Photography courses in London

This course is aimed at those already working confidently with their camera but wishing to develop the ability to add narrative and depth to their work. Through feedback and self-reflection you will better be able to identify what interests you personally within photography. You will work on assignments and location shoots, develop your technique and style, and explore the practical, theoretical and ethical dimensions of photojournalism.

Retouching for fashion and beauty photography.

This course will empower you with the skill set to achieve a retouched image at a commercial editorial level.

In this 3-session practical workshop, you will build your confidence to produce beautiful retouching focussing on skin and hair, colour grading and preparing your image both for print and web using Lightroom and Photoshop.

Add the finish that takes your image to a different level.

This course is for photographers who want to learn how to create the most efficient Lightroom Catalogue as well as learn the editing skills in the programme. Students will learn professional and effective ways to use Lightroom as well as creating their own workflow for the future.

Push the limits of your photography beyond standard image-making and towards something more playful and experimental. Using hands-on interventions with your camera, experimental use of light or getting creative with your digital images. You'll also get a chance to try out traditional analogue techniques.

This is a creative workshop course that pays homage to the grand masters 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 inspiration from 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 scenes using light and props.

Ever wondered how street photographers capture those split-second moments of city life so effortlessly? This course will guide you through the art of street photography, building your confidence not only to photograph candidly and discreetly in public spaces, but also gain a deeper understanding of available light. You’ll work on location in some of London’s most dynamic and visually rich areas, learning how to tell powerful stories through single, well-timed images.

Shape, form, pattern and texture take on added significance in black-and-white photography. Without colour to guide the eye, contrast, lighting, and composition take on even more importance. Discover these elements and the basic rules of black and white photography.

Learn how pinhole photography works, try out different ways of making a camera. Discover exciting experimental ways of producing photographic images with the camera you’ve built.

You might want to go further into making a body of work with Documentary Photography & Photojournalism. Or perhaps you want to push your idea of photography in a new direction and try Experimental Photography.

Shoot a roll of black and white film and develop it in traditional chemicals, learning two ways to view the images on your film (analogue and digital). Learn the process at City Lit so that you can set yourself up for doing it confidently at home.

Capture the character of London, from ancient churches to modern buildings, in this introduction to photographing the built environment. Learn about the history and development of this specialist genre before venturing out to selected streets and spaces in central London, identifying architectural styles and beginning to experiment with composition, lenses, image processing and ways of seeing the built environment.

What is panoramic photography? Have you ever marvelled at a seamless panoramic photograph, image or online virtual tour?

Learn how to do it yourself on this short practical introduction to photographing professional-level 360° by 180° panoramic images.

Get to grips with the whole process of shooting and stitching, from single row to multi-row panoramas for print - and web-viewable virtual tours using Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom and PTGui.

This course is a taster course on using light as a creative tool: shaping, trailing and transforming it to create expressive photographic images. Through guided experimentation, creative briefs, and group critique, you’ll learn how to control exposure, colour, and movement to produce images that glow, blur, shimmer, and surprise.