Smartphone Photography Course

■ Learn to get the best out of your smartphone camera

■ A strong focus on working the light & creative composition

■ Gain skills in exposure, focus, filters, HDR, Slo Mo, enhancement

■ Accessories, gizmos, creative & practical Apps

■ Inspiring content shooting street scenes, portraits, architecture, product, food, action, nature

■ In-phone editing, filters, white balance, aspect ratios, HDR, panos, slo-mo, video

■ How to upload to social media & share your images via platforms like Facebook & Instagram 

■ Catering for all Smartphones including iPhone & Samsung

■ COURSE STYLE - this is a perfect introduction to smartphone photography with a strong emphasis in the imaging capabilities of smartphones. Whilst we cover a lot over 3 hours, we have to gloss over certain topics due to time constraints. Additional information is accessible as course notes in a pdf file. This includes:

■ SMARTPHONES - a quick guide | lens systems on the smartphone  | a few useful apps 

■ HANDLING - shooting modes  |  slo-mo |  aspect ratio  |  pano  |  video  |  focusing |  HDR  | ISO  |  picture style & enhancement

■ LIGHTING - types  |  natural light  | artificial light  | white balance  |  time the light | quality & direction of light

■ COMPOSITION - leading & converging lines  |  the rule of thirds  |  framing an image  |  reflections  |  look for unusual angles  |  colour  |  focusing on detail  | showing motion  |  viewpoint  |  selective focus  |  vertical vs horizontal  |  aspect ratio  |  compositional aids

■ No prior photography knowledge is necessary

■ Any iOS device (iPhone, iPad) and Android Smartphones ( Samsung etc)

■ Fully charged smartphone

■ If you have an older smartphone with a short battery life - we recommend you bring an external powerpac charger

■ Whilst this is not a physically demanding course you should be able to walk 2-3km over the course of 3 hours 

■ Inclusions - instruction from professional photographers. Pdf notes to support the practical course content

■ Exclusions - food and beverages

 

Time	10am or 1pm to 1pm or 4pm
Location	18 Argyle Street, Sydney NSW
Meeting Point	Munich Brauhaus / beside outside tables near small fountain & red phone box

Why do this three hour Smartphone Course?
■ People who want to become more proficient as a smartphone photographer

■ People who want to just take better images and learn how to use their smartphone to its full potential

■ Experienced photographers who want to learn new skills with their smartphone

■ Amateur photographers who want to take better smartphone photographs

■ This is the perfect photography course for any person to learn for fun - whether you are a total amateur, a blogger, a traveller - anyone!

■ Ideal for groups wanting a fun, 3 hour session together. We have mother groups, hen and stag parties, company employees, school students, grey nomads and many social groups of people doing this course. Group discounts are available

---

What happens if it's raining?
■ Bring a raincoat and/or umbrella as some of the best photos are taken in the rain. We have a number of indoor shooting location options.

■ We offer a 'repeat for free' weather guarantee. You receive a gift voucher to come back at another time if the weather is really bad

---

Does this course generally run on the scheduled date and time?
■ Our policy is that the course will run with a minimum of 2 persons. We reserve the right to cancel or defer any course in extenuating circumstances. We will then issue you a credit. Out of town attendees can gift this credit voucher to whoever they want.

---

What are some of the topics covered in the detailed notes I get?
DETAILED NOTES with every course booking include information on the following:

SMARTPHONES - a quick guide | best smartphones | accessories | lens systems on the smartphone | external lens systems | clamps | gimbals | apps | supplementary lighting | off camera lighting | tripods, monopods & gorillapods | instagram | tips & tricks | summary | recommended gear

CAMERA HANDLING - shooting modes | raw vs jpeg | slo-mo | aspect ratio | pano | video | colour space | focusing | hdr | white balance | iso | picture style & control | using flash | zooming | a few good apps

LIGHTING - types | natural light | artificial light | white balance | time the light | low key lighting | high key lighting

