Learn how to take great, eye catching property photographs that sell your properties quicker, enhance your brand and give you the competitive edge.
We offer bespoke estate agent photography training tailored to your exact needs that teaches you to get better photographs of your’s or your client’s properties using your equipment.
We don’t have a one course fits all approach – instead we’ll work with your skill levels to teach you the techniques you need to know to help you get better photographs.
We’re happy to work with you if you are a complete novice or have some experience but want to upgrade your skill set or need help to fix specific problems.
Learn from a professional architectural photographer
You’ll be taught by Northlight Images senior photographer Keith Cooper, who is an experienced working architectural photographer, a published author, has worked in the HE sector teaching architecture students how to take better photos, holds a Certificate in C&G Adult Education and has a very popular YouTube channel.
Why better pictures work for you
How do great photos make a difference?
- Reduce the time from listing to sale
- Give a more professional look to your service
- Good pictures catch the eye of future sellers
Good photography is an investment in all your business.
How we can help you
Learn how to take high quality images of your residential or commercial properties from a professional architectural photographer.
We provide bespoke digital estate agent property photography training courses and professional development seminars for photographers, estate agents and property professionals, tailored and customised to your exact business needs. The content and style of the course will depend on what you want to learn and your existing skill levels – whether you’re a beginner or just want to improve the skills you already have.
Learn how to get the best from your photographs and remember, training works – it helps you maximise the usefulness of your property photography. Training also contributes to Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activities.
Photography training course details
All courses are tailored to your exact needs and we’re happy to cover all or some of the points listed below – as well as looking at any specific problems you may have:
What we can teach you
- What equipment will help you get the job done
- How to set up and use your equipment – including the camera, tripod and reflectors
- The basic rules of composition that will drastically improve all your property photography
- Lighting techniques – including how you can make the best use of available light and teaching you how to correct images with bad lighting
- We’ll show you simple fixes to get round the problem of looking from a dark room into a light one and vice versa
- How you can deal with annoying reflections from windows and doors, and when to make use of them
- Discover why trying to make a room look as big as possible may not sell as well as making a room look interesting
- The technical aspects of photography – including exposure, aperture, ISO, lens focal lengths and depth of field
- What you can do with the images once you have transferred them out of the camera, including image processing in Photoshop and how to process images for both web and print
- Find out how you can make your images look that little bit better on the web or stand out in the local paper. If needed, we can share with you our extensive colour management expertise, teaching you how to address more fundamental problems with colour images in printed brochures and newspapers
- Ever wondered why buildings in some photos look as if they are falling over? We’ll teach you the benefits and pitfalls of using very wide angle lenses
- If your niche is the higher end of the market, we can show you the techniques and equipment needed to take images for glossy brochures and booklets
- We can share with you how we go about producing our high quality promotional photography for show homes and flats for developers and builders
Other specialist photography training
We provide a wide range of training services to commercial organisations. As with our property photography training it is customised to our clients requirements.
Interested in learning more about architectural photography, then why not take a look at our architectural photography training course and our very specialist course, learning to use tilt-shift lenses.
Commercial and residential property photography training
Our courses can be tailored towards whatever property areas you or your company deals with, whether lettings, residential or commercial sales and leasing.
Our estate agent property photography training courses have also proved popular in the construction and development sector, where ongoing project monitoring and works progress photography is carried out in-house.
All our technical photography expertise and equipment is available for specialist training, this is typically delivered on location for no more than two or three people.
Panoramic and VR photography training
Why pay someone else to produce VR tours?
We can provide training in this specialist area – showing you the techniques and equipment you need to produce VR movies of properties, and help you save money by creating them yourselves.
Please contact us directly for more information as this specialist training is not part of our standard Property Photography training course.
About our estate agent photography training
"We've always done our product photography in-house, but were struggling with the lighting and camera settings, I knew that having training with our equipment and studio set up would be best, and so was relieved when we found Northlight Images! Keith was amazing, he gave us so many useful tips, showed us exactly how to set it all up with our lights, camera, and better software...now we take our photos without the hassle we were experiencing before! Thank you!"
The Basket Room"We booked a day with Keith for some bespoke professional printing and scanning training. I cannot speak highly enough of Keith, his knowledge is second to none. Keith was able to undertake the training at our studio using our Epson scanner and Epson P7500 printer ensuring we maximised his time and our money. Worth every penny, 5 STARS!!!!"
Rebekah Findlay"I spent a great day with Keith on a 121 basis covering topics from setting up a photography business, post production and printing. All elements were very useful and especially the parts on printing where I learned a lot. Keith really knows his subject matter and real world applications, very worth while investment."
Simon O"Keith came in to help teach our Marketing Team how to use their camera and lighting equipment for product photography and completely surpassed our expectations! We didn't realise how much we would learn so quickly and all at a bespoke level too. Keith made the training focused and didn't confuse us with unneeded details. We are now doing all our product photography in-house. On-top of everything we learned, Keith was a delight to work with, extremely friendly and helpful."
MIP Corporate Inc."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,"We were very impressed with our training session. In one day we learnt enough to drastically improve our product images and help us maintain a professional reputation. We are very happy customers."
Ellis Clarke Trains"I enjoyed Keith's introduction to photography. While it was accessible to complete novices, I also found lots of useful hints and tips as someone who does a small amount of professional photography and is seeking to expand my portfolio. I would recommend Northlight Images for no fuss photography training solutions to suit a range of skill levels."
Laura Hadland - Thirst Media"The team really enjoyed the training, and we all feel that we have learnt some essential tips to improve our pictures, at the very least learning to evaluate our photos on site and thinking about the story that they are telling. The format of the training worked well - with a bit of theory in the morning and practice in the afternoon. The information wasn’t too overwhelmingly technical and was pitched just right for our requirements. I would be happy to recommend the training to other sales teams."
Nottingham Community Housing Assoc.Photography training costs
Half Day Training
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Full Day Training
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All prices are for single sessions, please also see our Terms and Conditions for training services.
Precise course costs are based on duration, location and number of people attending the course.
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.
For interactive photography training sessions we recommend a maximum of 4 trainees. For larger numbers we recommend seminar style presentations.
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).
What about afterwards…?
Ongoing support
We know that often, people have plenty of other work to do in their jobs, and after a week or so, what was clear on the day may have faded a bit, so … if you have been on a Northlight Images training course, we’ll provide you with on-going support and are happy to answer technical questions and clear up any related issues you might have about the course materials.
We also work with companies to develop follow-up and appraisal processes, to ensure lasting benefits from our training.
Photography seminars/workshops/conferences
We’re happy to give talks or provide seminar based sessions to larger groups of property professionals, covering the basics of property photography.
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.
You can also contact Keith on Linked-In