Smartphone Photography Course

■ Learn to get the best out of your smartphone camera

■ A strong focus on working the light & creative composition

■ Exposure, focus, filters, HDR, Slo Mo, enhancement

■ Accessories, gizmos, crreative & practical Apps, working social media

■ Street 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 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	2pm to 5pm
Location	McDonalds - 44 Hindley St, Adelaide SA
Meeting Point	Inside McDonalds

Why do this three hour Smartphone Course?
■ 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

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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.

■ 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

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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.

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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

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What are some of the indoor & outdoor locations we photograph at?
■ We mainly shoot in the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, Adelaide Central market, along Flinders and other streets

■ We also sometimes run it in Adelaide zoo by group consensus - the zoo entry fees are extra

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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

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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 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

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Do you offer group discounts & incentives on this course?
■ Yes we do - we offer the 6 person comes free and other incentives such as complimentary places on other courses ( such as a Wildlife Photography Course)

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The course was great. Have done a few shoots since the course with some good results ( I Think. LOL). I’m ready to hit the ground running now. Thanks so much for all your help. The course was well worth it that’s for sure.

--Andrew Patrick

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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

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Thanks for the Watagan Park photo shoot of the 4 houses. – Brett was very happy with the outcome and he just wanted to be very clear with the location of the villages (for you to make sure your pricing was correct). He would like you to schedule in some time to go to Wongawilli . Thanks for the great deal on the drone shots as well as the Marsden Parks ones.

-- Sarah King / Graphic Designer

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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 runs fantastic, informative and always fun courses and tours. I have done 4 of them now - Blue Mountains, Southern Highlands, 3801 Steam train and the most recent to Jervis Bay. Always a laugh and with excellent like minded, fellow photographers!

--Sean Dudding | product owner

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Thank you for one of the best 5 days ever. Lots of laughs, learn a huge amount, great group, food was fab, and eating out cheap. Super cooking class, brilliant photography with masses of variety each and every day. A highlight for me was the Full moon festival. Amazing! A memorable adventure. Sign me up for your Cinque Terre course in October! Cheers

--Samantha Knight

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"I just wanted to say that I really loved this weekend course and learnt a great deal. I appreciate you both sharing your photography knowledge and patience with us. Serena and Andrew were great instructors and injected lots of fun but at the same time kept the course at a great pace and ensured we all got something valuable out of it. I am really looking forward to the Wildflowers and Wilderness weekend in September!"

--Ray Berry / Manager

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Andrew did a great job with his aerial photography of our property in Bathurst and saved us a lot of money with the inspection of our powerline insulators

--Steve Wilton| Business Manager

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