posted on August 17th, 2012 by Bob McGowan

Finished. Fini. Finito. Terminado. In any language it’s stated, this is the final week of Summer Intensive 2012 and first of the three sessions comprising our Career Training program. Always a bittersweet time, the last week is definitely anything but a “cruise week” for the folks as they, again, are put through their paces. Early [...]
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Posted on August 10th, 2012 by Bob McGowan

Here we are in Week 10 of SI 2012, and the students’ experience couldn’t be any busier. The end of their week last Saturday involved a fun field trip to the beautiful National Bison Range near Arlee, Montana. Instructor Doug Johnson brought the troops with him to practice their newly developed skills in landscape photography. [...]
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Posted on August 3rd, 2012 by Bob McGowan

The clock keeps ticking and the Summer Intensive students are rounding the far turn and quickly heading toward home stretch. Coming off the second and last long break of the course, Week 9 involved more of the quality creative education and experience they’ve been immersed in since the beginning. The week began in Photo Studies [...]
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Posted on July 27th, 2012 by Andy Kemmis

Right about now, all of our Summer Intensive students are thinking, “Week 8 … How can it be week 8 already?!?!” True to form, this is the about the time of the program when it dawns on everyone that there isn’t that much time left to their SI experience, but there is TONS of work [...]
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Posted on July 20th, 2012 by Bob McGowan

SI keeps rolling along and it’s already nearly the end of Week 7! At this stage, our students are progressing nicely with both their technical skill, comprehensive understanding and artistic pursuits. Last Friday the students presented their major slideshow projects in front of their peers and staff, which is truly an inspirational and emotional experience [...]
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Posted on July 13th, 2012 by Bob McGowan

Week 6 is quickly coming to a close and the students have officially reached the midpoint of Summer Intensive. This is the point where they are critiqued one-on-one for the first time on their first major photographic project of the summer: their individual slideshows. This weeks culminates in a full-scale presentation of their unique vision in [...]
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Posted on July 6th, 2012 by Bob McGowan

It was a short week for the students…very short. They concluded a five-day break on Wednesday, the Fourth of July, and returned to class on Thursday and Friday. But as they say, you just have to hop right back on that horse and boy, the students sure have. In the last two days here’s what’s [...]
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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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