Photograph the place, not the postcard.
The difference between a snap of a view and a photograph that feels like the place. Light, weather, time of day, point of view — the choices that change everything.
Landscape Photography Course
Photograph the landscape — not just the view
Sixteen modules across foundations, composition, editing in Lightroom and the landscape genres themselves — mountains, lakes, woodlands, seascapes and more. One end-of-course tutor-assessed assignment with personal, written feedback from a named iPhotography tutor. A friendly Member's Photo Gallery to share work and learn alongside other photographers. Over 100,000 taught since 2012.
For as long as your account is active
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Tutor-assessed final assignment
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CPD-certified certificate
16modules
100k+members
4.8★rated
100,000+photographers taught
Since 201214 years teaching
4.8★average member rating
16modules in the course
For lifeof your account
What you'll be able to do
From "another grey sky" to photographs that hold the place.
Landscape photography is mostly about seeing — the place, the light, the moment. The kit matters less than people think. The craft is everything. That's what you'll learn here, with Chris Sale, from the Lake District.
Compose in the camera — not crop it later.
The 4 Key Elements, the 8 Rules of Composition, and the 7 Pro Tips that lift a flat photograph off the page. Practical, plain English, and yours for life.
Work with the light and the weather.
Golden hour, blue hour, flat midday, soft mist, hard sun. Read what the sky's giving you and use it — or come back tomorrow. We'll cover both.
Edit landscapes that look natural, not overcooked.
Lightroom from the ground up — lens correction, exposure, colour, cropping and sharpening. Taught with restraint, so the photograph still looks like the place.
Shoot mountains, woodlands, seascapes — one craft.
Hills and valleys, lakes and waterfalls, woodlands and forests, the coast, the intimate close-up. The same craft applied to every kind of landscape you'll photograph.
Use the camera you've already got.
An entry-level DSLR or mirrorless and a kit lens is plenty. There's a dedicated module for shooting landscapes on a smartphone too — properly, not as a fallback.
Inside the course
Sixteen modules, five phases — one thing taught at a time.
Each module covers one thing properly, in plain English — with practical examples filmed across the Lake District. Open any phase below to see exactly what's covered.
01
Foundations — kit, planning, in-camera workflow
The gear that actually matters, how to plan a landscape shoot, and the in-camera workflow that gets you home with photographs worth editing.
Foundations — kit, planning, in-camera workflow
The gear that actually matters, how to plan a landscape shoot, and the in-camera workflow that gets you home with photographs worth editing.
- Introduction & Equipment — 22 mins, 5 lessons
- Planning — 12 mins
- In-Camera Workflow — 12 mins
02
Seeing the landscape — the elements, composition, the working tips
How a landscape photographer reads a scene — the structural elements, the compositional rules, and the small working tips that lift a flat photograph off the page.
Seeing the landscape — the elements, composition, the working tips
How a landscape photographer reads a scene — the structural elements, the compositional rules, and the small working tips that lift a flat photograph off the page.
- 4 Key Elements of a Landscape — 8 mins
- 8 Rules of Composition — 10 mins
- 7 Pro Tips — 10 mins
03
Editing in Lightroom & the photographer's lifestyle
Lightroom from lens correction through colour and sharpening, taught with restraint. Then a candid look at what a landscape photographer's working life actually looks like.
Editing in Lightroom & the photographer's lifestyle
Lightroom from lens correction through colour and sharpening, taught with restraint. Then a candid look at what a landscape photographer's working life actually looks like.
- Landscape Editing — 25 mins, 4 lessons (lens correction, exposure, colour, cropping & sharpening)
- Lifestyle of a Landscape Photographer — 21 mins
04
Landscape genres — mountains, lakes, woodlands, coast, intimate
Five dedicated modules on the genres landscape photographers actually shoot — each filmed on location, each with the choices and trade-offs explained.
Landscape genres — mountains, lakes, woodlands, coast, intimate
Five dedicated modules on the genres landscape photographers actually shoot — each filmed on location, each with the choices and trade-offs explained.
- Hills, Mountains & Valleys — 24 mins, 3 lessons
- Lakes & Waterfalls — 24 mins, 4 lessons
- Woodlands & Forests — 26 mins, 6 lessons
- Seascapes & The Coast — 19 mins, 3 lessons
- Intimate Landscapes — 15 mins, 3 lessons
05
Style & advanced techniques
Three modules to push beyond the standard landscape — black & white seeing, smartphone landscape work, and four advanced camera techniques (panoramas, HDR, focus stacking, long exposure).
