Photography
Whether you are new to taking photographs, a keen amateur or a professional, we offer a wide range of part-time, evening and weekend photography courses suited to every level of expertise. From taking digital photographs to editing images; from capturing candid portraits and fast moving action to inspiring landscapes, our classes cover a variety of skills and subjects - with a bigger than ever range of digital photography.City Lit photography courses take place at our studio in Covent Garden, solely dedicated to photography practise and teaching. Come and enjoy the new facilities, a relaxed environment and expert tutors. You can view a virtual tour of the studio by clicking on this link
- Download a guide for courses starting in May and June
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We offer telephone advice during these times:
- Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays - 9.00 -12.00 & 15:00-18:00
- Wednesdays - 9.00-12.00
- Saturdays - 14.00-17.00
- Digital photography with photoshop for beginners
- Photography for beginners
- Photography for beginners with Photoshop
- Photography for beginners with Photoshop Elements
- Photography for beginners: stage 1
- Photography for beginners: stage 2
- Photoshop for photographers: stage 1
- Understanding, buying and using digital cameras
- Understanding, choosing and buying digital cameras
- Documentary and photojournalism
- Documentary and photojournalism: advanced practice
- Documentary and photojournalism: stage 3
- Documentary photography
- Documentary photography and the picture story
- Photography and photojournalism: a practical introduction
- Photography: documentary and street
- Photojournalism: a short introduction
- The Holocaust in photography
- London's City architecture: photographing on location
- London's landscape, architecture and people: short course
- London's urban landscape
- Photograph London's city architecture
- Photographing London at night
- Photographing London's landscape, architecture and people
- Photographing London: East London markets
- Photographing the Southbank and Westminster
- Street fashion photography
- Street photography
- Aperture for photographers
- Beauty retouching
- Colour management for photography
- Colour management in photography: an introduction
- Lightroom for photographers
- Photoshop Elements for beginners
- Photoshop for photographers: stage 1
- Photoshop for photographers: stage 2
- Taking digital photography further with Photoshop
- Close up photography
- Contemporary art and fashion photography
- Contemporary art photography
- Contemporary art photography: a practical workshop
- Fashion photography: a practical course
- Food and drink photography
- Improving your composition
- iPhone and iPad photography
- iPhone photography
- Landscape photography
- Landscape photography: on location
- Large format photography
- Large format photography: an introduction
- Making a photo book using Blurb
- Photographing artwork, sculpture and ceramics
- Photographing interiors
- Photographing people
- Photographing the performance
- Photography for hair and beauty
- Sports and action photography
- The art of self portraiture
- Travel photography
- Wedding photography
- Wedding photography workflow with Lightroom
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1 Year courses
These two-term intensive beginners courses allows you to learn and develop skills and techniques necessary for contemporary professional animation/graphic design/photography/web design practice
Why City Lit?
If you are looking for a great choice of inspiring courses; a bright, modern environment to learn in located in central London; the opportunity to have fun and meet like-minded people, we look forward to seeing you at City Lit!