COMPOSITION - leading & converging lines | the rule of thirds | framing an image | reflections | look for unusual angles | colour | focusing on detail | showing motion | viewpoint | point of view (pov) vertical vs horizontal | aspect ratio

---

What are some of the indoor and outdoor locations we photograph at?
■ We mainly shoot in the Rocks and Gardens area with lots of variety of photogenic subjects. This includes the Opera House, Botanic Gardens, Sydney Harbour bridge, Cadman Cove, Walsh Bay and the Rocks District

---

How many people will be on my course?
■ A maximum of 8 persons for a highly personalised learning experience

■ We can cater for larger groups using extra tutors and splitting the groups into teams. Talk to us about your special requirements such as a 'team building' Smartphone course for a government or private organisation, small business owner, company or a group of friends

---

Can we custom tailor this course for my organisation or group of friends?
■ Yes you can. We have many groups who want a custom tailored course or to orient the course towards a specific subject such as fun portraiture shoot for a girlfriends school reunion, a hen or a stag party before dinner

■ We can also run this 3 hour course at any location of your choice such as your workplace

■ We can can handle groups up to 24 persons and even larger with more instructors

■ We have run dedicated, custom smartphone courses on site in wineries, for travel companies, many private and government organisations around Australia

■ This Smartphone photography course is ideal as a team building exercise and for Incentive programs.

■ The course can also be modified for whatever length of time you require

---

Do you offer group discounts and incentives on this course?
■ Yes we do - in a block booking- the 6th person comes free and we have many incentive schemes. Let us send you a list on how this Smartphone course can be of benefit and case examples of the hundreds of smartphone training programs we have run around Australia

---

As director of a company which represents hundreds of professional photographers running courses around Australia its always a pleasure dealing with Andrew and Focus 10. They run highly professional Australia wide photography courses and from the feedback from my clients they do a great job, they are reliable and honest and always do the right thing by their clients - we highly recommend them.

-- Paul Middleton | Director

---

Thanks again for your work at our conference. We were all very pleased.

Got back to the office yesterday and we received via Dropbox all the amazing photographs you took. You captured everthing- the keynote speakers, the sailing events, the party. We will definitely be using you again when we are next in Australia

-- Karen Seidman

---

Great to meet you. Christie and I love your work. We think that the 4 attached, at this phase of our project would fit well and we would be keen to see if any of these would be able to be blown up to a large wall art format.

--Kate Hopwood | Head of Design

---

Andrew photographed our wedding in the English Lake District last August and did a brilliant job! He shot from 10am to 2am in the morning and the thousands of imaging are fantastic. Now I have my own photography business i know what pressure is like on these long shoots

-- Rebecca Downie | owner

---

I was Andrew's wedding assistant for quite a few years and he was always generous with his time and expertise. So thank you! It seems a lifetime ago we shot that wedding at Gunners Barracks in this nasty Covid 19 era.

-- Caragh Lyons | Solutions Architect

---

Andrew gave our staff training in how to get better social media shots on our smartphones in on location at our farms in Murrurundi NSW and Canungra QLD. The training was very concise and professional and he even gave us free lessons on flying his drone. We are certainly happy to recommend Focus 10 for photography for any training.

--Adelaide Moses / Marketing and Communications Manager

---

This has to be one of the best value and most comprehensive beginners photography courses. A huge amount of content, outside shooting with 10 workshops, 2 night sessions and an additional 4 hour workshop of our choice. I went from zero to hero in my understanding the fundamentals of photography. Keep up the good work!

--Annie knight

---

Hi Andrew,

It was great to catch up with you this afternoon. I feel that doing your course was extremely beneficial and since then, using your tips, my confidence and ability with my camera has increase exponentially. Thank you so much for the information on the Indian photo processing lab. I hope that I'm able to get good at Photoshop and Lightroom but it's good to have them there as a back up just in case.

--Katrina Price

---