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Smartphone Photography & Storytelling
$90.00
Learn smartphone photography and storytelling in this CBD 2.5 hour course to create fantastic images, videos and stories directly on your mobile phone. Then learn how to upload direct to social media in minutes.
Nowadays everyone has a great camera in their pocket. Learn smartphone photography and storytelling so that you can create fantastic images, videos and stories directly on your mobile phone. This short photography course will show you how to create, process, share and upload images to Social Media within minutes of shooting. Come along with Scott McGale, your professional photographer on this creative lesson.
This smartphone photography course is suitable for IPhone, Google, Samsung, Oppo, LG, Huawei and others. Please contact us if your phone is older than 2015 to check suitability.
Class sizes are kept small, maximum of 9, to ensure lots of personal attention where needed. And full course notes are provided.
This course is run at the world famous Rocks and Circular Quay in the CBD. With an abundance of signature imagery, you will come away with pictures, videos and stories to share and be proud of.
Note: Parking instructions are provided if you choose to drive.
What Will You Learn
In this 2 - 2.5 hour course you will learn:
- how to control focusing
- how to control exposure
- how to control Depth of Field
- creative composition
- how to optimize lighting
- about lighting direction
- how to process and image
- storytellling techniques
- iPhone photography tips
Dates & Availability
Dates | Time | Location | Availability |
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14 Dec | Sat, 8.30 - 11am | Circular Quay | 2 left |
11 Jan | Sat, 9.30am - 12 | Circular Quay | SPACES |
8 Feb | Sat, 9.30am - 12 | Circular Quay | SPACES |
Reviews
This was a great course with so much information on settings and technique packed into 2 hours. The course was fun, interesting as well as educational. Our mentor, Scott, was enthusiastic and knowledgeable. Would definitely recommend.
Thank you Scott for the fun and informative Smartphone Photography Session yesterday.
I can highly recommend this to anybody wanting to learn how to use their phone to take great photos.😊👍👏
Really great experience. Small group so it was really hands on and personal. Learnt so much. Look forward to taking more classes.
Scott did an excellent job explaining the basics of photo composition and editing, making you an instantly better photographer without the need for expensive cameras and tripods.
As an absolute novice in photography the course truly opened my eyes as to what magic can be created with my iPhone . The small group included people of all different levels of understanding of what the device can do .
Scott was very thorough and patient in explaining how to improve my shots , constantly checking that everyone was not left behind .
I can thoroughly recommend the course , so much so I’ve suggested to a friend they enrol .
I found that Scott McGale’s photography workshop was both helpful and effective. I can now take photos with better lighting and framing, and also edit photos very easily. Scott is a great teacher and I highly recommend his photography courses. I will definitely be coming back for another course!
My partner and I did the Smartphone photography course with Scott. Fantastic course and Scott is an excellent teacher. This small group course was lots of fun and we learnt so much about taking photos with our phones. We also learned to process the photos on our phones – really easy and amazing what a difference this makes. Highly recommended, we enjoyed it so much that we intend to book a private lesson with Scott.
Great course! Scott was very knowledgeable about the iphone camera features and very professional in the delivery of the course. Highly recommended.
I thoroughly enjoyed the Smartphone Photography Course and learnt how to utilise my phone’s camera features and how to process photos. Scott did an amazing job of explaining all concepts and made sure to assist myself and the other students in the class. I would recommend this course to anyone looking to learn new features and tips for mobile phone photography.
I attended Scott’s Smartphone photography course over the weekend and it was fun and excellent. There were a number of very useful techniques taught and I thoroughly enjoyed the beautiful and fun morning we all had around Circular Quay and The Rocks with Scott also providing us history stories along the way which was really cool. Highly recommended!
Thanks Scott, We learnt an incredible amount of tips & tricks from your 2hr SmartPhone course. I’ve immensely improved the qualify of pictures I’ve taken today, and these are everyday pictures I will keep for life, so your course was priceless to me. My 15y/o son really enjoyed the lesson & looks at portraits & colours in scenes very differently. This is a course everyone would really enjoy.
Amazing insights and tips I did not know. My phone pictures have instantly jumped to the next level. Thank you.
I was very pleased I joined Scott’s Smartphone course on Saturday. Being in a small group was a real bonus, Scott was able to answer all our questions while guiding us through our phone’s capabilities. Thankyou so much for sharing your wealth of knowledge! Considering doing another course with Photo Workshop Australia.
My wife and I had a fantastic time in the smartphone course. We were learning new things from the moment we started until the end.
Scott was great and extremely knowledgeable.
Highly recommended.
Thanks Scott.
Fabulous! Although our class was officially cancelled due to the weather, Scott kindly braved the rain and went out of his way to accommodate us, as we were only in Sydney for the weekend.
Although Scott is obviously a serious pro photographer, he was able to patiently talk us low-tech baby boomers through the basics and we picked up a heap of tricks in the session. He tailored our experience to help us improve photography needed for our business. Therefore, not only was it an entertaining morning, but a very worthwhile investment. We highly recommend this class.
