{"id":1767,"date":"2011-06-16T23:39:17","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T04:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/?p=1767"},"modified":"2022-05-29T08:17:37","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T13:17:37","slug":"634-student-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/16\/634-student-success\/","title":{"rendered":"#634 Student Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/16\/634-student-success\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Last year I met a new student on one of our <a title=\"Ottawa Photography Class\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/ottawa_photography_workshop_class_course.html\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fottawa_photography_workshop_class_course.html','Ottawa+Photography+Class')\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">photography classes<\/a>. He enjoyed the course and seems to have got hooked on photography! Kevin asked about our <a title=\"Pro Photography Program\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/workshops\/workshops_pro_program.htm\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fworkshops%2Fworkshops_pro_program.htm','Pro+Photography+Program')\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ProProgram<\/a> and we developed a Custom Program that suited his goals. Over almost a year he worked hard to develop technically and creatively.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin worked hard through many of our courses but also traveled far to learn from Andr\u00e9 Gallant &#8211;\u00a0<a title=\"Andr\u00e9 Gallant Workshop\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kfphotoarts.com\/blog\/files\/4df84fc64dea6ce25e340a9120c6b49a-10.html\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kfphotoarts.com%2Fblog%2Ffiles%2F4df84fc64dea6ce25e340a9120c6b49a-10.html','Andr%C3%A9+Gallant+Workshop')\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read Kevin&#8217;s review of that East Coast workshop<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin started a <a title=\"Kevin Foisy Photo\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kfphotoarts.com\/\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kfphotoarts.com%2F','Kevin+Foisy+Photo')\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>, photo blog\u00a0and worked towards his photo goals. He is now preparing for his first Fine Art Photography Exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to Kevin&#8217;s version of his progress:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>One evening, a little over a year ago, I was sitting at my computer and thought to myself that I should take a course in photography. I had owned an SLR for over twenty years and had made the move to digital several years earlier but in all this time I had really only dabbled, never having taken any training.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 310px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Student Success - Ottawa Photo Course\" src=\"http:\/\/www.HarryNowell.com\/Photo\/blog\/_KKF4636.jpg\" alt=\"Student Success - Ottawa Photo Course\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\">Student Success &#8211; Kevin Foisy<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Over the past year, I have taken many more workshops with Harry and through his pro-program he&#8217;s been my personal coach, mentor and friend. Though it is sometimes hard to take the critical feedback, Harry calls it as he sees it, and I have discovered in hindsight that he&#8217;s generally right on the money.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 308px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Student Success - Photo course\" src=\"http:\/\/www.HarryNowell.com\/Photo\/blog\/KFosiy75_2.jpg\" alt=\"Student Success - Photo course\" width=\"298\" height=\"450\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Student Success - Kevin Foisy<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/em><em><em>In just one year, with near constant shooting, I have completed Harry&#8217;s Pro-Program. I have seen great advancement in my skills that I would simply not have achieved on my own and I have made many new friends that share my passion for photography. \u00a0I am proud of my work and progressing towards a studio show and sale; the future looks bright! \u00a0Thank you Harry!<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>Kevin<\/em>&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Student Success - Ottawa photography workshop\" src=\"http:\/\/www.HarryNowell.com\/Photo\/blog\/_KKF1066.jpg\" alt=\"Student Success - Ottawa photography workshop\" width=\"450\" height=\"400\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Student Success - Kevin Foisy<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Thanks Kevin &#8211; hearing success stories like this make me smile!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet Last year I met a new student on one of our photography classes. He enjoyed the course and seems to have got hooked on photography! 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