carson: look at photo-seminars.com and photoflex.com. both of these have very useful seminars on line. they charge something like US$25 for a year of access. they contain reams of useful information. i'm not sure if my photography has improved (lack suffcient time for practice-you konw burn some film) but my theoretical knowledge and comfort level has increased many fold since signing up and using these two sites. another really useful site in the nyip.com site put out by the new york institute of photography. lots of short useful articles that are changed every month. it is free. regards