Discover all about tilt shift lenses from photographer, author and YouTube content creator, Keith Cooper
Learn what they do, how you can use them and most importantly why you would use them.
Whether it’s a one-2-one training session or a presentation at a major international photo show, Keith offers bespoke sessions that will demystify these most specialist of lenses and explain how to use tilt shift lenses.
Learn from a professional working photographer
Northlight Images’ architectural photographer, Keith Cooper, has a background as a university lecturer and public speaker and is happy to pass on his technical and creative expertise as an established, professional architectural and commercial photographer to help you get the best from tilt shift lenses.
Our bespoke courses – using tilt shift lenses
Our course are available to both private AND commercial individuals or small groups and will be tailored to match the knowledge and needs of the trainee(s).
We work at whatever level you need and at your chosen location.
Practical and hands-on specialist photography training covering all aspects of how to use tilt shift lenses, delivered by Keith Cooper, the man who quite literally wrote the book on the subject.
Courses can cover all – or a chosen combination – of the following topics:
- What do tilt/shift lenses do differently
- How shift works
- Perspective control and the shift lens
- How tilt works
- Close-up tilt
- Tilt-shift and camera sensor size
- Using tilt to set the plane of focus
- Avoiding parallax issues
- Tilt shift lenses and tele converters
- What lens type suits your work – how do they help your photography
- Choosing the right lens
- Stitching and panoramic photography
- Software techniques and image processing
- Composition
- Shift lenses and landscape photography
- Tilt and the miniature world effect
- Interior photography with tilt and shift
- AP-C and medium format
We can also look at very specific uses of tilt/shift – for example in product photography.
Keith’s book about how to use tilt shift lenses
Keith’s book covers all aspects of how to use tilt-shift lenses is aimed at giving any photographer the necessary skills and understanding to make use of tilt/shift or ‘perspective control’ lenses.
Photography with Tilt and Shift lenses – Crowood Press
Keith has also written many free articles, published here on the Northlight Images web site, explaining different aspects of tilt/shift use and equipment.
Specialised equipment – see it, try it
Keith uses many different tilt/shift lenses and specialised accessories. See how they work before buying your own. Demonstrating the equipment available and teaching you how to use the kit you’re interested in or are already using is a key part of Keith’s training and teaching ethos. We want you to get the best out of the photography gear you have or might want to buy.
Just to be clear – neither Keith or Northlight Images sell photography equipment, we’ll just tell you what you need and leave it to you to choose where you buy it from.
Some comments from our clients
"I had a fantastic day with Keith on the bespoke architectural photography training course. He demystified the technical aspects of architectural photography and was hugely generous and down to earth in sharing his experience and knowledge. I would gladly recommend Northlight Images."
Julie Crawford,Photography training costs
Half Day Training£379 |
Full Day Training£599 |
All prices are for single sessions, please also see our Terms and Conditions for training services.
A half day is up to 3.5 hrs of training time, a full day up to 6.5 hrs.
Hotels and expenses (if required) are charged at cost.
Our training courses are held at your own preferred location, where you will be taking your own photographs
Expenses: £0.69 per mile for all courses outside of Leicestershire PLUS £30 per hour travel expenses for all courses more than 2 hours from our base in Leicester. We charge nothing for the first 2 hours (in each direction) then £30 per hour, rounded up to a full hour.
For a more accurate idea of costs, please contact us to discuss your exact requirements and we'll be happy to send a detailed quote.
Please note: payment is required in advance of training session(s), unless payment on the day is arranged (by prior agreement only).
Photography seminars/workshops/conferences
Rates for lectures and seminars are based on the same half and full day rates quoted above and usually do not attract a ‘per delegate’ charge.
Travel and mileage are also charged – where applicable – as detailed above.
For local camera clubs and societies, Keith offers a limited number of ‘expenses only’ talks each year. These can include live demonstrations of how to use tilt shift lenses.
After your photography course
If you have been on any Northlight Images’ training course, we are happy to answer technical questions and clear up any related issues you might have about the course materials and how to use tilt shift lenses.
We also work with companies to develop follow-up and appraisal processes, to ensure lasting benefits from our training.
Our expertise
Keith Cooper, our trainer and senior photographer, spent several years at Loughborough University as a lecturer, and in addition, possesses a C&G Adult Education Certificate.
Keith combines his academic experience with his practical skills as a professional architectural photographer to provide you with the level of training you need.
Keith also tests and reviews photography related equipment and software, putting him at the forefront of all the latest developments. This enthusiasm for new technology, processes and techniques informs not just his own practice as a photographer but is passed on to all trainees, so you can be sure you are always learning ‘ahead of the curve’.
How was this photo taken?
What equipment do you need?
1 Great Central Square, taken using a tilt shift lens and multiple exposures.
Our other photo training courses
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