Smartphone Photography Course for Business

■ Covering all the specialised & advanced techniques for high end Smartphone photography

■ Designed for business applications required in any business.. from Real estate, automotive, medical, clinical, product, pro bloggers.... 

■ Covering the best Smartphones, technique, social media, Apps, accessories

■ Catering to all Smartphones - including iPhones, iPads & Samsung

■ Turning your Smartphone into a serious imaging device to take high quality images for any business

■ Adding value to your business for a nominal cost. Every business needs great images to sell

SMARTPHONES - a quick guide  |  best smartphones |  accessories  |  lens systems on the smartphone  |  external lens systems  |  clamps  |  gimbals  | apps |  supplementary lighting  |  tripods, monopods & gorillapods  |  instagram 

HANDLING - shooting modes  |  raw vs jpeg  |  metering modes  |  image processing  systems  |   slo-mo |  aspect ratio  |  pano  |  video |  colour space  |  focusing |  HDR  |  white balance  |  ISO  |  picture style & control  |  using flash  

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  |  odd & even numbers  |  colour  |  shape & form  |  star bursts  |  focusing on detail  |  showing motion  |  viewpoint  |  point of  view (pov)  |  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

■ 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, detailed notes

■ Exclusions - food and beverages

Time	2pm to 5pm
Location	18 Argyle Street, Sydney
Meeting Point	Munich Brauhaus / beside outside tables near small fountain & red phone box

Why do this 3 hour Smartphone Course for Business?
The Focus 10 Specialised Smartphone photography course is tailored to those in business designed for those who want to learn how to take great commercial quality images at a low cost using their smartphone. Its about adding value to your business for a nominal cost. Every business needs great images to market and sell.

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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. Finally we offer a 'repeat for free' weather guarantee. Join the course anyway. If the weather is really bad we will do a few hours and you then receive a gift voucher to come back at another time.

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Is the course guaranteed to run on the scheduled date & time?
Our policy is that we guarantee the course will run with a minimum of 2 persons. As in any advertised product or service - events ( such as Covid 19) can occur out of our control. We reserve the right to cancel or defer any course in extenuating circumstances but will endeavour to give you a refund or credit.

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What are some of the indoor & outdoor locations we photograph at?
We mainly shoot in the Rocks and Gardens area with lots of variety of photogenic subjects. On a one on one we can also quote on a customised course ran at your business premises or covering areas you want training in ( i.e real estate or product photography)

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How many people will be on my course?
■ A maximum of 4 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

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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 real estate or product photography
■ 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

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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

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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

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Andrew has been our corporate photographer for 8 years shooting all our events, functions and portraits. Focus 10 is reputable, flexible and innovative!

-- Laura 0'Donnell / Marketing Manager

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Focus 10 recently ran a incentive, team building program for us called 'A day in the life at ING'. Their organisation and expertise was impeccable handling over 240 of our staff over 3 days. We think highly of Focus 10 and have a relationship spanning 15 years.

--Tony Hattley / regional manager

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Focus 10 Photography is our corporate photographer shooting all or staff and website photographs. They particularly understand how photographs play a crucial roll in our marketing and branding. Andrew understands that we are a people business. Many of our clients started with us as start-ups and have gone on to become multi-million dollar enterprises. Their services and value for money is hard to beat.

--Dean Sammut | Director

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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

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Thanks for the feedback and I am loving your photos. We look forward to catching up again when you are next in Byron Bay

--Sarah Gasparre / real estate photographer

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Andrew has been training our staff, photographing for us over 30 years and has led many Australian and overseas photography tours for World Expeditions. A superb photographer with the ability to handle pressure and to deal with the unexpected. Andrew is very personable and always delivers way more than asked for. Highly recommended.

-- Sue Badyari / General Manager

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A great weekend and I learnt heaps - hope to do it again sometime.

--Sue Morris

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