Photography courses in London
At City Lit, we have a variety of photography courses on offer from complete beginners introducing technical and essential skills in how to operate a camera, to specialist workshops and subject based courses.
Our designated photography studio will provide students with access to the latest professional resources including lighting rigs, back drops and array of digital cameras including DSLRs. Learn and develop a range of photographic skills within a professional surrounding with a studio that offers a large open and flexible space, suitable for both collaborative and individual learning.
As a City Lit student, you will have access to Apple MacBook pros, Adobe Creative Cloud and professional camera editing software to help you create professional quality images. Learning from our specialist team of freelance and industry professionals, you’ll receive expert hands-on guidance in the skills required in taking professional photographs and beyond.
We host exhibitions throughout the year at City Lit Gallery where our students showcase their amazing work.
To arrange a conversation with our photography coordinator about your interests, options and courses available, please contact our Visual Arts team at visualarts@citylit.ac.uk
- Learn to print high quality digital photographs
Course start date: Fri 6 Nov 2026 (and 2 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Want to give your portfolio or exhibition prints the professional edge? This hands-on course will guide you in printing top-quality inkjet (or giclee) prints as used by fine art photographers. Get to grips with Adobe Photoshop and our top-of-the-range Epson photo printers, and experiment with different paper types and inks.
Take home finished exhibition quality prints.
Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Photography workshop: Photoshop Course start date: Thu 12 Nov 2026 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Michael HardingThis course is for photographers who want to learn how to gain skills and add drama to their images. Students will learn professional and effective ways to use Photoshop as well as creating their own workflow for the future.
Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00 - Product and still life photography Course start date: Thu 12 Nov 2026 (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 £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00 - Photography studio lighting Course start date: Tue 1 Dec 2026 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Michael HardingLearn how to use photographic studio lighting in this hands-on short course. An introduction to using studio flash and continuous lights to enhance your portrait and still life photography.
Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Headshot photography Course start date: Fri 4 Dec 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jad OakesThis upbeat and fun two-session studio course is the perfect Friday night introduction to producing clear, confident headshot photographs using simple backgrounds and lighting setups. Designed for photographers who are already comfortable with their cameras, the course focuses on the relationship between technical control, lighting, and communication with the subject.
Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £149.00 - Documentary photography and photojournalism Course start date: Mon 11 Jan 2027 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Holly Falconer, Catriona GrayThis 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.
Full fee £479.00 Senior fee £383.00 Concession £311.00 - Photography: dramatic lightingCourse start date: Fri 15 Jan 2027
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ed GregoryThis 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.
Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00 - Learn to be a photographer's assistantCourse start date: Sat 13 Feb 2027
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ed GregoryThis is a course for those looking to take their first steps into commercial photography. This is a practical workshop-based course that will enable you to work with photographic studio equipment and software appropriate to a commercial photography workflow.
Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Panoramic photography Course start date: Mon 1 Mar 2027
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Matthew WardWhat 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.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Royal Hospital Chelsea photography project Course start date: Wed 31 Mar 2027
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Michael HardingLocation photography project at the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Experience a unique opportunity to photograph the interiors, exteriors, extensive grounds and meet the famous residents of the Hospital, the Chelsea pensioners.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £168.00 - Photography: introduction to drawing with lightCourse start date: Wed 7 Apr 2027
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Scott PerryThis course invites you to use 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.
NB: This listing covers two versions of the same course. One is the full course, and the other is a condensed 1-day version designed as a short introductory 'taster'.
Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £149.00 - London photography walk: River Thames Course start date: Wed 7 Apr 2027 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Michael HardingExplore and discover London through these photography walks, moving through locations rich in photographic potential.
The walks centre around photographing views along the River Thames, from the Aldwych area eastwards to the City, from London Bridge to the Southbank and from Westminster to the newly developed Nine Elms area. Bring your own camera and comfortable walking shoes as you capture places, spaces, objects and people.Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £103.00 - London photography walk: bridges in the cityCourse start date: Thu 8 Apr 2027
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Michael HardingExplore london and capture the beauty of the capitals bridges that span the Thames. This off-site photographic course will have you down to the river with your camera, exploring the diverse architectural designs and structures of bridges on the Thames that connect London. Learn about their history whilst learning the secrets to successful architectural and location photography.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - Cyanotype and alternative processes in photography Course start date: Tue 20 Apr 2027
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Catriona GrayAccept an experimental and playful attitude to photographic image-making.You will be guided through three hands-on creative techniques exploring the physical photographic print.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Photography: focus on colour and compositionCourse start date: Fri 23 Apr 2027
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Michael HardingWant to learn the secrets of composing beautiful photographs? Join this inspiring workshop to explore composition and colour controls, making the most of shapes, lines, colours, framing, the rule of thirds and simple camera controls for professional-looking results.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £149.00
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