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Smartphone Photography Fundamentals
This hands-on course equips participants with essential photography skills to create high-quality, market-ready visuals for branding, marketing, and digital platforms. Using both cameras and smartphones, participants will learn practical techniques in composition, lighting, and basic editing to produce visually appealing images for websites, social media, and promotional use, enabling them to confidently enhance their personal or business brand through effective visual content.
Things to bring during the course:
• Smartphone/Digital cameras
• iOS 16.0 or later or Android 5 or later
• Charges for the phone
• Telegram to share work
Things to bring during the course:
• Smartphone/Digital cameras
• iOS 16.0 or later or Android 5 or later
• Charges for the phone
• Telegram to share work
Objective
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
• Understand how modern photography is used across different purposes and platforms.
• Identify and apply suitable photography styles for practical use cases.
• Select appropriate camera systems, lenses, and accessories based on shooting needs.
• Apply basic exposure and depth of field principles using smartphone cameras.
• Use smartphone camera features and file formats effectively.
• Apply basic composition and framing techniques to improve image quality.
• Use lighting to enhance image clarity and visual mood.
• Set up simple and affordable lighting for portraits and products.
• Perform basic photo editing to enhance images naturally.
• Create simple slideshows and apply effects for sharing.
• Understand how modern photography is used across different purposes and platforms.
• Identify and apply suitable photography styles for practical use cases.
• Select appropriate camera systems, lenses, and accessories based on shooting needs.
• Apply basic exposure and depth of field principles using smartphone cameras.
• Use smartphone camera features and file formats effectively.
• Apply basic composition and framing techniques to improve image quality.
• Use lighting to enhance image clarity and visual mood.
• Set up simple and affordable lighting for portraits and products.
• Perform basic photo editing to enhance images naturally.
• Create simple slideshows and apply effects for sharing.
Outline
1. Introduction to modern photography
o Photography use cases
o Photography styles and practical applications
2. Camera systems and equipment essentials
o Types of cameras
o Understanding lenses and focal lengths
o Essential camera accessories
o Choosing the right gear
3. Smartphone Camera settings and exposure control
o Exposure triangle: aperture, shutter speed, ISO
o Understanding depth of field
o White balance
o File types
o Smartphone camera features
4. Composition, framing, and visual aesthetics
o Images orientation and sizes
o Rule of thirds
o Basic photography principles
5. Lighting fundamentals
o Good Lighting in image quality and mood
o Natural light vs artificial light
o Basic lighting setups for portraits and products
o Indoor vs outdoor lighting considerations
o Affordable lighting tools and modifiers
6. Basic Photo Editing Techniques
o Basic editing principles
o Creating slideshow for sharing
o Applying effects and filters
o Photography use cases
o Photography styles and practical applications
2. Camera systems and equipment essentials
o Types of cameras
o Understanding lenses and focal lengths
o Essential camera accessories
o Choosing the right gear
3. Smartphone Camera settings and exposure control
o Exposure triangle: aperture, shutter speed, ISO
o Understanding depth of field
o White balance
o File types
o Smartphone camera features
4. Composition, framing, and visual aesthetics
o Images orientation and sizes
o Rule of thirds
o Basic photography principles
5. Lighting fundamentals
o Good Lighting in image quality and mood
o Natural light vs artificial light
o Basic lighting setups for portraits and products
o Indoor vs outdoor lighting considerations
o Affordable lighting tools and modifiers
6. Basic Photo Editing Techniques
o Basic editing principles
o Creating slideshow for sharing
o Applying effects and filters
Who should attend
This course is suitable for beginners, content creators, small business owners, marketers, and individuals who want to improve their photography skills for branding, social media, and digital content creation. It is ideal for participants with little to no photography experience who wish to create better-quality visuals using cameras or smartphones for personal, professional, or business use.
Profile of Kalarani Kavindran
Kalarani graduated with a Master’s in Digital Marketing, building strong expertise in digital strategy, analytics, content marketing, and performance-driven decision-making. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Multimedia Technology and Design from the Singapore University of Social Sciences, giving her a solid foundation in creative design, digital media, and technology.
She is a Microsoft and Adobe Certified Trainer with industry-recognised certifications including META Certified Digital Marketing Associate, Google Search Ads Certification, and ICDL certification in Adobe Photoshop. Kalarani is highly proficient in advanced Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, and stays current with evolving digital marketing and AI tools to ensure training relevance.
With over 11 years of experience as a professional trainer, Kalarani specialises in digital marketing, content marketing, and AI-powered workflows, delivering courses such as SEO, Google Pay-Per-Click (PPC), Google Analytics, and AI tools for content creation. As the Director and Head Photographer of Kalzstudioz Media Services, she combines marketing expertise with creative execution in photography, videography, and design, while leveraging AI for content creation, marketing optimisation, and advanced photo editing workflows.
