Description
Photography Course Details
Duration: 10am – 4pm
Location: Newquay, Cornwall, UK
Date: This is a 1-2-1 course, book a date that suits you.
No. Participants: Up to two people can attend this course at no additional cost.
Requirements: A smartphone with free or paid version of Adobe Lightroom app installed.
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Master taking beautiful photographs using only your smartphone by learning from a professional photographer who will guide you through the best settings and offer creative tips and tricks that only the pros know.
The camera in your phone has progressed a long way in such a short period of time and going forward they are only going to continue to improve. The beauty of your phone is that you always have it with you so learning how to take great photographs using your smartphone will ensure you never miss a shot whilst out and about.
There are 3 key areas that come into play when trying to capture a great photograph, the settings you put into the camera, the creativity and composition you implement when taking the shot and understanding how to improve photographs using editing. On this course Paul will cover these 3 key areas ensuring you have all the skills and knowledge you require to progress with your photography.
We’ll use the Adobe Lightroom app on your phone to both take and edit our photographs. There are both free and paid versions of this app available and either are perfectly fine for the course. Please ensure you download and install the app prior to attending.
Creatively, we will look at a wealth of composition tips and tricks that will instantly make your photographs better and give you an understanding of lighting. Every professional photographer knows that lighting is the key to every great photograph ever taken, whether using natural light or introducing an additional light source. Implementing these ideas and techniques into your smartphone photography will instantly give you more professional looking images.
What you will learn on this course:
- Take control & get out of auto mode.
- Benefits of setting Aperture, Shutter Speed & ISO.
- Getting the focus right every time.
- Blur backgrounds using aperture.
- Master difficult lighting conditions.
- Post-production image techniques.
- The benefits of shooting in RAW.
- Use different White Balance settings.
- Stop motion using shutter speeds.
- How to use flash.
- How to avoid out of focus images.
- Understand lenses and zoom.
- Master composition for strong images.
- Understanding curves, levels & histograms.
FAQs
Do I Need Certain Skills Or Equipment To Attend?
This is a beginners course and as such, no skills are required to attend this course. The only equipment you will need to bring with you is a fully charged modern smartphone with the Adobe Lightroom app installed and your charging cable.
Are You DBS Checked?
Paul is DBS checked and is happy to share a copy of his DBS certificate with any client, no matter whether they are a business, charity, organisation or individual.
You can read more about Paul’s DBS check here.
What Is The Refund / Date Re-arrangement Policy?
Our Course Cancellation & Re-Arrangement Policy Can Be Found Here.
Can I Speak To Paul Before Booking?
Yes, you can. If you’d like a chat first about whether the course is right for you, what it covers or what equipment to bring, you can book a free 15-minute video call with Paul here. Just choose a time that suits you and you’ll be emailed a Teams link for the call.
Patrick Talbot –
I was really impressed with just how much we covered during this course. Paul giving a professional photographer’s perspective on how to get great photographs using your phone was fantastic, I learnt so much during the time and can see an improvement in the photographs I took purely from starting to finishing the course. Having everything available in one app is ideal and Paul showed me how to use Lightroom to edit the photos, which made a surprising difference to the quality of them. Thank you Paul, I really enjoyed it.