Personal photography teaching and training by Keith Cooper
Digital photography training for individuals and groups.
Keith Cooper is available for a limited number of one-to-one photography training and tutorial sessions covering specialist areas of photography for private individuals.
Corporate Photo Training? - commercial details
Learn about some of the techniques and equipment we use for our professional photography.
Photography gift options?
Are you looking for that special gift for a photographer you know?
We are happy to supply photography teaching gift certificates that can be exchanged for personalised teaching. Give us a call, or email for more details.
Our '121' courses are based around Leicester, in the East Midlands, and Keith is available for one-to-one sessions at locations in the Leicestershire and Rutland area.
Other locations further afield are possible (international included), but costs would include any additional transport and incidental expenses.
Keith is available as a 'guest specialist' for photography tours and workshops worldwide.
If you are outside of the UK East Midlands, we're also building up a directory of other photographers who offer photography training in other areas of the UK and further afield.
Photography course topics include:
- Architectural photography (Leicester city)
- Understanding tilt and shift (Leicester city or in the county)
- Elements of Landscape (Leicestershire - multiple locations available)
Actual topics covered are customised to match individual requirements and subject to the vagaries of the UK weather.
Technical content
For specialist training options such as using tilt/shift, we have a range of Canon EF mount TS-E lenses that can be tried out. We would suggest reading Keith's article about such lenses if you are unfamiliar with their use.
A 'Full Frame' DSLR is recommended for architectural work, although Keith is quite happy to lend the use of his full frame Canon 1Ds camera for the duration of the session (bring your own CF card).
This picture of Leicester clock tower was taken with the TS-E 17mm lens
Amongst our specialist wide angle Canon lenses you can try out are:
For panoramic photography we have specialist camera mounts that can be used (if needed).
Who should attend?
Whilst definitely aimed at more advanced photographers, Keith will always discuss your needs and background before any course.
Course content
Sessions cover both the technical and aesthetic elements of photography.
Course content is very much influenced by Keith's own styles of photography, so it's probably best to assume that graduated filters (a pet hate of Keith's ;-) and automatic tripod use for every single landscape shot would not feature too highly.
Note that whilst we specifically won't sell cameras, accessories or software, we are happy to offer buying advice.
There are many supporting articles and reviews on this site, such as:
How much does training cost?
Individual half day photographic training sessions are available at £255 (incl. VAT) - rates for small groups (5 max.) or longer sessions are available on request.
Whilst we are quite flexible in the definition of a 'half day', please note that Keith does not function at his best in the pre-dawn cold.
Specialist training for your photography courses and training programmes?
Keith Cooper provides specialist photography training options for course organisers at training locations throughout the UK and abroad. An affordable enhancement to your own range of course options - rates vary, dependent on location and course content.
Specialist areas include:
Keith is a qualified adult tutor (C&G 7307) and university lecturer.
Please note that these options are different from our wide range of commercial photographic training courses run for companies and on behalf of our corporate clients, where we work throughout the UK and speak at international seminars and conferences. Northlight provides bespoke one-to-one training for companies, covering photography and all aspects of digital image manipulation at their own office locations worldwide.
Commercial photographic training:
For corporate training, see details on our main business pages.
We do not provide standard courses, since there is no such thing as a standard client!
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