Smartphone Photography for Beginners - Eastwood Library - Adult Learning

About this course

This course will support you to enjoy learning about and using your phone camera. The course will include some short walks around the local area to take photographs. This course assumes learners have no previous experience of photography. During the course you will learn how to find your mobile camera app and locate your images in your gallery. You will gain confidence with the range of settings within your camera e.g. portrait, photo, panoramic or pano, professional mode and simple video settings. and learn which setting to use for particular situation. The course will include a brief introduction to the exposure triangle and opportunities each week to explore different compositions. What will learners achieve by the end of the course? Learners will be able to identify at least 5 settings available to them on their Smartphone camera and practice using them. Learners will create a range of images using at least 2 different filters on their smartphone camera. Learners will explore 3 composition techniques and discuss how these change their images. Learners will find and use video settings to create a range of short videos using the settings available on their Smartphone. Learners will discuss and compare two images each week and explain to the group why they chose the two images.

Booking your place and fee information

Booking your place and fee information If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our webpage for further information https www.inspireculture.org.uk skills learning funding your courses Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course. To enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years. Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required). As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham and Sheffield Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Greater London Greater Manchester Liverpool City Region Newcastle Upon Tyne, North Tyneside and Northumberland Tees Valley West of England West Midlands West Yorkshire