Smartphone Photography

Course Details:

SMARTPHONE PHOTOGRAPHY 
Webinar Format

What will be covered

• Why smartphone photography is a good springboard for photography
• What is photography?
• Basic photography principles
• Smartphone camera features commonly ignored
• What is “proper lighting”
• Composing your shots
• Popular “effects” photographers want to achieve in photos
• Depth of field (blurring the background or keeping it sharp)
• Motion (freezing or emphasizing motion)
• Popular photo enhancing app: Snapseed demo

 
Expected Outcome
At the end of this course, the participants are expected to:

• Understand more about some of their smartphone camera’s features
• Be more mindful about how they compose their shots
• Be more aware of where the light source is or where they place the light source before taking a picture
• Achieve the effect they want in their photos in terms of depth of field and motion

 
Why take this webinar?

• Learn more about the features common among most smartphone cameras that are underutilized
• Basic principles in photography, which are applied both in smartphone cameras and full-cameras, are explained in easy-to-understand terms
• Discover photography techniques to help you achieve the effects that you want on your images
• Learn photography techniques that you can immediately practice and apply the next time you take photos

 
Prerequisites
Only your enthusiasm. No prior knowledge in photography required.
 
What to bring
Although this is only a webinar and no hands-on shooting and review of photos are excluded, the participants are encouraged to have the following with them so they can immediately try some of the features and techniques presented:

• Smartphone with camera. Preferably, the participants will be using a different device for their Zoom app so they can use their smartphone to check the features discussed during the webinar.
• A small flash light or any small light source they can move around (ex. reading lamp, small LED light)
• Any small object they want to take a picture of (about the size of their palm/hand)

The items above are only optional and not required.