You’re doing what jarvie?
Since no one else is doing it, I’ll volunteer. haha

JDigital University-
almost like a typical internship, but with lots more learning and focus.
almost like a photography school, but with the ability to avoid the high costs and the ability to focus more on the individual.

Does it take a measure of Faith that JarvieU will be worth the time you put into it? YES
And I will do my best to offer this great opportunity to those I think will succeed.

Who’s it for?

If you’re really interested in photography. (And want to be very educated and progress rapidly)
3 of the 4 options require a decent amount of time each month.

What’s it include

• Classes
• Field Trips
• Pay it forward training
• Office experience/work
• Assisting
• Reviews
• Special Projects
• Promoting

CLASSES & other Benefits

Every month I’ll have a schedule with many different classes and time slots.
You can sign up for as many classes as wanted.
We’ll also have special shooting activities and other educational minded and or field trips.

Class Options and Ideas

Students will be encouraged to come up with new ideas and find out the interest amongst the others.
Some classes will be taught by guest presenters
Many times classes will be taught in a block of several classes in a row.

Behold! Some of the class themes, (with possible class subjects in parenthesis)

• Lightroom (basic, intermediate, advanced, tricks, workflow, QA, keywording, presets emphasis, local adjustments emphasis)
• Workflow and Photo Organization (Basics of Digital Asset Management, Advanced DAM, photo storage options, efficiency and redundancy, working fast)
• Lighting & Flash (basic, intermediate, advanced, studio, light modifiers)
• Aesthetics (My Presentation on Attractions & Distractions, knowing how to talk about a picture, frequent photo critique sessions)
• Assisting (how to assist different style photographers and what’s expected)
• Blogging (setup, organization, ATP, ETW, JD, PMP, advanced, plugins, themes)
• SmugMug (setup, advanced usages, business usages, organization, QA)
• Other Photo-Websites (bludomain, photo-blogs, facebook biz pages)
• Marketing and Business Strategies (discussions, QA, what others do, beginning, advanced)
• Computer stuff (Color management, windows tips, mac tips, effecient use of computer time)
• Camera Tech (Beginner Buttons, Advanced Buttons, Related camera devices, flash buttons, getting fast with your camera)
• Best camera practices (Low light, Tips for more in-focus pics)
• Interacting with subjects (posing, group posing, working with wedding parties, making people smile)
• Location Usage (how to see a location, see-the-spot short photo-walkabouts)
• Other Photography Fields (Sports, Photojournalism, Stock, commercial)

Other Benefits:

• Field Trips – (special Photo shoots For the students, visists to successful photographers)
  • Wedding photographers, Fashion photographers, studio photographers
  • Commercial photographers, product photographers, stock photographers
  • Photojournalists, sports photographers, photography teachers
  • print companies, frame shops, motion picture studios, photo studios
• Critique sessions (critique on work if wanted)
• Studio Usage
• Assisting on shoots (Me and other photographers)
• Access to photo-books
• Access to online training (Kelby training and lynda.com and photo-marketing presentations and other compiled resources)
• Possible rental of equipment
• Usage of computers for personal photography.
• Special Openings for Workshops
• Photo discussion Potluck Jam Sessions. (I don’t know what to call it, haha)
• Back up in combined endeavors. (Example: I’d be willing to work on large commercial projects led/organized by students, creation of a solid team. Approaching companies knowing you have an experience photographer and a team behind you makes it much more doable)
• Marketing Promotion. Your name on websites and blogs. First response on job referrals.
• Job promotion – many photographers are searching for a highly trained editors who don’t have to be trained thoroughly and can save them time and do the job right.
  Most are wanting to start their own businesses, but if this is of interest it’s doable.

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