I completed the Smartphone & Storytelling on Saturday. Scott is an excellent communicator and he has developed a comprehensive photography course which he delivers in simple & practical ways for all to understand. We all got to apply and experiment with each fundamental we were shown as we went. We also got to walk around the Rocks to take photos and practice what we had been taught. I saw places in the Rocks I didn’t know were there which was an added bonus. In addition, we used & experimented with an application which enhanced the photos we had just taken. It was amazing to see these photos.
I could also relay most of what I’d been taught when I got home. In my opinion, that demonstrates what a good teacher Scott is.
Great value and fun!
Thanks Scott.
I had a great morning with a few friends and Scott for a private iPhone photography course. Scott was very informative and patient. He helped us understand the power of the iPhone camera features as well as how to use various modes and how to edit and create feature pictures. Overall I was will happy with what I learned and it was a enjoyable way to spend a morning in a beautiful city with friends and learning new things!
Learned a lot in a very short time to improve your photos. Scott is a great experienced teacher
Can’t recommend this course enough. Scott is an enthusiastic, knowledgeable, friendly and patient instructor. Fabulous morning learning about the technical features of the phone and creative tips to take a great photo. Loved it!!
Scott’s smartphone course was amazing. My girlfriend and I loved the course and will definitely be recommending it to all of our Irish friends in Australia. We loved how small the group was as Scott was on hand to provided 1 to 1 guidance to each one of the 6 of us. He was very open to questions and made the experience extremely enjoyable. Thanks Scott.
My daughters and I had a fantastic time with Scott last Saturday morning. We learnt so much about how to take the best photos with our iPhones and we had such a great time exploring The Rocks taking photos. I highly recommend Scott’s iPhone Photography Course. Scott really is an expert!!
Thoroughly enjoyed the Smartphone course run by Scott at Bondi Beach. He demonstrated & explained things very simply, making it very easy to understand. Highly recommend the course.
Yesterday I attended a smartphone photography course with Scott. I learnt so much in just one morning!
Scott certainly knows all about photography and with his easy-going manner he was able to impart this information to us so that we could all understand the techniques.
I would certainly recommend this course to anyone wanting to learn how to take better photos with their smartphone.
Great, fun course. Learnt some really good tips and tricks and now feel more confident using my smartphone for photography. Thanks Scott
Thank you Scott McGale for your professional approach and patience in explaining technical details.
Had a wonderful morning with Scott.. I now know how to use my Iphone camera. Its obvious Scott is a great photographer and he was able to share some of his knowledge on the day. Worthwhile course everyone should do. cheers
Fantastic smartphone photography course in a wonderful location. I did the class with my 13 year old daughter, we both found the class to be very informative and easy to understand. Scott is a calm, patient teacher who makes everyone in the class feel very comfortable and there’s also a few laughs to be had. Class size was small which was great for individual questions. I would definitely recommend this class and am looking forward to trying out another.
The course was great! I learnt fundamentals that have transformed my photography efforts …. I wish I’d known these key steps earlier. Great course. Thanks heaps Scott.
Thank you Scott, I really enjoyed this course. Who knew my iPhone could take such great photos with some simple adjustments. Great that the class size was small and friendly.
Thank you Scott, for an exceptionally educational and entertaining day. Your depth of knowledge makes this course flexible to the needs of attendees and an enjoyable experience for young and old alike. I highly recommend this course.
I enrolled my 12 year old daughter into the smartphone course with Scott from Photo Workshop Australia. It was such a fun filled time with lots of techniques taught to us. Scott has such a great knowledge and is able to transfer that information easily for younger children and adults to understand. He went above and beyond the expectations we had for our lesson. We thoroughly enjoyed the course and would highly recommend Scott and Photo Workshop Australia to any person looking for photography lessons.
Thanks very much Scott – Great session on Saturday morning down by The Rocks…. beautiful setting and Jack & I both learnt so much. Thank-you!
Joined Scott for an iPhone photography course. It was excellent and a great way to learn the many features of the iPhone camera in addition to photo lighting, composition and photographic editing and improvement. So much packed into 2.5hrs and Scott was an excellent tutor. Highly recommended
After attending Scott’s excellent Iphone photo session for 1 hour at Freshwater beach for my 8-year-old Son, I have to sign up for the next course. Again, I was very impressed, Scott has organized and tailored the session very well, where he initially explained the basics of photography clearly and concisely and then takes you to diverse locations around the beach to practice. He is very encouraging and works closely with every individual, to make sure they understand the main photographic principles. The class was for my son but me and my husband too became his students all along the session. I walked away feeling more confident in enabling the trigger for my kid’s passion on photography. You can tell that Scott really cares about his students and is passionate about his craft. I’ll definitely be taking Scott’s next session soon!
Scott was very friendly and informative. He was willing to assist anyone who needed help. The locations were stunning and he knew exactly where to go for the best shots. He definitely knows his stuff.
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