London At Night Photography Tour
Westminster Underground station, London (exit 4, opposite Big Ben)
Guided by David (Photographer) G.
Walk Times
| Day | Walk Type | Start Time | End Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 March 2024 | Special | 7.30 pm | 10.30 pm | Winter | |
| 8 May 2024 | Special | 7.30 pm | 10.30 pm | Summer | Reserve Online |
| 19 June 2024 | Special | 8 pm | 10 pm | Summer | Reserve Online |
London looks particularly special at night time with its lights a-twinkling. Learn how to capture it perfectly with our London at Night Photography Tour. Part photography course, part London walking tour – it’s a wonderful combination.
Guided by a professional photographer, David, you’ll gain valuable night photography skills whilst discovering famous and lesser known spots in London. You’ll get expert advice on taking night photos and cityscapes. Then put your learnings into practice with stops at various iconic points along the River Thames, such as London Eye, The Shard, St Paul’s Cathedral, London Bridge, Millennium Bridge and Tower Bridge
David will show you some of the rich, lesser spotted details along the South Bank that result in creative street photography. You’ll discover the best vantage points for photos of landmarks along the River Thames like the Houses of Parliament, Westminster Bridge and the Golden Jubilee Bridge.
The night photography tour includes:
- 3 hour night photography tour in Central London
- Expert advice on using your camera in low light
- Use of selective focus for storytelling
- Advice on cameras, lenses and equipment
- Expert photography techniques
- Capturing iconic landmarks
- Learn to compose/frame a great photo.
This informative tour will help you to gain new photography skills. David can answer all your photography FAQs, from shutter speed to camera settings, light trails to long exposure and all sorts in between. Plus, he’ll share interesting tales about the locations you see along the way.
What happens in the evening?
On arrival at the Westminster tube meeting point, you’ll meet up with your guide and tutor and fellow tour members.
After a short introductory talk about camera basics, especially at night time, you’ll embark on a delightful journey through the City of London after sunset, where the cityscape transforms into a dazzling spectacle. As streetlights paint the skyline, iconic landmarks like the London Eye, St. Paul’s Cathedral, and Tower Bridge become beacons of nighttime elegance.
As night falls, add a touch of magic with Tower Bridge as a focal point, capturing the vibrant light trails of red double-decker buses passing through, heading into the bridge. The illuminated silhouette of St. Paul’s Cathedral completes the scene, making the city at night a visual symphony along the Thames, inviting you to paint the town with your lens!
Explore the vibrant energy of the streets, weaving through the glowing lines of towering structures. The tour takes around 3 hours and ends at Tower Bridge.
Whether you’re a beginner or more experienced at photography, you’ll gain insights and tips from our experienced photography tour guide. The tour’s suitable for users of all types of digital cameras – DSLRs, point & shoot and smartphones. We’ll also advise you on the best apps for smartphones too.
Time and meeting point
Our next London at Night Photography Tour goes at 7.30 pm on Wednesday 27th March. Meet your guide David, who’s a professional photographer, just outside exit 4 of Westminster tube station (opposite Big Ben). This is an approximately 3 hour tour. It costs £49.
N.B. Photography tours have to be booked because it’s a small group with only 12 places available on this walking tour.
About the guide
David G is the ideal guide for this specialist walking tour. He’s a huge photography enthusiast and the director of photography at Sky Blue Creatives. As a professional photographer, he knows his way around a camera and the streets of London. It’s a win-win.
David wants to share his passion and help others in their journey to photography.
He also hosts our classic photography tour and the seasonal special, Christmas lights photography tour in Central London.
Silvia –
For our London trip we pre-booked this tour as my partner is a vivid photographer – as stated on the website all walks are 15 GBP pP, and the group has a limit of 12 people. At the meeting point we learned that the price is 45 GBP and the group was made up of 18 people.
Regarding the price I have read then again the description of the tour and in the lengthy text it was stated somewhere that the price is 45 GBP – sorry to say that is rather misleading and hidden. Also the size of the group was in my opinion too big – further more there was no information that travel by tube was done which adds to the costs of the walk.
Overall we got some nice viewpoints to take great pictures of the London eye, St. Paul’s and Tower Bridge but I think due to the size the “learning” side to the tour was rather difficult.