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Wildlife Photography: Learn How to Take Better Pictures of Wildlife

Discover how to make inspiring images of wildlife with photographer Jim Zuckerman. In his exciting online photo class - Wildlife Photography - Jim will share the techniques he uses to capture his great photos of wildlife and other animals.

For instance, you'll learn how to get within photo-taking range of shy animals, as well as the best lenses to use. In addition, Jim will discuss macro photography techniques, plus the perfect lighting conditions for capturing fine art images.

Along with great lessons and assignments, you'll get helpful critiques and enjoy interaction with instructor and classmates. Check out Jim Zuckerman's 4-week online photography class: Wildlife Photography: Learn How to Take Better Pictures of Wildlife. For additional inspiration, see Jim's wildlife gallery.

BetterPhoto.com covers many other photography and Photoshop topics in its online photography school.

© Jim Zuckerman

© Jim Zuckerman

Travel: Learn How to Take Better Vacation Pictures

Discover how to make dynamic photos of your travels - whether close to home or far afield. In her excellent online photo course - Travel Photography: Capturing a Sense of Place - photographer Brenda Tharp will show you how to record everyday life, capture the action of festivals, show the mood of a city, work with both natural and artificial light, assemble a travel album, and photograph cultural portraits.

All that, plus great interaction with instructor and classmates, can be found in Brenda Tharp's Travel: Learn How to Take Better Vacation Pictures, Internet photo class. For more inspiration, see Brenda's gallery of travel images.

BetterPhoto.com also offers many more online photography classes and online Photoshop courses. Check out the digital photography school.

© Brenda Tharp

© Brenda Tharp

Professional Photography: Learn How to Earn Money!

At BetterPhoto.com, the online digital photography school offers an outstanding one-year program on professional photography. Discover how to earn money with your images!

In fact, BetterPhoto boasts four such Classtracks programs, including one on Professional Photography: Learn How to Earn Money!. Each ClassTrack consists of a series of Internet photography classes - all taught by top pros.

And there's this great incentive: After completing your ClassTrack program, you'll qualify for an additional 4-week class AND also a free Pro BetterPholio Web site to display and sell your work. That's a total value of $547!

For more details on the ClassTracks program, go to the online photography ClassTracks page.

© Jim Zuckerman

© Rob Sheppard

New Digital Camera? Learn How to Use It in an Online Photo Class!

Did you receive a new digital camera for Christmas? Then learn how to use it in one of BetterPhoto.com's famed online photo courses!

At BetterPhoto, we offer interactive Internet classes taught by top professional photographers. See the class schedule for BetterPhoto's new digital camera courses. Some of these online photo courses cover specific Nikon digital cameras and Canon digital cameras.

In a BetterPhoto online photography course, you'll receive a weekly lesson and assignment, critiques by a pro, and be able to interact with classmates and instructor. See how an online photo course works.

Along being the best source for photographic instruction on the Internet, BetterPhoto.com also provides great online photo galleries and websites for photographers.

Nature: Take Great Images of the World Around Us

One of the more innovative photographic education programs around is the year-long ClassTracks by BetterPhoto.com!

Four Classtracks programs are offered, including Nature: Take Great Images, in which you can sign up for a series of online photo courses throughout the year. These Internet photography classes are taught by famous photographers who specialize in nature photos, and are designed to help you master the creative and compositional side of taking great nature images.

But here's a fantastic incentive: Upon completion of the program, you qualify for an extra 4-week course AND a free Pro BetterPholio website in order to show and sell your work - a $547 total value!

So, what are you waiting for? Enroll in BetterPhoto's take better nature images year-long program today. For additional information on the other ClassTracks programs and on mastering photography over the course of one full year, check out our online photo ClassTracks page.

Giraffes, northern Namibia © Jim Zuckerman

Reflections, Paria Canyon, Utah © William Neill

Digital Photography Courses for the New Year!

Learn photography in one full year in BetterPhoto.com's popular online course program known as ClassTracks™! At BetterPhoto, course advisors have simplified the process of mastering photography or Photoshop by putting together a year-long path of Digital Photography Courses for the New Year. Plus, there's built-in flexibility, too, for students who wish to choose their own track from BetterPhoto's entire course catalog.

