Smartphone Photography for Online Sellers
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Presentable product photos help improve your business’ image and sales. But you’re an entrepreneur, not a photographer. And right now, what you have is a smartphone. This course is designed specifically for online sellers who use their smartphone to take photos of their products. If you shoot your products on a regular basis, you might as well learn how to do it correctly.
It is not intended to replace commissioned, professional product photos but this short course aims to temporarily bridge that gap between shooting your own photos for now and hiring a professional photographer in the near future.
What will be covered- What is a presentable product photo
- Acquainting yourself with your smartphone’s capabilities and limitations
- Helpful equipment and accessories and their substitutes
- Lighting your product properly
- Shooting with natural and artificial light
- Shooting in your smartphone’s Auto Mode
- Shooting in your smartphone’s Manual Mode (if feature is available)
- Enhancing your product shot with popular smartphone editing apps
- Online sellers who want to take presentable photos of their products with their smartphone
- Any photography or mobile photography enthusiast who wish to learn more about still life photography
Only your enthusiasm. No prior knowledge in photography required.
What to bring- Your smartphone camera.
- Cellphone tripod or regular tripod, if any.
- You may bring a sample of the product you sell.
At the end of this course, the participants are expected to:
- Know more about the capabilities of their smartphone camera
- Spot what to correct in their product shots
- Be more aware of where the light source is or where they place the light source before taking a picture
- Be able to shoot with natural light or artificial light, and know when to use which
- Apply the necessary techniques when photographing products
- Enhance their shots using popular smartphone editing apps
- Proper camera handling
- Most common smartphone features
- What is a beautiful product photograph
- Setting up for a product shoot
- Where to place the lights
- Shooting in automatic mode
- Exploring a smartphone with a “professional” or “expert” or “manual” mode
- Solving common problems when shooting products
- How to post-process your images with the popular smartphone apps
This course is not intended to replace commissioned, professional product photos but it aims to temporarily bridge that gap between shooting your own photos for now and hiring a professional photographer in the near future.
Philippine Center for Creative Imaging (PCCI) is the country’s premier training center for digital media and photography.
At PCCI, you’re taught by certified instructors and respected industry pros with years of experience. So you get, not only the basic how-tos, but also real-world techniques, do’s and don’ts, what works and what doesn’t.
Conveniently located in Metro Manila, our training facility provides a worry-free environment that lets you concentrate on your learning. Our after-training support is likewise unmatched in the industry.
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