The course was well organized, the lessons were easy to understand, the examples were very good, and the critiques of our work were thoughtful and helpful.

The only sour note was the message that I got from Better Photo today telling me I was supposed to vote on the work of the students and indicate who I thought deserved to be nos. 1-3 in the class. Since I think this is counter productive and contrary to the spirit of the course and what I thought was Better Photo, I do not intend to participate. All the students in the class are #1 in my book since all made progress, regardless of their level of experience and skill when they started the course.

Jim provided different examples of pictures that turned out stunning or went wrong due to composition, equipment, weather lighting. He is also provided non-brutal constructive criticism, offered suggestions to improve it and see how the pictures turned out after his suggestions.

Best of all, he made us see the artistic capability of the pictures we took instead of just taking pictures.