Smartphone Photography Workshop

Learn how to take stunning photos on your Smartphone with our photography short courses in Sydney!

Smartphone photography has revolutionised the way we capture and share our world, making powerful, professional quality photography accessible to everyone. In this hands on Creative Smartphone Photography workshop, you will learn essential photography techniques and smartphone camera skills to confidently create high quality, visually compelling images. By combining core photographic principles with advanced in camera controls, you will develop the ability to master focus, exposure, lighting and composition across a range of subjects including portrait, street, landscape and food photography, unlocking the full creative potential of your smartphone.

Learning outcomes

By the end of this Creative Smartphone Photography course, you should be able to:

• Understand and apply core photographic concepts using a smartphone.
• Create visually compelling images for diverse subjects and environments.
• Develop proficiency with in-camera controls and shooting modes for capturing high-quality photos.
• Accurately adjust focus and exposure settings to achieve intended photographic results.
• Take creative control of your smartphone device.

Course content

What will be covered in this Creative Smartphone Photography course?

• Introduction to smartphone camera features, controls, and settings.
• Techniques for mastering exposure, focus, and white balance.
• Lighting essentials for both indoor and outdoor photography, including natural and artificial light.
• Portrait, street, landscape, and food photography with smartphones.
• Capturing movement and freezing action using different shooting modes.
• Natural light and product shoot lighting.
• Compositional strategies like rule of thirds, leading lines, framing, symmetry, and patterns.
• Utilising mobile apps for photo editing: cropping, adjustment of colour, exposure, contrast, and effects.

Intended audience

Who is this Creative Smartphone Photography course for?

This course is for beginners in photography for users of all phone brands and models

Course venue

Rozelle Campus

2A Gordon Street, Rozelle NSW 2039 (corner of Gordon St & Victoria Rd on the grounds of St. Joseph's Church)

Course materials

What to bring to class

• Phone (fully charged)
• Phone charger