We will walk around several historic parts of Coventry in this 2.5hr Urban Architecture Photography Workshop, photographing buildings and ruins.
Summary
Location: Coventry City Centre
Dates: Wed 9 Sep 2026 - 18:15-20:15
Participants: Max 6
Fitness: 1. Easy
Experience Level: Beginner to Advanced
Equipment Needed: DSLR or Mirrorless Camera and Tripod
Photography Workshop Event Details: Street Photography
Description: This Urban Architecture Photography workshop is an evening walk through the historic heart of Coventry — once UK City of Culture — open to all levels and any camera. Cities transform after dark: artificial light, deep shadow and the last colour in the sky turn ordinary buildings and ruins into something dramatic, and this 2.5-hour workshop is built around learning to see and design photographs at night, in the tricky low light most people find hardest to shoot.
Confident technique in the dark is the floor we build on — and we'll cover it: focusing and exposing accurately in low light, and setting up long exposures to capture movement and mood. But the real work is learning to see the city as a photographer. Walking together through old and new architectural corners — including the cathedral area and its ruins — you'll learn to compose with form, line, texture and contrast, to read the interplay of artificial light and shadow as a harmony rather than a problem, and to find the considered, intentional frame instead of the obvious postcard of a landmark. Old against new, light against dark, detail against sweep — it's about designing an image, not just recording a building.
It's a small group of no more than six, taught personally and pitched at exactly your level, so whether you're new to night photography or refining your eye you get real one-to-one guidance in the field. You'll come away with a set of atmospheric urban and architectural images — long exposures, abstracts, dramatic skies — and a sharper, more intentional way of seeing that lets you photograph any city after dark.
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Description - Urban Architecture Photography Workshop
Architecture Photography
Join me on this evening Urban Architecture Photography workshop and learn how to see and design images at night!
We will walk around several historic parts of Coventry in this 2.5hr workshop photographing buildings and ruins - all to practise the art of dealing with tricky light, learning how to focus in the dark, long exposures and hopefully some good skies to help us capture that big space above us.
On this Urban Architecture Photography workshop Alan will guide you through:
Focusing in low light
Exposure settings
Tonal Range
Long Exposure set-up
Form and Shape
Highlights & Shadows
Contrasts in various forms and dimensions
Texture, Lines and Patterns
Photographic opportunities - Urban Architecture Photography
Architecture
Movement
Abstract
Long exposure
Sunset
B&W
Urban
Itinerary - Urban Architecture Photography
Meet at the specified location
Workshop Briefing, preparation and set-up
Walk and shoot around historic and modern architectural parts of city
Event finish
