VIP LIVE Smartphone Photography Transformation Program

1. Week 5 - Snapseed Photo Editing

1.1. Re-cap and question time about using manual camera controls - check screen captures submitted

1.2. App navigation - settings & layers/masking

1.3. Composition - Perspective & Crop

1.4. Tune Image & Curves

1.5. White Balance

1.6. Details & Tonal Contrast

1.7. Lens Blur & Vignette

1.8. Selective Editing - Brush, Selective & Masking

1.9. Black & White

1.10. Grunge & Vintage

1.11. Q&A

1.12. Exercise - Share a before and after photo

2. Week 3 - Photo Composition Stacking

2.1. Re-cap & photo analysis of photos submitted - capture subject 9 different ways

2.2. Orientation & Perspective

2.3. Position of main subject

2.4. Position of supporting elements

2.5. Directing viewer attention

2.6. Q&A

2.7. Exercise - Capture an image incoporating at least 1 technique in each composition grouping

3. Week 1 - Smartphone Familiarisation & Basic capture techniques

3.1. Welcome to the party! - individual objectives & training outcomes FORM SUPPLIED

3.2. Tap the screen - focus/exposure

3.3. Difference between smartphone and SLR - distortions

3.4. Swipe - brightness slider

3.5. Settings - grids/aspect/Pro mode

3.6. Capture modes - burst/portrait/live photos

3.7. Clean lens - the right way

3.8. Introduction to composition - Rule of Thirds

3.9. Interesting/unique perspective

3.10. Check the background

3.11. Stabilise yourself and the camera

3.12. Q&A

3.13. Exercise - Supply Rule of Thirds and Unique Perspective photos for analysis in Week 2

4. Week 6 - Adobe Lightroom Photo Editing

4.1. Re-cap & photo review photos submitted

4.2. App navigation - settings & layers/masking

4.3. Composition - Geometry, Optics & Crop

4.4. Light & Curves

4.5. Colour - Grading, Black & White

4.6. Effects

4.7. Details

4.8. Selective Edits

4.9. Black & White

4.10. Q&A

4.11. Wrap up

5. Week 2 - Photographic Intention and Storytelling

5.1. Re-cap & photo analysis of photos submitted - use of Rule of Thirds and Unique Perspective

5.2. Subject selection

5.3. Photographic intention

5.4. Visual storytelling

5.5. How the viewer interprets and reads

5.6. Viewer experience - mood/aesthetics

5.7. How to use Picsart to create collage

5.8. Q&A

5.9. Photo analysis session (supplied week 1)

5.10. Exercise - Capture subject 9 ways

6. Week 4 - Capture Tack-Sharp Photos

6.1. Re-cap & photo analysis of photos submitted - note how much more impactful the photos are

6.2. Blur - Avoid subject/camera movement

6.3. Atmospheric - haze/distance

6.4. Side lighting - texture

6.5. Close-up lens attachments

6.6. ISO & shutter

6.7. Manual focus - including in black & white

6.8. Perception of sharpness - contrast

6.9. Q&A

6.10. Exercise - Take a screen capture of you using Lightroom camera shooting in black & white using manual focus