Architectural photography training for photographers – pro or amateur – architects, architectural technologists, surveyors and professionals promoting architecture and architectural projects.
Learn from a professional architectural photographer how to take and process better photographs of buildings and their environment.
Your trainer, Northlight Images’ architectural photographer, Keith Cooper, has a background as a university lecturer and public speaker and is happy to pass on his technical expertise as an established, professional architectural photographer to help you get better photos.
Keith’s comprehensive book about using tilt/shift lenses is now available and you might also find some of the videos on his YouTube channel of interest.
The Architectural Photography courses we can offer you:
Your training will be entirely bespoke, designed to meet your specific needs and tailored to your level of expertise and interest.
The basics of good photography
If you are new to photographing buildings we’ll teach you the basics of taking better architectural photos, including:
- What you need to think about to ensure you get the perfect shot
- The technical stuff – composing your shot, the lighting mix, getting the best interior shots, dealing with converging verticals
Your training will show you what you need to think about to ensure you get the perfect shot by:
- Teaching you how to identify good and bad photographs of buildings
- Taking you through the basic technical aspects of using your camera to photograph the built environment
- Show you how to compose your shots
- Covering the importance of the lighting mix
- Show you how to deal with converging verticals
- Teaching you how to correct and edit in post production
Specialist photography training
This course is intended for trainees that already have experience and want to expand their knowledge to a more professional level.
Your training can teach you how to use a specific piece or pieces of equipment OR we can teach you how to solve a specific problem you have with your photography.
The course is usually in 3 parts:
- The theory of using the equipment – why you would use it, what results you can expect
- Hands-on training – using the equipment ‘in the field’
- Processing the images – in specialist software for geometry correction and image stitching
The training is based around using all OR any of the following pieces of equipment – and where relevant, the specialist software needed to process the resulting images:
- tilt/shift lenses
- extra wide lenses
- fisheye lens
- a Gigapan tripod head
- elevated mast
We can tailor this very specialised training to your exact needs, so if there’s an aspect of professional architectural photography training you would like us to provide, please just ask.
For very specialised training …
You might be interested in our course ‘Learn how to use tilt-shift lenses’
Please note that all courses will be based at your UK location.
Post processing software and photo editing training
How to get the best out of your photographs in post processing.
Good photographs rarely come ‘straight out’ of the camera and so require some amount of post processing – which can sometimes rescue shots that would otherwise be unusable.
We are able to teach you to use a variety of software packages – including Photoshop, DxO, ViewPoint, Fisheye Hemi – to process your own photographs, as well as general techniques for sharpening, colour balancing and geometrically correcting your images.
How was this photo taken?
What equipment do you need?
Southwell Minster, using a tilt shift lens and multiple exposures.
It’s about the training you feel you need to improve your photography
All the course content can be modified to fit your exact requirements and tailored to meet your level of expertise.
All training takes place at your site, at a site chosen by you and, when relevant, ‘in the field’. We do not have training facilities at our offices.
Using the right kit
Whilst you can take perfectly good pictures with many cameras these days, it helps to understand why you are taking the photos and how you want to use them.
We’re happy to offer advice about what lenses will offer a wider range of use for interiors and external shots of buildings.
The Canon EF-S 10-18 lens shown above right featured in an extensive review by Keith Cooper when it was launched.
Specialised equipment
Whether a basic DSLR or a shift lens like the one below, we aim to pitch your training at the optimum level for your business.
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
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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).
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 content and what we’ve covered.
If you are a business we can work with you to develop follow-up and appraisal processes, to ensure you get lasting benefits from our training.
Why we’re the best people to help you
Keith Cooper, our trainer and senior photographer, is a working architectural photographer, published author, former Loughborough University lecturer, has a Certificate in C&G Adult Education and is a YouTube content creator.
Keith combines his academic experience with his practical skills as a professional architectural photographer to provide you with the level of training you need to ensure you are able to take the best photographs possible.
Keith also tests and reviews photography related equipment and software, putting him at the forefront of all the latest technology.
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’.
Our other photo training courses
We’ve more details of specific services on other pages:
Additional course cost information
For a more accurate idea of costs, please contact us to discuss your exact requirements and for the prices of more than 1 day’s training. Payment is required in advance of training session(s), unless payment on the day is arranged (by prior agreement only).
All prices are for single sessions, please also see our Terms and Conditions for training services.
Training outside of the UK is available, please call to discuss how we can help in this respect.