Amidst all the voting and discussions around the 2009 Photograph of the Year contest, the regular, monthly newsletter somehow found a way to be written and sent out. For those that are members (free!) of PhotographyCorner, you should have it waiting for you in your inbox. For those that are not yet members of the Corner (register here) or choose not to receive emails from PhotographyCorner, you can read the entire Volume 7, Issue 1 - January 2010 Edition of the Corner newsletter in the Corner Newsletter Archive in the forums.

The newsletter was sponsored by the New York Institute of Photography - click here to learn more about their courses and sign up for a Free Course Catalog (we have numerous NYIP grads here around the Corner - don’t you think it’s worth it to improve your photography too?).

Obviously I’m a big fan of the “learn through social interaction” method of learning photography - the fact that PhotographyCorner exists is testament to that. I am not, however, against formal education by any means. The Corner has had several partnerships with some photography school-type sites (like the School of Photography.com), for instance. But when you think of photography schools, the first one that usually comes to mind is the New York Institute of Photography (NYIP for short).