A creative blend of narrative, people, and architectural street photography. Develop your composition and lighting techniques, within London's vibrant historic landscape.
Expert tuition, easy to follow practical exercises with clear advice improving your candid photography. Understand how to capture the important elements in B&W photography.
Create images for your instagram portfolio, people at St Paul’s cathedral, using creative backgrounds, Wall Art, the lanes and curious features in the urban landscape.
Which style ‘candid’ or 'staged’ do you adopt? How important are narratives and context, what are you saying with your photo?
Areas Covered: Black & White, Architectural, People, Observational and Narrative.
Walking distance: 1.5km, flat.
Equipment: DSLR, Compact System, Micro Four Thirds or Compact & Bridge Cameras. Standard zoom lens & fast fixed lens are useful, please check if unsure.
Cards & Batteries: Space on your SD cards, fully charged batteries, including a spare.
Sun Position Finder: check the sun’s location at a specific time www.suncalc.org
0915 Meet at Paternoster Square, EC4M 7DX. Nearest Tube St Paul's
0930 St Paul's: Lines, Tone, Form
1000 St Paul's: People
1100 Break
1130 Blackfriars: Lanes and Wall Art
1300 Lunch (not provided)
1330 Candid Street photography
1430 End
Nearest Tube St Paul's
Booking: To secure your place on this course, please click the blue ‘Book on Course’ button on the right hand side of this page, adding the course to your basket.
Provisions: You will need to provide your own food on the training day as MelenTraining does not offer this facility. When we are on location there will be a break for lunch near cafes and restaurants and you are more than welcome to bring your own packed lunch.
Cancellation Policy: Costs are incurred when we run our training courses and for this reason we are unable to offer any refund in the event of your non-attendance on the day of the course that you have purchased. This is irrespective of your circumstances or reasons. If we receive notice one month before the date of your course that you unable to attend and we are able to fill your place then we will issue a credit note for an alternative course. If you are unable to attend with twelve months of the course date we will issue no further credit notes.
We reserve the right to remove, cancel or alter the date of any of our training courses, we will inform you of alternative dates and depending on the circumstances of the cancellation issue a full refund or credit note for a similar course. If the course is cancelled due to extreme weather conditions we will offer another date for the course, 1:1 training session or a credit note for a similar course.
Vouchers: All vouchers must be used with in 12 months of the date of purchase. Vouchers can be used as part or full payment of a course or 1:1 session.
Liability: Although every care will be provided by YellowMelen (MelenTraining) and Philip Richardson, no responsibility will be accepted for any indirect loss or damage caused to your equipment. As the client you will need adequate insurance against the loss or damage of your equipment.