BetterPhoto offers four tracks of online photo courses from which to choose:

- Nature Photography
- Photoshop for Photographers
- Making Money as a Photographer
- Customize Your Track

For more information on this outstanding ClassTracks program: Digital Photography Courses for the New Year.

Wait ... there's more! After completion of the program, each ClassTracks graduate receives an additional 4-week course and a Pro BetterPholio Web site for photographers - a total $547 value for free!

Besides being the best resource for photography on the Internet, BetterPhoto.com also offers online photo sharing and the best photography schools online.

Christmas Lights: How to Take Pictures of Trees and Lights

Keeping your camera close at hand is probably the best piece of advice this holiday season! Then you'll be ready to really get into the holiday spirit to capture all of those memorable moments of family, friends, and pets - plus, pictures of Christmas trees, photos of Christmas lights.

For some excellent picture ideas and inspiration, see BetterPhoto.com's online photo gallery of Pictures of Christmas trees and photos of Christmas lights. And we also have a great article on the subject of Christmas lights.

Besides being the best Web source for photography, BetterPhoto.com provides lots in the way of online photo sharing and professional Websites for photographers. In addition, BetterPhoto has the best online photography school around, with online photo classes and online Photoshop courses.

© Tammy Scott

© Terry R. Hatfield

Christmas Photos and Christmas Photo Ideas

Recording the holiday spirit in photographs ... what could be more awesome than that?!? From photos of family and pets to pictures of delicious snacks and bright Christmas lights, BetterPhoto.com members have photographed the holidays in many eye-grabbing ways.

For some thoughts on Christmas photos, see BetterPhoto.com's online picture gallery of Christmas photos. The pictures are so different, but the photographers share many things: being on the lookout for good shots, and having a camera close at hand and ready to grab.

Besides a great resource for great photography, BetterPhoto.com offers fine opportunities for photo sharing online and Web sites for photographers. Plus, check out BetterPhoto's digital photography school, which features online photo courses and online Photoshop classes.

© Marcie Fowler

© Tonya R. Boles

Capturing Thanksgiving Pictures and Sharing Photos of Thanksgiving

Fall is the season for holidays, and a favorite one - Thanksgiving - is great for photographing family and friends.

The "usual" photographic advice for special occasions certainly applies to taking Thanksgiving pictures: Be sure to have your Canon digital camera or Nikon digital camera (or any other model) close at hand! The Thanksgiving photos below provide some ideas for Thanksgiving picture subjects. Also, check out BetterPhoto.com's online photo gallery for inspiration and photo ideas: Thanksgiving Pictures and Autumn Photos.

By the way, BetterPhoto also offers excellent photographer resources, such as photo blogs, photo how-to articles, and free photography newsletters.

Or consider an online photo course through BetterPhoto's online photography school. Among the offerings are Photoshop tutorials and Photoshop online classes.

In addition, BetterPhoto also features online photo sharing and photographer Websites that are easy to set up, easy to maintain and great to look at!

© Liz Leines

© William C. Raco

Thanksgiving Crafts and Thanksgiving Photos

Thanksgiving is such a great time of year - for getting together with family and friends, for celebrating the season, and for making Thanksgiving crafts. OK, there's lots of good eating, too :-)

Be sure to keep your digital camera close at hand for recording those memorable moments. For great ideas for capturing Thanksgiving photographs and fall pictures, take a look at this Thanksgiving online gallery: Photos of Thanksgiving and Autumn Pictures. Also, don't miss BetterPhoto.com's Thanksgiving crafts gallery.

Learn photography and Photoshop basics at BetterPhoto.com:

- See the digital photography school schedule of online photo courses: digital photography school.

- Check these resources for photographers: photo blogs, articles on Photoshop and articles on photography, and free photography newsletters.

Find out how easy it is to share photos in your own online photo gallery: online photo sharing and Photographer Websites.

© Mike Wehrman

© Milan Banik