iPhone Photography - A masterclass on taking awesome photos

This course will teach you everything you need to know to become a much better photographer. It will adjust your mindset when you think about wanting to take a photo in the way a professional photographer would. This course is based on the iPhone but all concepts are the same across most modern-day smartphones. It is designed with simplicity in mind and how to change your view, adapt skills, and change your mindset before and after lifting any camera. It will take your photography to the next level.

This is a full run-through of all the elements that we will be teaching to help you understand and perfect in the future after changing your iPhone settings or developing your skills. An important note is the first main videos are explaining the setup of the camera, which when done and understood will assist you in creating better photos. So the first part of the course is a bit techie and boring BUT is a must to understand and have knowledge of.

This is a brief video explaining the advantages and disadvantages of the iPhone with photography and video alike.

Making sure you capture the action quickly and don't miss a shot is very important. Here we explain the importance of the camera app position.

With true tone turned on, the display on your iPhone will change color with your environment just like a white balance has an effect under different lighting conditions. So here we explain the importance of knowing of True Tone and turning it on if you can.

This is a bit of a boring subject but a massively important one. With the ease of being able to take photos and videos, sometimes we forget how much space they take up, especially if our iPhone only has a 16GB storage capacity. So let's run through the best way to manage your storage.

Once again such an important video to understand the difference between the iCloud library, Photostream, and the camera roll for storage and how to maximize storage.

If you don’t want to pay the minimal cost for storage, you can always transfer your photos to an external hard drive.

Another option is a different cloud storage app such as Zenfolio which has been a market leader for many years. Let's see more about this in this video.

It's so important that if your iPhone gets lost or stolen you have a backup. This includes all your photos, which are priceless memories. This video will show you how to check that your backup is turned on.

Just a quick video to show how and where to check your iPhone camera settings to maximize all photography opportunities.

In this video, you will learn how to preserve your last camera setting rather than the camera always defaulting to a standard photo.

Grids are very useful for checking your photos horizons are straight and give you a guide to the “Rule of thirds”, let's see how.

This is a little techie but back when iOS 11 and macOS High Sierra was upgraded Apple introduced two new industry-standard media formats HEIF and HEVC. What does this mean?

This has nothing to do with you composing your photos. This is about you having the ability to preserve some of the missed photos or videos when you have zoomed in too much. Don't miss this one, can be very useful if you have a newer iPhone.

HDR or High Dynamic Range, what does this mean, understand the concept, and how this enhances your photography knowledge and skills?

Geo-tagging, the perfect way to remember where you took the photo. Let's see how to turn this on.

As you well know, the iPhone has a front and rear camera and some with multiple lenses such as the iPhone 11 Pro. So what's the difference between them and how does this affect your photography?

This was introduced on the iPhone 6S Plus and all phones since but how does this help your photography?

Why mute the shutter sound and how? There are two ways that you can turn off the sound of the shutter being released.

Now we get into the main part of the camera and photography. We do touch on a couple of items associated that are video-based but as they appear in the camera menu, it seems only right to touch on them briefly. These are Time Lapse, Slow Motion, and Video itself plus a little about Square. We go into greater detail on these in our video course.

What is a time-lapse and when would you use this?

Slow Motion and what is it used for?

The square format and what is the purpose and when would you use this?

The live photo was introduced in iOS 9 as a special feature for the iPhone 6S and later. When taking a live photo, the camera will take 1.5 seconds of video before and after the shot. So, what's the point of a live photo?

Flash, not just to use in the dark, find out more.

It’s a belief that you can’t get good low light photos with an iPhone. In 2019 Apple introduced night mode to the iPhone 11 range. Later I will go through the tips on night mode but for the non 11 users here's how to get better low light shots.

There are some limiting factors with iPhone photography and one of them is the zoom function. So let's explain the difference between the two, Optical or digital zoom digital?

Even though we are talking about taking your photography to the next level, there's always the times when you want to snap away capturing special quick moments. But every photo taken has the purpose of capturing a memory and is as important as the last. So here are a few tips to ensure you capture the perfect memory.

So, what is composition?  Composition is arranging what you have in your frame for a purpose. What do I mean by a purpose, let's find out?

Now this may seem strange to cover these together as they are completely different subjects but all will become clear why very soon. So here we are going to cover Tap Focus, Exposure and Auto Exposure/Auto Focus Lock.

Burst mode is a great feature for capturing the perfect frame from fast-moving action. The camera can take up to 10 frames per second. So, what can you use it for?

A self-timer is a great tool and shouldn't be underestimated, as it will help you perfect the sharpness and focus of your photos.

Portrait mode allows you to take amazing professional looking portrait photos where the subject’s face will be perfectly sharp, while the background appears beautifully blurred. Let's see how?

On the App Store, there are a few panoramic apps available, but the native iPhone in-camera app does a great job of creating panoramas. Let's see how to perfect pans.

So what is HDR, it stands for High Dynamic Range and is the method of blending images with different exposures together to create a final photo. But how do you achieve this through the iPhone?

Just some tips on how to get the best sharpness in your photos.

Even though the iPhone is a brilliant piece of modern technology, it does have some limitations such as shooting in Raw. In time, I’m sure that Apple will bring in much needed manual controls and other photo recording formats such as RAW. But in the meantime lets see how you can shoot in Raw until then.

One of the biggest problems that we see in editing, is that most people don’t understand the concept of editing. Let's find out to edit correctly with impact.

This is something that is so important but often overlooked, let's see some quick top tips.

Let's go through some tips and tricks that will help enhance your photography and help you out in some situations, and some of the basic accessories that you may consider.

Lightroom is ranked as one of the best photographers' apps for fine-tuning photos. The backend system of this app is incredible, too much to go through in this training, but I wanted to give you all the basics you need to know to make a massive difference.

So that is the end of this course for now, but a beginning for you and me. For you, to start discovering photography in a new light and for me, I would love to continue this journey with you and hear how you are getting on. I would love to see a link to some of your work.