Digital Photography & Photoshop (All Levels and Intermediate)

This course is designed for all levels Digital Photography and Editing in Photoshop course, beginners as well as students with a good technical working knowledge of their camera are welcome to also join the class.

N.B The Friday morning course starting in January 2026 will be at ‘Intermediate’ level. Please make sure that you know the basics of photography or you have enrolled on previous ‘All Levels courses’ here with tutor Simon Fernandez. The afternoon class, remains open to ‘All Levels’.

What The Course is About:

All Levels (Friday PM):

The aim of the course is to enable students to take better photographs with their camera so that hopefully they will not have to spend much time correcting the results in Photoshop. The emphasis is on camera practice and developing a critical aesthetic eye. This is achieved by making excursions into different photographic scenarios/locations, taking photographs, comparing results and looking into ways to make improvements. You will learn through group discussions, tutor briefing prior to the excursions and one to one tuition when photographing on location.

Intermediate Level (Friday AM):

This course is designed for students who ideally have taken the 'All levels Digital Photography and Editing in Photoshop' course. You should be able to use your digital camera in manual mode, understand the basics of aperture, shutter and ISO, and understand how to use the main menus and functions on your camera. Students should also have some familiarity with editing softare such as Lightroom and Photoshop.

This course is aimed at developing camera and picture editing software skills to enable students to take more professional looking photographs. Through a combination of tutor led tutorials and group practical exercises the course takes a deep dive into several common photographic subjects and software manipulation techniques. Some practical exercises will be at various locations in London. Time will be given on each subject in order for students to better understand the steps involved from capturing images to enhancing them in post processing.

Materials Required:

All Levels: This course can be joined with any type of digital camera, but you must have your manual (can be downloaded from internet if you no longer have yours). A full list of desirable equipment for the future will be provided at the first session of the course.

Intermediate Level: Students must have a DSLR or mirrorless camera, and a hardrive or memory stick to save images.

Previous Experience:

All Levels: Basic computer skills and some knowledge of enhancing photos with software would be helpful.

Intermediate Level: New students are welcome to the course but will be expected to have some degree of competency in using their camera, be computer literate, and have an understanding of exposure and composition.

End of course:

What will I achieve? • How to choose which Mode you need for each specific situation. • How to gain confidence taking photographs in public situations • How to photograph movement • How to photograph in low light situations • How and when to use a tripod • How to plan a composition • How to look at contemporary photography and develop a critical eye