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Photography Course London:
Photography Course London is a professional photography training college in East Central London. We offer beginner and intermediate evening, daytime and Saturday courses ranging from classroom-based Digital SLR camera courses to studio and fully practical, on-location classes. Besides photography courses, we also provide tailored one to one tuition, studio lighting courses and one day photographic workshops.

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Digital SLR Courses:

Beginner DSLR camera courses

- Intense Foundation of Digital Photography – Level 1. Day class.
Our intense and condensed one day Photography course is aimed at beginners who want to maximise their camera's potential. Through a combination of classroom based theory and practical exercises, learn how to operate your digital camera as well as understand the fundamentals of photography.

- Camera Language – Level 1. Saturday class. 1 day.
Camera Language is delivered on location in Central London and not in a classroom environment. It fully concentrates on the practical and creative use of your Digital SLR and you will learn learn how to create effects such as shallow depth of field, panning and long exposures, as well as the fundamentals of photography.

- Beginners Guide to Digital Photography – Level 1. Evening class. 3 weeks.
This Photography course is run in the evenings and is aimed at complete beginners who own a Digital SLR camera. Through classroom based theory, practical exercises and homework assignments, each participant will learn how to fully operate their digital camera, and understand the fundamentals of photography

- Studio Lighting: Portraits. Saturday class. 1 day.
The Studio Lighting: Portraits is aimed at beginners and intermediate photographers alike. The aim of the course is to learn the importance of light in Portraiture and how to control it, as well as the relationship between photographer and sitter. 

- Introduction to the Darkroom and Film Photography. Day workshop
Using medium format, vintage and modern analogue cameras, learn how to shoot, process and print on this 1 day Workshop using black and white film!

Personalised Private Classes:
We provide One to One tuition in DSLR Photography, Photoshop, Lightroom and Studio Lighting. We also offer a Portfolio Review and Professional Development service on a one to one basis. Delivered by our experienced tutors, One to One tuition is tailored to suit your level, from complete beginner to professional.

Suggested topics:
- The Photoshop workspace
- Tone & Colour Adjustments
- Ways of undoing
- History
- Cropping & rotating
- File formats & their strengths
- Image size & Canvas size
- Resolution
- Basic Selections
- Local correction
- Basic Retouching
- Layers and Adjustment Layers
- Black & White conversions
- Sharpening
- Printing
- Using Bridge
- Custom Workspaces
- Camera RAW Workflow
- Batch processing
- Keyboard shortcuts
- Basic colour management – colour settings, colour spaces and ICC profiles
- Working with adjustment layers
- Opacity & Blend modes
- Layer masks
- Local & Selective corrections with Layer Masks
- Managing layers & using groups
- Levels & Curves in depth
- Matching colour using eyedropper & curves
- Retouching in layers
- Sharpening techniques
- Duotones
- Resolution, resizing, bit depth
- Actions

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Address: 5 Albemarle Way, EC1V 4JB, London, England , UK / GB
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Pre Degree
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