have lots of history, but it's a tough way to make a living and the schools aren't much help careerwise. Brooks Institute I love Brooks Institute. It's the best school of which I know to learn everything about photography. All of Santa Barbara is picturesque and has an infrastructure of labs and pro camera stores to support the students, instructors and local professionals. The people who work at Brooks form an incredible network of people who know and share everything about photography. Because of Brooks there is more photography infrastructure and support in the tiny resort town of Santa Barbara than there is in the metropolis of San Diego. I've wanted to move to Santa Barbara since the 1980s. I still intend to wind up there. I'd love to teach at Brooks and be associated with them in any way possible. The dirty secret is that a degree from Brooks usually only gets you huge student loan debts. It's not likely to land you a job, and certainly not one that can make enough money to pay the bills you'll ring up. Brooks has always struck me as a comfy place for the rich to send their kids to learn a vanity hobby and get them out of the house. People who can afford Brooks can afford not to work. It's very sad that Brooks has been busted for misrepresenting photography employment opportunities. Brooks is not a public school like UCLA . Brooks is a part of a private company