Photographing London's hidden gems: Charterhouse
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In London
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London
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The first three sessions will be spent exploring in depth the photographic potential of the historic buildings and gardens at Charterhouse.Charterhouse is a historic complex of buildings in Smithfield, London, dating back to the 14th century. Substantial fragments remain from this monastic period, but the site was largely rebuilt after 1545 as a large courtyard house. Since then it has been a charitable hospital for military pensioners and a school. The historic interiors and surrounding gardens offer interesting subject matter for photographers.The final session will be based at City Lit where we will review all the work done over the 3 weeks with group discussion and feedback.What previous students liked about the course:“Access to a wonderful location. Excellent guidance from the tutor and very useful clear feedback.”“Practice in a lovely place.”“The practical aspect and the preparation of a project based programme.”“Great location and feedback on images.”
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About this course
- Demonstrate and an ability to photograph interiors using available light- Identify optimum time of day for exterior photography- Identify lens focal lengths required to produce wide as well as detail images- Use compositional devices such as rule of thirds to produce well balanced and composed images.- Produce a series of images covering the exteriors, gardens and interiors of Charterhouse.
This course is offsite for 3 sessions. Please wear comfortable clothing and shoes as you will be outside for some of each session.Please bring your camera and tripod (if you have one) to the classes as well as a notebook and pen. Please bring a memory stick to your final session.
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Course programme
- Lens choice
- Exterior photography and sunlight on buildings
- Optimum time of day for exterior photography
- Using ambient lighting for interiors
- Framing & composition
- Brief history of Charterhouse and its current context in The City.
You will be taught using a range of techniques including workshops, short lectures, demonstrations, practical exercises, tutorials, group and individual assistance and hand-outs. Please note the City Lit uses Apple Mac computers in Animation, Cartooning, Digital arts, Film, Graphics, Illustration, Photography and Web design.
Additional information
The City lit has over seventy different practical and theoretical photography courses.
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See the course guide for term dates and further details
Photographing London's hidden gems: Charterhouse