My daughter has been accepted at the Hallmark Institute of Photography. We flew from Portland to Boston yesterday then drove 2 hours to Turners Falls. We stayed at the Brant House (a place I highly recommend, by the way) in Greenfiled. If you ever visit Hallmark consider staying at the Brant House – breakfast was very good. Wow – I had thought that Hallmark was pretty impressive from reviewing their web site. Visiting their web site pales compares the actually visiting and touring their facility. I want to take a year off of work, attend, and get a certificate from them. We got to tour their portrait and commercial studios, very nicely equipped. There are several auditoriums full of Macs for photo editing, retouching, and other digital darkroom processes. Every student gets a (very expensive high-end) camera during their stay, there is an equipment room with many models of camera (and many of each model). Students can check-out cameras, lights, and other items to create portable studios. We got a chance to review the curriculum, see student work, talk with students and faculty. Let me just say that I'd give about $50k to go to school there for a year… go to Hallmark.