Brisbane | 3 hours | Special Interest | Anyone | $200 | 16 Feb 2025 | 16 Feb 2025 | 25 May 2025
This Smartphone Photography course on the Gold Coast teaches you to take much better photographs with your smartphone. This dynamic course encapsulates the motto ‘The best camera is the one you have with you’. Today’s Smartphones are powerful imaging tools. Rapid Innovations in lenses and sensors make smartphones the image creating device of choice. We cover the imaging features of your smartphone and how to use them, types of light, creative composition and practice imaging features such as slo-mo, panos, exposure control and pre-sets. We capture street & beach scenes, portraits, products, action, architecture and nature around the Gold Coast in a fun, dynamic three hours of shooting.
■ Learn to get the best out of your smartphone camera
■ What are the imaging features and how to use them
■ A strong focus on working the light & creative composition
■ How to upload to social media and share images via Bluetooth
■ Exposure, focus, filters, HDR, Slo Mo, video & enhancement
■ Shooting street scenes, portraits, product, food, action, nature
■ Most students have iPhones but we also cater to every brand
■ Ideal training for individuals, groups and any organisation
■ Exposure, focus, filters, HDR, Slo Mo, enhancement
■ Accessories, gizmos, crreative & practical Apps, working social media
■ Street & beach scenes, portraits, architecture, 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 | external lens systems | clamps | gimbals | a few useful apps
■ HANDLING - shooting modes | raw vs jpeg | 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 - e recommend you bring an external powerpac charger
■ Whilst this is not a physically demanding course you should be able to walk 1-2km over 3 hours.
■ Inclusions - Instruction from professional photographer Andrew Thomasson. Pdf notes to support the practical course content
■ Exclusions - food and beverages
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.
"Great beginners photo course Andrew. Thanks very much for helping me find my passion for photography again. I received lots of one and one attention. Cool seagull shoot with chips from Pier 4 and great you knew most of the stall holders in the Rocks market. I loved this course and learnt so much. I will be telling all my friends"
I cannot thank you enough for spending your Sunday with Hannah giving her excellent photography training. It was a hot day and you had to work hard. We loved the photos and she learnt a lot, there were smiles all round.
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.
Andrew has been our corporate photographer for 8 years shooting all our events, functions and portraits. Focus 10 is reputable, flexible and innovative!
Thank you for one of the best weekends I can remember on your fabulous Margaret River tour. Lots of laughs, learnt a huge amount about photography, a great group, loved the variety of subjects & our Surfers Point sunset champers & oysters shoot was sublime. I will be doing your Goldfield tour next.
Andrew is our family photographer! He shot our wedding at Jonah's at Whale Beach last year- the photographs are amazing - Kevin and I love them! I would highly recommend Andrew as your wedding photographer. He has also shot my sisters wedding and does corporate shots for us as well
Hi Andrew... Thanks for a fantastic day today. I'm keen to do the SLR 2 and night photography, please let me know dates. Thanks again!
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Why choose Focus 10 Photography?
Our practical and interactive photography courses are designed to stimulate your passion in all things photography. Whether you want to develop your hobby or to become a professional photographer, we have a course suitable for you. 69 lifestyle and business courses across Australia.
We believe in perfectly sized groups , lots of individual attention from our professional tutors & enjoying the camaraderie of fellow photographers. Our business & lifestyle courses are all about improving your photography skills in a stimulating, dynamic and fun scenarios - not passively sitting in classrooms.
You're working with professional photographers who you can trust & whose status has been formally validated & recognised with wide-ranging photographic expertise. Your tutors have instructed 1,000's of people on Focus 10 courses over 29 years & authors of 15 Online Photography courses.
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