Swiss School of Photography
Zurich at sunset — the Limmat, Grossmünster and Münsterbrücke

Photography Made Easy

Join our photo & video courses and photo tours for a fun, fast learning experience. Master your camera with ease, capture stunning moments and create unforgettable memories — with expert guidance tailored to you.

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Why we exist

Photography can change your life

It's our biggest passion — and we love inspiring others to capture life's moments with confidence and creativity. Our method has helped hundreds of students improve dramatically, fast. We guarantee immediate improvement.

Tired of feeling lost with your camera?

We get it — camera menus, endless settings and buttons can feel overwhelming. That's why we've designed simple, no-fluff courses with hands-on practice, to help you skip the frustration and start capturing the photos and videos you've always dreamed of.

Whether you're a total beginner or levelling up, we make learning photography and videography fun, fast and practical.

Unlock your creative potential. Get started today.

Explore our photography and videography courses

Beginners Photography Course

Beginners Photography Course

In person · Zürich / Lugano · CHF 345

Beginners

Long Exposure Photography Workshop

Long Exposure Photography Workshop

In person · Zürich / Lugano · CHF 145

Intermediate

Private Photography Course

Private Photography Course

Private 1-on-1 · Zürich / Lugano · CHF 300 / hr

Beginners · Intermediate · Advanced

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Adventure meets creativity.

Adventure meets creativity

Photograph the extraordinary

Our photo tours are built around the best light in the world's most beautiful places — and around you. Expert guidance on composition, settings and editing, comfortable logistics, great food and good company. You'll come home with images you never thought you could make.

Our unique teaching method and in-depth knowledge helped hundreds of students to improve their photography skills dramatically. Our enthusiasm and passion inspired hundreds of people across the world to pursue photography as a beloved hobby and professional career. Discover the photography world with the Swiss School of Photography and our community!

We are professionals

We have prestigious photography awards and 15 years of photography experience. Our unique teaching method combines in-depth technical, photography, engineering knowledge and creativity skills to teach you fast and effectively.

We have small groups

To provide a high quality and personalised approach to each customer, our groups are small - just up to 5 students per class. We don’t just show you boring slides and places. Our courses and workshops are highly interactive and personalised.

We don’t waste time

We teach you the required amount of theory at each level and focus more on hands-on experience. We don’t throw all the information at once, we are building up your skills and knowlegde step by step, so you memorise what you learn effectively.

Broad courses variety

We provide a good variety of structured courses and workshops, which you can take at any convenient time for you, without obligations for weekly classes. We also provide Photo Trips to explore and photograph Switzerland and Photo Tours to discover the rest of the World together.

Like-minded people community

You are a friend, a community member, not just a customer, and it’s our goal to see you progressing in taking amazing photographs. Thus, we’re building a local photographers community, where we connect also online and keep in touch even after the completion of our courses.

Free cameras hire

We have a strong reputation and network in Switzerland and worldwide. Thanks to our partners, our students can enjoy free photography equipment hire and can count on our expert consultation when choosing their equipment. We also provide special discounts from our partners.

What our clients are saying

Google Reviews

5.0 ★★★★★ based on 87 reviews on Google

Stavros

21 reviews

★★★★★

Great course! Completely new to photography and this course gave some knowledge that I can immediately implement. Nice atmosphere and material. Great as well for those who do not know much about cameras.

3 weeks ago

Adriaan

4 reviews

★★★★★

This was my THIRD course, and each time I have a great experience learning from such professionals. I have developed a wonderful relationship with the team, and Raffa is always willing to help me, even outside of class. I will definitely book additional courses, and Raffa and I are already putting some specifics together. I can highly highly recommend Swiss School of Photography without ANY doubt!

3 years ago

Manuel

Local Guide · 24 reviews

★★★★★

The landscape photography course was fantastic! It had exactly the right amount of relevant theory, applied use cases and hands-on training for me. After we went through the most important concepts of composition and technical/stylistic settings and saw them in action, we went out into the city and received exercises — wow! It made such a big difference to work on the exercises myself and then receive guidance and see how the result improved. I cannot wait to go out and shoot more now. Many thanks Raffa for your help and tips!

2 months ago

Jesus

4 reviews

★★★★★

I just had my photo post-processing course with Raffa and it was great! I came with no experience editing my photos and I got everything I needed to start on my own: advice on what software to use and a proper workflow to follow every time I sit to edit a new batch of shots. No rushed content — everything was dealt with the proper explanation to understand the importance of every element. And at the end, a long, guided, self-practice session where I could put all the newly learned stuff to work and get immediate advice and valuable tips. Highly recommended!

2 months ago

Maria

10 reviews

★★★★★

I have just completed the beginners course with Raffa and I can highly recommend it to anyone interested in learning the basis of professional photography. The course was very informative and interesting. Having no previous experience in photography, I found it easy to follow. Friendly environment, professional teacher and a whole new world to explore … how exciting!

4 years ago

Lars

Local Guide · 8 reviews

★★★★★

As someone new to photography, the team explained in great detail how everything worked together. Awesome! My second course, landscape photography, explained best how to compose images.

a month ago

Kostis

9 reviews

★★★★★

I thoroughly enjoyed the beginners' photography class! It was incredibly informative, and I left with a wealth of new knowledge. The atmosphere was welcoming and the instructor was both friendly and highly experienced, making it easy to ask all of my newbie questions in a supportive environment.

10 months ago

Leszek

1 review

★★★★★

I participated in the post-processing course and was very satisfied with the session. The teacher was very approachable, friendly and knowledgeable about digital photography. The small size of the group allowed for many additional questions and digressions which I found super interesting. The passion of the teacher for photography was palpable and truly contagious. Thank you — it was a pleasure to join you for the class!

9 months ago

Annabel

3 reviews

★★★★★

I had the opportunity to join two classes hosted by Nika — one about the basics of photography and the other about social media strategy. Both lessons were absolutely great! Nika tailored the content for me and my friend; the lessons were very interactive and hands-on. The course material we received, with all the presentations and precious tips, is of extremely high quality. Nika is very prepared, experienced, qualified and enormously empathetic. It has been a blast and I'm looking forward to the next session!

7 months ago

Achi

13 reviews

★★★★★

Raffa is a great teacher! Very patient, knowledgeable and professional. I really enjoyed the class, looking forward to continue improving my photography skills!

3 months ago

Anushree

1 review

★★★★★

I attended the beginner course with Raffaela. This is the second time I did a course with them. The course was excellent, with all of the essential information to get you started in serious photography, and the instructors are very friendly and happy to answer all your questions.

10 months ago

Gabriella

Local Guide · 1 review

★★★★★

We have started doing several courses for photography and videography in our office, which has been excellent. We gained a tremendous amount of theoretical knowledge and hands-on experience in a short time — customized training tailored to our requirements with a very flexible approach. The classes are fun; you don't even notice the time flying. I look forward to a continued partnership on our journey of becoming great photographers. :)

a year ago

Reviews from our Google Business Profile.

Raffaele Cabras Keller, founder of the Swiss School of Photography

Meet Raffaele — founder & lead photographer

The founder

Why we started this school

Award-winning photographer Raffaele Cabras Keller (@mixyourshot) has spent 15 years mastering photography and post-processing — and built a way of teaching it quickly, clearly and without the jargon. He and co-founder Nika started the Swiss School of Photography to share exactly that.

"Our biggest passion is photography — and inspiring you to capture life's moments with mastery."

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