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About The Compelling Image

Welcome to The Compelling Image. We're an online and interactive school of photography and multimedia storytelling - all with an eye to visual expression in the digital age.

Learn online anywhere - anytime...

All of our courses take place in the internet. You won't need to schedule vacation time and travel long and expensive distances to enjoy and benefit from high-quality, interactive professional photography, multimedia and video instruction. All you need is a computer and a connection to the internet.

Getting started with a photography course is simple

Just look through our exciting list of courses and portfolio reviews, read about our accomplished faculty of international instructors and click to enroll your choices. Using a major credit card or PayPal, you'll be guided through our secure payment process - that's it!

Once enrolled, you'll receive immediate email confirmation of your payment and your first lesson and its related assignment will await you in your Student Area. Simply log in to begin.

Between this first and your second regularly-scheduled lesson, you'll have plenty of time to acquaint yourself with the TCI system of online-interactive learning. Got a question in the meantime? Your instructor will be there from the start to answer it. If you need further assistance, our friendly TCI support team will be there for you, too.

A "virtual classroom" experience...

From your Student Area Dashboard, you'll be able to view analysis and constructive critiques of the assignment work you've submitted, as well as receive timely answers to questions posed to your instructor. You'll also be able to carry on lively discussions within your "classroom" - exchanging feedback and comments with others on your course. You can even schedule a Skype consultation with your instructor to discuss your progress.

As an enrolled TCI student you'll receive...

• Weekly Lessons - Each Sunday at midnight GMT, a new and printable lesson will be activated in your Student Area. In clear, easy to understand text – richly illustrated with photos and/or video clips – you will be introduced to a new and valuable set of image-making skills.
• Weekly Assignments - Each weekly lesson will be accompanied by a hands-on assignment – directly related to that lesson, which you will be able to complete wherever you live, focusing on subjects conveniently accessible to you.
• Weekly Critiques of Your Work – Timely feedback is a key ingredient of our teaching design at TCI. This means that within 24 hours of asking a question, you”ll receive an instructor response to it and within 48 hours of its due-date, you will receive direct, easy-to-understand and constructive critique of your weekly assignment submission - along with valuable suggestions, tips and advice for improving your work in the future

A full-money-back guarantee is your assurance of satisfaction...

We are so certain that you will thoroughly benefit from and enjoy our online and dynamically interactive courses that we offer a full money-back guarantee if you are not 100% satisfied. All you need to do is cancel your enrollment with an email to us at support@thecompellingimage.com before your second weekly lesson appears in your Student Area. We will immediately return your paid tuition in full.

Still not sure? Give a free introductory lesson and assignment a try ...

Sign up for a no-strings-attached account and we'll send you an abbreviated sample lesson - complete with related assignment to go out and try - wherever you live. When you've finished, upload your work to the TCI website and you'll receive a timely critique of your photos - all for free!