C1M Academy, LLC

Amherst, NH,&nbsp;C1M Photography, LLC has officially changed its name to C1M Academy, LLC. The change reflects the company's evolution from a photography-focused business into a New Hampshire Department of Education licensed school offering certification programs and an expanding curriculum.
C1M Academy is one of the few NH DoE licensed photography schools in the state, offering a Certified Professional Photographer program alongside courses in photography, photo editing, and new for this year, artificial intelligence.
Founded by Walter Schnecker over 20 years ago, C1M has taught more than 2,000 students. The school runs free Introduction to Digital Photography workshops, a six-week Photography-1 course, and a monthly Photo Explorers group, all based in Amherst.
"The name needed to catch up with what we'd already become," said Schnecker. "We're not just teaching people how to use a camera anymore. We're a school."
The AI curriculum includes an Introduction to Artificial Intelligence workshop and a three-course sequence leading to a Certificate in Applied Artificial Intelligence.
For more information or to register for upcoming classes, visit&nbsp;<a href="https://www.c1mpa.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.c1mpa.com</a>.

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You bought a nice camera. You were excited. Then you took a few photos and they looked... fine. The same as your phone. Maybe worse.
So you tried YouTube. You Googled "how to get better photos." You read part of the manual. And every explanation used words you'd never heard before and assumed you already knew things you didn't.
Eventually the camera went back in the bag. Or the closet. Or the shelf.
You're not bad at photography. You just never got a starting point that made sense.
I'm running a free two-hour workshop at C1M Academy in Amherst. You'll see why your camera makes the choices it does in Auto mode, why those choices don't work half the time, and what you'd need to learn to take control of it yourself.
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