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An Introduction to Photography with Rankin Reviews

4.1 Rating 67 Reviews
What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course? Pursue a hobby
This is an interesting course for me - at 75 I've been a 'photographer' for 57 of those years - not profesionally (although I did work for the BBC for 19 years as an engineer / cameraman / video editor) The technical aspects of taking images , lighting, and post are all familiar to me, but still worth getting Rankin's perspective. The standout sections of the course so far have been the interviews / chats / discussions with the fellow photographers, make-up artist, and the model Roxy to find out more about how they approach photographing people, what works, and the collaboration involved with crew / model. I feel inspired to get my camera out and be more explorative - Thanks Rankin! and everyone involved in making these videos. Fantastic stuff.
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Posted 4 weeks ago
What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course? Learn a new skill
Great and interesting
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Posted 1 month ago
What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course? Learn a new skill, Pursue a hobby
More technical information and theory on photography and less chitchat would have been helpful
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Posted 4 months ago
I watched this out of a vague general interest but, as the lessons progressed, I became hooked by Rankins passion and perspective on the power of the image. I took his advice and went out and bought a beginner's camera three months ago. Last week I progressed to a pro camera. I'm now on a photography course locally and belong to a photography group. I go to photography exhibitions and am so keen to learn more. I've just had my first real prints of my pictures back and the feeling was fantastic. Rankin has guided my journey all the way as I return to this course frequently. Thanks for taking the time to share your skill and passion Rankin.
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Posted 4 months ago
What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course? Learn a new skill
This is an excellent course on the fundamentals of photography that inspires participation and creativity. It's fun and informative.
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Posted 6 months ago
What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course? Learn a new skill, Pursue a hobby
Great, very specialised for portrait photography but very very good. I would like a Maestro course on other types of Photography, Street, Macro, Landscape, Lightroom, Phoroshop, and Video with Final Cut Pro. I have some more to watch like graphic design and my wife and i really enjoyed Marco Piere White truly he is an artist with food.
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Posted 9 months ago
What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course? Pursue a hobby
It was too much of a overview for me, with little detail on teh technical aspects of camera settings and techniques.
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Posted 9 months ago
Hi Peter, Thank you for your feedback and we’re sorry to hear you’re underwhelmed with our photography course. We value every BBC Maestro customer and want you to get the best out of your BBC Maestro subscription. With a subscription, you have access to all of our amazing courses across 8 categories, so we're sure you'll find something you like. You can browse all of our courses here: https://www.bbcmaestro.com/courses Best, Zoe
Posted 9 months ago
What was your primary motivation for purchasing this course? Pursue a hobby
Quite awful with misleading title. It took me months to finish this due to the incredibly dull content. There are so many boring interviews that weren’t necessary and just made the whole experience so bad.
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Posted 10 months ago
Hi Sardar, Thank you for your feedback and we’re sorry to hear you’re underwhelmed with the photography course. We value every BBC Maestro customer and want you to get the best out of your BBC Maestro subscription. With a subscription, you have access to all of our amazing courses across 8 categories, so we're sure you'll find something you like. You can browse all of our courses here: https://www.bbcmaestro.com/courses Best, Zoe
Posted 10 months ago