I’ve decided to take a photography course.

I checked around on the forums & with the assistance of Google, I have chosen to take the Bureau of Freelance Photographer’s "Freelance Photography Course". It’s a corrspondence course aimed at assisting you into the freelance market & guiding you on ways to improve the chances of selling shots.

I enrolled a couple of weeks ago & received the course through the post this week. It takes the form of two A4 binders with a number of modules. There is not set time limit & modules can be taken at your own pace. You submit work for each module to the course tutor who gives personal feedback.

I’ve only skimmed through the content so far & not actually started on the first module. It should be interesting, not least to see whether I get back the value of the course fee in sales.

You can find out further details of the BFP at their website www.thebfp.co.uk – but beware, it’s not very inspiring in it’s design!