Photograph City of London architecture

- identify differing architectural styles of building in the City of London
- recognise the optimum time to photograph a particular aspect of a building
- demonstrate correct choice of lens to convey the scale and detail of the building
- demonstrate safe and considerate working practice in a public space
- understand your legal right to photograph buildings from a public place
- download and process images using Photoshop
- understand usage of colour balance and perspective correction tools.
What previous students have achieved on this course: “Greater awareness of London architecture. Learnt about perspective correction DM
“Greater focus on framing a building for content and/ or emphasis and how to deal with security staff! JH
“Learnt about perspective correction via Photoshop. Reminded of power of ‘negative space’ in composition” JM

You may wish to bring some images on a CD or memory stick for discussion. You will also need a digital camera and a notebook and pen as you are encouraged to take notes. City Lit has cameras you may borrow during lesson time if you cannot supply your own.

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If you would like to buy art materials for your personal use outside of the course, City Lit students receive 10% discount off everything* from Cass Art, the UK's leading art supplies retailer. Your tutor will advise you on what you should buy. You will need to show your enrolment receipt in-store to receive your discount