Student Success Stories
NYIP is nothing without it's student and graduates, and we love sharing photography student success stories. Below are stories about NYIP students and graduates who have achieved success in the field of photography. If you have a success story for us, we'd love to hear it. Click here and share it.
While serving in the US Army back in 1966, Dennis Hughes attended an arts and crafts shop in order to learn how to process film. During this visit, he quickly realized that photography was a field he was interested in pursuing on a professional level. From there, he began to read photography magazines and eventually made the decision to enroll in an…
After working in the web design business for several years, Lu Ross decided to pursue her longtime love of photography as a full time career instead. After enrolling in NYIP’s Complete Course in Professional Photography to expand her knowledge of both composition and business management, she began working in representational and abstract fine art photography. Today, she is an artist…
When John Roach was approaching retirement in 2008, he began to consider how he wanted to spend the rest of his life after working. After giving it some thought, he soon realized that photography was the field he wanted to pursue more deeply. He enrolled in a local digital photography course, soon followed by NYIP’s pro course. Today he has not only…
After getting consistently positive feedback on his photos, Felipe Hueb decided to enroll with NYIP in 2016. Combining routine studying sessions with the launch of his own professional business, Hueb has channeled his growing knowledge of the art into a successful business, setting up his own photography studio and even winning an award in the first contest he ever entered. We…
After winning a Topaz Labs photography contest, Gregory Boratyn was awarded a free course at NYIP. Since he had always been passionate about taking pictures but wasn’t entirely sure how to monetize his great talent, he decided to enroll in our Business for Photographers course. Today, he travels across the globe- from Patagonia, Argentina where he teaches workshops to…
After working with cameras as part of an art class he was taking, Conny Holm knew that photography was a hobby he was interested in pursuing even more. Thanks to the encouragement of a friend and an investment in a photography education, Conny soon enrolled as a student of NYIP, diligently working through the curriculum and graduating in only a few…
Since the age of 10, Cathy Henderson loved taking pictures. However, 2 years ago, she realized that photography was more than just a hobby in her life and she decided to enroll at NYIP to jumpstart the transition from pastime to lifelong career. Still a student of NYIP, she is already achieving great success with her work, recently winning two awards in the…
After joining a local camera club in Boise, Darin Hlavinka realized that photography was more than just a hobby in his life. He decided to enroll at NYIP, completing his course in 1999. Becoming more gifted with his camerawork, one of his photos was just chosen as the winner of the Idaho Statesman’s yearly Playing Outdoors photo contest. We…
After watching the success his father-in-law had in the local photography industry, Jeffrey Dannay was intrigued. Taking up the art with his wife as a means to spend more time with his family, Dannay soon fell in love with photography as well. After enrolling in NYIP’s professional photography course, he now teaches workshops…
Since he was a child, Vasily Kovalev was a fan of photography. After receiving his first film camera in 2002, he started to build upon this interest, snapping photos of his family and friends as a hobby.…