Style & advanced techniques
Three modules to push beyond the standard landscape — black & white seeing, smartphone landscape work, and four advanced camera techniques (panoramas, HDR, focus stacking, long exposure).
- Black & White — 15 mins, 3 lessons
- Mobile Landscape Photography — 10 mins, 2 lessons
- 4 Creative Camera Techniques — 50 mins, 8 lessons
The course trailer
Watch a quick look at what's inside.
A short trailer giving an overview of the course — what you'll learn, who you'll learn from, and the kind of photographs members are making.
Your tutor
Real photographer. Real landscapes. He'll know you by name.
Chris Sale is the photographer whose work is on the page and the one filmed across the Lake District in every module. A named iPhotography tutor writes your final assignment feedback in person, not a help desk — real photographers replying to you by name, signed and specific.
Chris Sale
Course Instructor
Chris Sale is a professional landscape photographer. Living on the edge of the Lake District National Park, he devotes his time to helping others develop the skills needed to photograph the landscape with confidence. In 2019, after 20 years of working in IT, he decided it was time for a new challenge. Chris left the security of his job at Sky to pursue his dream of becoming a professional landscape photographer. He now specialises in helping novice photographers develop their skills and grow their confidence through the art of landscape photography.
The Member's Photo Gallery
Share your work. Swap notes. Make friends.
The Member's Photo Gallery is where the club hangs out. Upload your shots, see what other members are working on, leave comments, take part in the Weekend Challenge. Tutors drop in regularly to comment on photographs that catch their eye.
Try the technique
After each module, head out and shoot. Bite-sized, doable, on your own subjects — not busywork.
Upload your photograph
Pop your best shot into the Member's Photo Gallery. Friendly, private to members, no public scroll.
See what the room thinks
Members comment on each other's work — honest, encouraging, sometimes brutally helpful. Tutors join in regularly too.
Pass it on
Comment on other members' work, ask questions, take part in the Weekend Challenge. This is where the friendships start.
From the Lake District — Chris Sale's portfolio
Six photographs by the tutor who'll teach you the course.
Every photograph below was taken by Chris Sale, the Landscape Photography Course instructor, around the Lake District National Park where most of the course was filmed. Same craft, same locations, same eye that'll be teaching you.
Community Points & Rank Badges
You start with a thousand points the moment you join.
Every member at iPhotography has a points score and a rank badge. They're not gimmicks — they're how the club recognises the work you do, the modules you finish, and the help you give other members. Points can also be redeemed against exclusive training content inside the club.
+1,000
when you join the course
+500
when you complete the course
+30
for every module finished
+50
for every photo shared in the gallery
Distinguished
5,000 pts
Established
10,000 pts
Expert
75,000 pts
Legendary
300k+
Included free with the course
Five bonuses that go with the course.
Hand-picked extras that make the teaching stick longer. Yours the moment you join — no upsell, no fine print.
Your bonuses
Combined value £0.00 — included free
Free
Bonus 01.
Tutor-Assessed Landscape Assignment
One end-of-course brief that pulls everything together — planned, shot, edited and submitted. Personal, written feedback from a named iPhotography tutor on the photograph you make. The bit no free tutorial can give you.
Free · worth £0.00
Free
Bonus 02.
Member's Photo Gallery & Weekend Challenges
Share your photographs with the club, swap notes with other members, and join the Weekend Challenges — themed photo prompts every weekend with the rest of the members.
Free · worth £0.00
Free
Bonus 03.
Media & Download Library
A growing library of training videos, eBooks, presets, cheat cards and reference guides — yours to download any time.
Free · worth £0.00
Free
Bonus 04.
Landscape Flip Cards Premium
A printed deck of Landscape Flip Cards, posted to your door anywhere we ship — included free with the course. Landscape camera settings, planning prompts and composition reminders at-a-glance, designed to be used outdoors when your hands are cold and your phone's the last thing you want to reach for. The kind of reference that lives in a jacket pocket, not a downloads folder.
Free · worth £0.00
Free
Bonus 05.
Urban Landscape Module
A bonus module on photographing the man-made landscape — cityscapes, architecture, bridges and built form. The same craft, applied to streets and skylines.
Free · worth £0.00
What members say
Real reviews from real members.
Pulled verbatim from members who've taken this course. We've left the typos in — that's how you know they're real.
★★★★★
"The course was so easy to follow. The tutors are friendly, knowledgeable and really helpful with feedback. I've gone from being scared of my camera to actually loving the time I spend with it."
