Due to popular demand, TPC has compiled the easiest and most direct approach to both teaching and learning how to be productive with your interest in photography. Until now, most camera owners have been faced with either trying to understand his or her Owner's Manual (a feat unto itself), waste time and money trying to learn 'on their own', or attending week after week classes that can impose upon anyone's daily family life. Well, not any more. To see a brief introduction to each Beginner's Series Book, please click on each Book's thumbnail below- the introductions are in Adobe PDF format, and should automatically launch your Adobe Acrobat Reader, Version 5 or newer. If you have difficulty displaying these PDF files, you can get Adobe's latest Free Reader from the link at the bottom of this page. If you already have the latest version, you may need to Refresh your browser screen once each sample file has downloaded. Also for convenience, we have added a link at the bottom of this page for ordering these three Books as a set. Even though we named these Books as our Lecture Series, each Book is an easy to read and learn comprehensive approach to make your photography fun, less time consuming, and more rewarding than ever. Plus, with our unlimited Email Support, you'll have access to TPC wherever you are, with whatever questions you may have along the way; we're here to help. And chances are, we've visited the locations (or some place similar) about which you may have questions. TPC's Lecture Series, comprised of 3 Books (about 100 pages each), starts you or your student(s) with learning Artistic Composition without the math! Really, the single-most fear of the average beginning photography student is having to remember all the new numbers and where they go and when to use them.

And parents, take note! TPC's Visual Composition Book (Book I, below) is the perfect way for your child, teenager, or even you or your spouse to discover the natural interest almost everyone has in photography. This book is designed to teach the most important foundations of photographic technique you or your loved one needs in order to add more fun and excitement to life. Books II and III can then be introduced at any time as you or your child wants to progress. Don't forget to click on TPC's Email Support Tab for more supportive information on how we can help you learn to "Capture the Moment" and "Paint with Light".

Book I of TPC's Beginner's/Lecture Series -- $19.95US   This Book shows you all the tips and tricks to Visual Artistic Composition without having to learn any photographic math; you will soon learn what takes professionals years to learn in order to make a living, or just a great photograph. We know all the secrets and will pass them along to you as your photography skill level improves. Vacationers will appreciate how easy it is to make all those vacation pictures a true joy to view time and time again - without the rolled-back eyes and questioning glances. Also, budding photographers (like me when I was seven years old) will find that Book I of the Lecture Series is an easy to learn method of impressing his or her friends with new-found artistic abilities.

Book II of TPC's Beginner's/Lecture Series -- $19.95US  This Book involves a bit of math, but introduces it at a point where most students are experienced enough to want this extra information; the student is ready to move on. Controlling Your Compositions contains descriptive lessons on Apertures and Depth of Field, and Shutter Speeds and Action; everything is explained in ways that allow you, the teacher, or you, the student, to understand the what's and why's of how to make your perfect compositions excel. And all this is explained in ways that provide a concise understanding of how to add drama or the need for speed in your photographs. And yes, again, a little math is required, but you can take either of two routes in TPC's Lecture Series Book II: The easy way, which is the way most students want to try first, or the complete way, which you can come back to time after time as you are perfecting your photographic style. TPC is very accommodating when it comes to doing what we do best - teaching you how to paint with light.

Speaking of which, TPC's Beginner's/Lecture Series Book III -- $19.95US, is all about discovering how to make Light work for You. Now that you are more comfortable with recognizing what is good and what is best from the composition you see in your viewfinder, it is time to apply your talents against those of Mother Nature. When you know it is too early or too late in the day for capturing your scene, you can still find other subjects to photograph until the light is right for your primary subject. Not only does TPC help you recognize daylight and its intricacies, you are also prepared for those nighttime shots you have dreamed about capturing. And if your electronic flash scares you now, you can rest assured that TPC will release the harbinger of underexposed flash photos; you will become ready to take on most any task involving not only your electronic flash, but using your flash along with Mother Nature's help at the same time.

TPC's Lecture Series for Beginners and Vacationers was initially designed as three logical introductory lectures for large groups of sprouting photographers wanting to hear what they wanted to learn, but in an organized fashion; they wanted it all, and they wanted it with as little effort and in the shortest as possible. TPC took on the challenge and found success in the product we call our Lecture Series. We've taken the best and the most profound excerpts from our Photographic Techniques Books I & II, along with over 35 new photographs by Tom Jenkins as examples, new chapters and text (over 71,000 words of wisdom and experience), and put together a logical and interactive classroom or home school environment designed to take no more than 8 hours to complete. Of course, the time you take practicing, experimenting, investigating, and exploring is your own time; you can come back to the Lecture Series anytime you wish.

Or you can take each of these new Books with you because, just like all of TPC's Books, these are also camera bag friendly; each Book is formatted to neatly fit in the back pocket of most any camera bag. TPC's Beginner's/Lecture Series Books are perfect for people on-the-go who want to occupy his or her small bits of free time by perfecting their photographic technique skills. Our Beginner's/Lecture Series is also great for travelers and RV owners who want to take advantage of those learning opportunities during some of those not-so-interesting times between travel destinations.

If you are a teacher, you can use TPC's Beginner's/Lecture Series for just that - teaching a class on photography. If you want to get serious with your teaching, TPC suggests you investigate its Teacher Lesson Plans where you will find not only what the Beginner's/Lecture Series teaches, but what the entire Photographic Techniques, Book I teaches, as well.

Okay, enough of your time has been spent here. Peruse the rest of TPC's Website, and make sure you take advantage of our Free Online Tips & Tricks, as they may teach you all you really want, or need, to know. Thousands of vacationers use our Free Online Tips & Tricks to get them through his or her two weeks out and about without the worry of whether or not the film they bought was for naught. These same vacationers are the ones eating-up our new Beginner's/Lecture Series; they get it all for one low price.

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