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Starting from scratch, Jim Miotke has built BetterPhoto.com - the first company to offer online photography classes with professional, published photography instructors - since it's inception in early 1996. Today BetterPhoto is a thriving company, maintaining top ranking as the worldwide leader in online photography education.
Since launching BetterPhoto.com, Jim has written four top selling books, published by Random House and Amphoto:
- The BetterPhoto Guide to
Digital Photography
- The BetterPhoto Guide to
Digital Nature Photography
- The Absolute Beginner's Guide to
Taking Great Photos and
- The BetterPhoto Guide to
Photographing Children.
Jim has also produced two educational DVDs:
Digital Photography Unleashed and
Photographing Kids.
In addition to authoring these DVDs and the popular BetterPhoto guidebook series, Jim served as the host of the successful
BetterPhoto Radio Show. An expert in the challenges of building a successful online business, Jim Miotke is well respected as an industry leader. Under Jim's leadership, BetterPhoto.com has grown to be a thriving photography community and a lucrative business, offering the kind of flexible lifestyle many people only dream of.
Jim Miotke took his passion for photography and turned it into a profitable business. Along with running the operations of BetterPhoto.com, Jim is well recognized as an expert, contributing his knowledge at a multitude of events and venues, such as Ebay Live!, VisCon, and the BetterPhoto Annual Summit. A dynamic and approachable speaker, Jim continues to inspire audiences around the world.
Both Jim and his wife Denise are avid photographers and the parents of three adorable children.
On August 1st, 2008, Jim launched BuildABusinessYouLove.com, an enterprise devoted to helping people do what they love, while working from home.