About the Author New York Institute of Photography is the oldest and largest school of photography in the United States. Established in 1910, NYIP has grown to become the premier provider of distance photography training, educating more than 20,000 students in the U.S. and more than 50 countries at any given time. Famous graduates of the School include Douglas Kirkland, L. Ron Hubbard, Carmel Vitullo, Michael Doven, Paul Gilmore, Ernest Cole, Dilip Gupta, and Pulitzer Prize winner Matthew Lewis Jr. Chuck DeLaney has been a professional photographer for over 30 years. He started as an NYIP teacher in the 1970s, then director in 1998. As director of NYIP, supervising the creation of the School’s courses, he’s taught basic photography techniques to more people than anyone else in the field. He’s written hundreds of articles about all aspects of photography, and is the author of Photography Your Way: A Career Guide to Satisfaction and Success and Wedding Photography and Video: The Bride and Groom’s Guide.
