Smartphone Photography Next Steps - Beeston Library - Adult Learning

Beeston Library, Beeston

Date	22 November 2025
Time	10am - 3pm
Venue	Beeston Library, Beeston View venue details
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 15
Cost	FREE - £18

About this course

This course will support you to take your SmartPhone photography journey a little further.

The course will include some short walks around the local area to take photographs.

This course assumes learners have some basic experience of using their SmartPhone camera.

During the course you will learn how to find your mobile camera app and locate your images in your gallery. Over the four weeks you will explore a range of composition techniques, depth of field and create some amazing images using double exposure techniques. You will have the opportunity to explore some simple editing tools including Snapseed.

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?

Learners will be able to use at least 3 composition techniques within their images.
Learners will create a range of images to demonstrate and explain depth of field,
Learners will explore creating images in black and white and discuss the impact of black and white images.
Learners will be able to demonstrate at least 3 simple edits to change their image including use of preset adjustments, crop and straighten.
Learners will be able to merge two images to create a double exposure image using Snapseed.

What you will need for the course:

Fully charged Smartphone
A smartphone charger maybe useful
Suitable clothing for the weather for outdoor walks.
Download the free Snapseed app

Booking your place and fee information

If you receive 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 funding page for further information.

Residency in England

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must be living in England permanently and live outside of the devolved areas listed below or live within the East Midlands Combined County Authority (EMCCA) devolved area (Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire).

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

Residency Eligibility – other criteria

If you are living in the UK on a visa we will require evidence of this in order to be funded for the course, you can upload this evidence when you apply for the course. (completion of a questionnaire will be required).

Some exceptions may apply for example

Your visa expiry date must be beyond the end of your course
Asylum seekers must have lived in the UK for 6 months or longer while their claim is being considered by the Home Office
You are receiving local authority support under section 23C or section 23CA of the Children Act 1989 or the Care Act 2014

Any learner who is not funded full cost fees would apply to these courses.