About us
Photographers from the Berlin School of Photography
The Berlin School of Photography is a photography school based in Berlin-Kreuzberg, founded in 2013. We offer professional photography courses, workshops, photo tours, private coaching and a multi-month Photography Masterclass for beginners and advanced photographers, as well as photography team events and incentive programmes for companies, in German and English.
Our courses cover a wide range of subjects, including photography for beginners, advanced photography workshops, portrait photography, street photography, nature photography, architectural photography, smartphone photography and mindful photography.
All our courses are 70% hands-on practice and 30% theory, in small groups of up to 8 participants. Our aim is to help people gain confidence in using their cameras, develop their photographic skills and discover their own creative photographic style.
For companies and groups: we design photography team events and incentive programmes in Berlin, such as photo tours, photo workshops and creative team challenges, for teams, clients and corporate groups of size range, e.g. 4 to 30 people. Events can be held in German or English. Learn more about our corporate photo training.
Our team of professional photographers is led by Bettina von Kameke, a portrait and documentary photographer who has exhibited in London, New York and Berlin. On Google, our courses are rated 4.9 out of 5 by 54 reviewers.
Can’t join us in person? Our Online Foundation Course teaches the fundamentals from home.
Bettina von Kameke
Director
Bettina is a professional portrait and Documentary Photographer. Her work investigates enclosed communities, their life, rituals and identities. In the last couple of years, she lived in different communities, observed and experience their way of life.
For example, she travelled on a container ship from England to South Africa; lived in an enclosed order of Benedictine Nuns; travelled with a Circus through the Czech Republic; explored a community of male prisoners at HMP Wormwood Scrubs and many more. She has exhibited worldwide, in London, New York and Berlin. She worked together with well-established names in London, like The Photographers Gallery, Thomas Heatherwick, V&A Museum, and many more.
Also, Bettina is a coach and a teacher. She has been a trainer at the London School of Photography. Her unique personal approach and the willingness to experiment with a range of ideas, methods and approaches create an atmosphere where the students, any age, any background and any level of experience, are inspired and get the maximum pleasure out of their participation.
More about her work
www.vonkameke.com
Nina Bennett
Professional Photo Trainer
Born in Wuppertal, studied in Düsseldorf for 10 years, now she lives in Berlin.
As a professional photographer working in the fields of advertising, fashion and lifestyle, Nina is constantly faced with the challenge of meeting the wishes of her customers while still bringing her own visual signature to the pictures. This is something that makes this job absolutely exciting and varied for her. In her personal projects, she coordinates topics such as alternative life plans and gender studies, preferably while still working on film. Dreamy or direct, sometimes soft, sometimes bold, her works always aim to tell stories. Sometimes their own and sometimes it’s up to the recipients, what they like to see in it and maybe even a piece of their own.
More about Nina’s work
www.ninabennett.com
Aber sehe selbst
www.ninabennett.com
Jan Kraus
Professional Photo Trainer
Jan studied media science (MA) at the Humboldt University in Berlin and photography at the Ostkreuz School of Photography. He has been working intensively with photography and visual arts for over fifteen years. His factual style of photography seeks a direct connection with his counterpart and documents the diverse areas of tension in modern society. For him, photography is social participation and opens up the opportunity to comment on social developments - as well as problems. His series show people, mentalities and living conditions in great detail with a high degree of authenticity. His work has been published in various german magazines and international newspapers. In June Verlag Kettler has published his first book "In Uniform”.
Rocío Díaz
Professional Photo Trainer
Rocío comes from Galicia, Spain. She started her art career with drawing and painting. In 2012 she finished her Fine Art studies at the University of Barcelona, where she specialized in Photography and Video. Soon after, she moved to Berlin. Since 2016 she studies at the German TV and Film Academy. Nowadays, she works as a freelance Photographer and Camerawoman.
In her work, she tries to find and break the limits of the materials and techniques, in order to create the right expression through her images.















