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We offer online courses and in-person courses. Our interactive online courses are taught live and in small groups. Read our guide to online learning for more information. In-person courses are delivered at our modern college campus in London near Covent Garden.
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- Photography for beginnersCourse start date: Tue 9 Apr 2024 (and 18 other dates)
Location on this date: Kean Street Photography Studio
Tutors: Sara Leigh LewisAlways wondered what half the buttons on your camera actually do? Discover how to use them properly and produce impressive photographs, even as a complete beginner. Gain useful technical knowledge and get expert creative guidance in easy-to-understand language. An ideal first step before enrolling on our intermediate courses.Full fee £339.00 Senior fee £271.00 Concession £220.00 - Creative nature and landscape photographyCourse start date: Tue 7 May 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Kean Street Photography Studio
Tutors: Rachel WeghExplore nature, landscape and environmental photography in the classroom and in the field. You will learn to create images with impact, whilst developing your own visual style and a personal project.Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £194.00 - Developing photography skillsCourse start date: Tue 9 Apr 2024 (and 13 other dates)
Location on this date: Kean Street Photography Studio
Tutors: Rachel WeghAlready know the basics of photography but want to take things further? Refresh your knowledge, learn more advanced skills and develop your creative ideas, with an established professional photographer on hand for technical guidance and creative inspiration.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00 - Sketching at the museum: V&ACourse start date: Thu 9 May 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Stuart JonesExploring the pleasure and challenge of sketchbooks; learn and improve your drawing skills and 'ways of seeing' and understanding, working from a fascinating range of objects and artifacts in The Victoria and Albert Museum.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - Sketching at the museum: William Morris GalleryCourse start date: Thu 9 May 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Heidi WigmoreExplore the pleasure and challenge of sketchbooks; practice and improve your drawing skills and 'ways of seeing' and understanding by working from a fascinating range of objects and artifacts in The William Morris Museum.
Meet in main entrance Lloyd Park House, 531 Forest Rd, Walthamstow E17 4PP.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - An introduction to stained glass at the V&ACourse start date: Thu 9 May 2024
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Andreas PetzoldStained glass has been described as the most original and important medium in the high Middle Ages. The Victoria and Albert Museum has one of the finest and most comprehensive collections of stained glass in the world, spanning the twelfth century to the modern period. The course will provide an introduction to this medium and the collection of it in the Victoria and Albert Museum.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £47.00 Concession £38.00 - Sketching at the museum: British Museum
Course start date: Thu 23 May 2024 (and 3 other dates)Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Diane MartinExploring the pleasure and challenge of sketchbooks; learn and improve your drawing skills and 'ways of seeing' and understanding, working from an exciting range of objects and artifacts in The British Museum.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - Creative image editing with Photoshop and LightroomCourse start date: Wed 17 Apr 2024 (and 8 other dates)
Location on this date: Kean Street Photography Studio
Tutors: Michael HardingLearn how to use and apply the key features of Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop to develop your image editing skills.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00 - Photography, space and architectureCourse start date: Fri 7 Jun 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Kean Street Photography Studio
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 £209.00 Senior fee £167.00 Concession £136.00 - Pinhole photographyCourse start date: Thu 13 Jun 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Kean Street Photography Studio
Tutors: Scott PerryDiscover exciting experimental ways of producing photographic images without a camera - build your own pinhole camera, create blue-tinted prints with sunlight, and make prints from objects like the artist Man Ray.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00 - Mindfulness sketchbook walkCourse start date: Thu 20 Jun 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Joe RichardsonJoin us for a sketchbook walk around Central London to observe, record and engage with the busyness of urban life. Using mindfulness techniques combined with drawing we will be examining our experience and opening up to the magic and surprises that the city has to offer.Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £39.00 - Photography studio lightingCourse start date: Thu 27 Jun 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Kean Street Photography Studio
Tutors: Ed GregoryLearn about photographic studio practice and lighting. An introduction to using studio flash, 'hot' (tungsten) and ‘cold’ (fluorescent & LED) lights to enhance your portrait and still life photography.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £151.00 Concession £123.00 - Flash photography with speedlightCourse start date: Wed 3 Jul 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Kean Street Photography Studio
Tutors: Ed GregoryLighten things up: join this practical course to learn the basics of using portable flash (speedlights) to enhance your images. Experiment creatively indoors and outdoors with different flash techniques, with a professional photographer on hand to guide you throughout.Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £99.00 - Sketching at the museum: National Gallery
Course start date: Thu 25 Jul 2024 (and 3 other dates)Location on this date: Off Site
Tutors: Diane MartinExplore the pleasure and challenge of sketchbooks: learn and improve your drawing skills and ‘ways of seeing’ and understanding by working from some of the iconic paintings in the National Gallery.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £69.00 - Creative photography: drawing with lightCourse start date: Thu 19 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Kean Street Photography Studio
Tutors: Ed GregoryBoost your creativity and explore different approaches to digital photography. Put new ideas to practice by responding to creative briefs. Participate in group discussion, share your images and get feedback in an encouraging group environment.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00
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