Leica Camera Store Mayfair

Leica Akademie

At present we are running the following workshops, all of which are subject to our terms and conditions (see link at top left of the page for full details)

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Leica Monochrom Photographer

M Digital Rangefinder Explorer

Leica M Digital Rangefinder Photographer

Leica One-to-One

Leica Street Photographer

Architectural Photography with the Leica M

You can now book workshops or One-to-one online. If you have any other booking questions please contact the Leica Akademie Mayfair on 0207 629 1351 or email: akademie@leica-camera.co.uk

Visualise the City of London as never before, using Leica’s legendary lenses in a uniquely urban setting. Attendees must bring their own lenses - a limited selection of wide lenses will be available to try during the workshop, including the Tri-Elmar-M16-18-21mm f/4 ASPH to the astonishing new Super-Elmar-M 21mm f/3.4 ASPH. Feel free to bring along your 90mm telephoto lenses too as they are excellent for selecting architectural details and elements.

The morning introduction at Leica's creative hub Cafe Optik will include a guide to iconic Leica imagery and a brief history of Leica, as well as suggestions and advice to inspire and encourage enthusiastic architectural and urban landscape photographers.

Open to all Leica M digital rangefinder camera users, photographers will view the City of London through Leica's finest wide angle lenses in search of images that define the ever-changing skyline and exciting new architectural additions to the urban landscape. Images will be reviewed and critiqued over lunch in the City, and expert advice offered on editing photos, thoughtful image composition, developing a distinctive style in your images, understanding light, defining the elements of a successful image and lens choices.

Architectural Photography with the Leica M is designed to explore Leica's wide angle lenses in a dynamic urban environment.

Aimed at:
All Leica M digital rangefinder owners (M8/M8.2/M9/M9-P/M-E/ Monochrom) with their own lenses (there will be a very limited selection of wide M lenses to explore). Users must have a competent understanding of camera settings and exposure as well as an interest in architecture and urban landscapes

Latest Times & Dates::
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Price £275 (includes lunch - pay on arrival)

The Leica Way of Seeing

Leica on Assignment

You can now book workshops or One-to-one online. If you have any other booking questions please contact the Leica Akademie Mayfair on 0207 629 1351 or email: akademie@leica-camera.co.uk

Leica on Assignment is an exciting new addition to our regular Akademie sessions for those who wish to test their photographic skills at capturing the “decisive moment”. You will be set a photographic project at the morning “briefing” and expected to return with your images to an afternoon deadline. Join our Leica Akademie tutor, John Dooley, as he reprises his former role as a national newspaper photo editor and briefs you around the zinc table on your assignment. Coffee and croissants in Cafe Optik will accompany the morning briefing, which will also include an introduction to iconic Leica imagery to inspire and educate budding photojournalists.

Open to all Leica digital camera users, photographers are instructed to take to the streets of London in search of images that capture the theme of the day. On your return to Café Optik, your images will be reviewed and critiqued, and expert advice offered on taking and editing photos to a specified deadline. Other topics of discussion will include; image composition, developing a distinctive style in your images, the importance of editing, understanding light, and what makes a successful image. A selection of the best Leica on Assignment photographs will feature in regular Café Optik pop-up exhibitions - with featured photographers receiving a print of their image and a voucher to spend in the Leica Store Mayfair.

Leica on Assignment is a bi-monthly addition to the Leica Akademie workshop schedule, designed to make photographers think creatively on their feet in response to a photographic brief within a specified deadline. Assignments will respond to contemporary events and stories, and will be revealed on the day of the workshop. We welcome suggestions and ideas for future assignments!

Aimed at:
All Leica digital camera users (V-Lux, D-Lux, X Series, M digital series) with a competent understanding of camera settings and exposure, and an urge to get creative!

Frequency Monthly