TM
Tony Mills
Member · iPhotography
★★★★★
"I've tried a lot of online courses. This is the only one where a real person replied to my photographs. It changed how I shoot, but more importantly it changed how I look at things."
RH
Robin Hollamby
Member · iPhotography
★★★★★
"Best money I've spent on my hobby. The modules are clear, the feedback is genuine, and the gallery is the friendliest corner of the internet I've found."
SY
Simon Young
Member · iPhotography
★★★★★
"I was nervous about being the oldest one in the group. Turns out everyone here is welcoming, and the tutors don't talk down to anyone. I'm finally taking photographs I'm proud of."
DG
Debbie Gammie
Member · iPhotography
★★★★★
"Stephen's feedback on my landscape photograph was the most useful 200 words I've ever read about my photography. Worth the cost of the whole course on its own."
JG
John Gallagher
Member · iPhotography
★★★★★
"I took the course over a long winter. By the spring I was photographing things I'd walked past for thirty years and never noticed. That's the real gift."
AS
Audrey Schweikert
Member · iPhotography
The course, the bonuses, the club — one payment
Everything you get when you join today.
The Landscape Photography Course — the full course, all five bonuses, account access for as long as you keep it, and a thousand Community Points to start you off in the club.
- 16 modules filmed across the Lake District (kept for as long as your account is active)
- One end-of-course tutor-assessed assignment with personal, written feedback from a named iPhotography tutor
- Five bonuses worth £276.90 — included free
- iLand Photography eBook — included free on course completion
- CPD-certified Course Completion certificate
- 1,000 Community Points on day one · 500 more when you finish
- Rank badge that grows with you
- 30-day money-back guarantee
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Landscape Photography Course
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30
Day Guarantee
Try the course for 30 days. If it's not for you, we'll refund you in full.
We've been teaching photography since 2012. We know the course works — but you don't have to take our word for it. Join, take the first few modules, share a photo in the gallery, and if it doesn't click, email us within 30 days and we'll refund the lot. No hard feelings.
Common questions
The things people usually ask us first.
I've never photographed a landscape properly. Is this course really for me?
Yes — that's exactly who the course is built for. The first few modules assume no landscape experience. Chris Sale walks through the kit, the planning, the in-camera workflow, then builds up to composition and the genre modules (mountains, lakes, woodlands, the coast). Whether you're stepping out from your back door or planning a weekend in the hills, the same craft applies. Most members work through the course in a few months; some take a year. There's no clock.
What kit do I need? Will my landscape look like the Lake District?
An entry-level DSLR or mirrorless camera with a kit lens is plenty. There's a dedicated module for shooting landscapes on a smartphone too. We cover tripods, filters and clothing because they all matter outdoors, but we keep budget-friendly options front and centre throughout — you don't need thousands of pounds of kit to make landscapes you'd put on the wall.
The course was filmed across the Lake District, but the techniques apply to whatever's outside your door — mountains, lakes, streams, sea, sunsets, forests, hills. The principles travel.
How long do I have access to the course?
For as long as your account is kept active. No expiry, no resubscription, no "course access window". The modules, the gallery, the bonuses, and the certificate stay with you.
When do I get tutor feedback?
On the final assignment. The Landscape Photography Course has one tutor-assessed assignment at the end — the brief that pulls everything you've learned together. You submit the photograph, a named iPhotography tutor replies with personal, written feedback. Specific, signed, and yours. Most replies arrive within a few working days.
Inside the wider Member's Photo Gallery you can also share other work and join in the conversation. Tutors drop in regularly to comment on photographs that catch their eye, members swap honest comments and advice, and PLUS+ members get priority and enhanced tutor feedback on their gallery uploads as part of their subscription.
What are Community Points and rank badges?
They're how the club recognises your activity over time. You start with 1,000 Community Points the moment you join, earn 30 for every module you finish, 50 for every photograph you share, and 500 when you complete the course. As your points grow, your rank badge changes — from Regular through to Legendary.
Can I get a refund if it's not for me?
Yes. Email us within 30 days of joining and we'll refund the course in full. No quiz, no hoops — just reply to your welcome email and let us know.
Is the certificate worth anything?
The Course Completion certificate is CPD-certified, which is recognised across the UK for continuing professional development. For most members it's a quiet bit of pride rather than a career credential — but it carries genuine weight if you want it to.
Come and learn with us.
The world's friendliest photography club has a place set for you. Join today, take your first module tonight, plan your first landscape shoot by the weekend.
Join the Landscape Photography Course — £149.00
