Professional Photography Courses
From fashion, styling and portraiture to art and architecture, our range of commercial, contemporary, and art-based photography courses offer something for everyone. If you have a personal project in mind, we also offer documentary photography and photo journalism where students can delve deeper into personal topics and themes.
All our courses are delivered by expert tutors who are professional freelance photographers. They use their up-to-date knowledge and expertise to ensure that the content and information you learn on our courses are up-to-date and relevant.
For more information about courses available, please contact our Visual Arts team at visualarts@citylit.ac.uk
- Still life and product photography
Course start date: Fri 20 Jun 2025Location on this date: Kean Street Photography Studio
Tutors: Jad OakesThis hands-on, studio-based course is designed for photographers looking to enhance their skills in product and still life photography. You'll explore lighting, composition, and styling techniques to create visually compelling and professional-quality images.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Contemporary art photography Course start date: Wed 25 Jun 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Kean Street Photography Studio
Tutors: Holly FalconerBecome an expert in the fine art world of contemporary photography. Learn about the history, concepts and theories behind the art form, and the technology and techniques now influencing it. Develop practical skills to realise your own creative ideas, discuss your photography portfolio with others, and learn about platforms to showcase your work on the commercial fine art market.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Portraits and people photography Course start date: Tue 16 Sep 2025 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lorenzo BerniDiscover the secrets of successful portraiture, from the studio-lit portrait to street and documentary photography, or those special moments for the family album. Gain confidence in photographing people through practical work indoors and out, teaching you invaluable skills in lighting, composition and poses, to produce a beautiful portrait portfolio.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Photography, space and architecture Course start date: Thu 18 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Michael HardingCapture the architecture of London, from ancient churches to modern buildings in this introduction to architectural photography. Learn about the history and development of this specialist genre then venture onto the streets and spaces of London to put your theory into practice, identifying architectural styles and experimenting with different lenses, composition, processing and editing.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Fashion and editorial photography Course start date: Thu 8 May 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Kean Street Photography Studio
Tutors: Ed GregoryThis course will help you to develop your skills in editorial fashion photography.
The course is project driven and will take you from the creation of a basic story board through to a photo shoot. By the end of the course you will understand the workflow, the tools and thinking / planning required to run a successful shoot for yourself. The course also provides advice on getting material published.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Product and still life photographyCourse start date: Thu 13 Nov 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Neil WhiteThis hands-on, studio-based course is designed for photographers looking to enhance their skills in product and still life photography. You will explore lighting, composition and styling techniques to create visually compelling and professional-quality images.
Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Fine art photography: focus on dramatic lightingCourse start date: Fri 16 Jan 2026
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ed GregoryThis is a creative workshop course that pays homage to the grandmasters of fine art portraiture and still life both in photography and art. With the use of props, lighting and visual analysis you will reconstruct the atmosphere of fine art paintings and photography. Taking images from the Dutch master painters from the 17th and 18th centuries, and master photographers from the 1930s and 40s, such as Ansel Adams, Edward Weston and Berenice Abbott, we will create contemporary versions using light and props.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Documentary photography and photojournalism Course start date: Mon 19 Jan 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Holly Falconer, Catriona GrayA picture paints a thousand words. Develop your creative ability to communicate through photography and get a fascinating insight into the world of documentary photography and photojournalism. Work on assignments and location shoots, develop your technique and style, and explore the practical, theoretical and ethical dimensions of photojournalism.Full fee £389.00 Senior fee £311.00 Concession £253.00
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