Record and investigation photography - on your smartphone
Technical, manual control of your smartphone camera and advanced mobile photo editing
If you already use an SLR for accurate record keeping and want to achieve similar photos on your smartphone - this is the workshop for you.
Your smartphone camera is capable of so much more than the standard hardware and software. Camera replacement apps combined with photographic theories and the power of mobile photo editing apps - produce results you did not think possible on a smartphone.
The apps available push your phone well beyond the standard limits through clever algorithms and technical stuff well beyond me! I can, however, tap into my twenty years of photographic experience and provide you with the techniques and an apps that will replicate almost any feature of an SLR and desktop photo editing software.
Suitable for:
- Medical photography
- Investigations
- Inspectors
- Insurance assessors
- Warranty assessors
Topics that can be covered and tailored to suit your needs:
- Capturing quality photos in low light and other challenging scenarios
- Close-up high definition photography
- Camera replacement apps to achieve higher quality images
- Access, modify and replacement EXIF data, including date and time stamping
- Smartphone accessories available
- Recover ordinary images using mobile photo editing apps
- Enhance the exposure (balance light & dark), colour and tones
- Basic through to advanced photo editing processes explained
What clients have to say
Our team takes lots of iPhone photos as part of agricultural extension work. Mike ran a great session that had everyone engaged and we all learned about some great tips and apps that we've been using since to improve the photos we post in our communications work.
Graeme Anderson
Agriculture Extension
Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport & Resources
The universal applicability of photos in business and Mikes' interactive, engaging style results in large workshop attendances. His workshops saves our customers time and frustration, by giving them practical tips to implement straight away.
Mike's presentations are dynamic and captivate the audience, who are just amazed and excited by what they can achieve on a mobile phone camera.
Liz Grant
Business Strategy - Marketing - Innovation - Customer Insights
Small Business Smart Business
Using social media for my job I wanted to improve the quality of my photos I post. Mike was a fantastic teacher and I learnt a lot over the two hours. It’s hard to believe what you can do with your Smartphone! I’ve been able to immediately put many of the tips into practice and would highly recommend his courses. Thanks Mike.
Kate Houlgate
Visitor Insights - City of Melbourne
I joined the workshop to learn how to take WOW images, for work reasons and for my own personal images too. The session was great and useful for people with all levels of technology knowledge. I learned some handy information that I will now use on a day to day basis. Mike was friendly and very knowledgeable. Thanks
Elise Getson
Marketing and Communications Officer
Business Events Geelong
Mike's workshop really opened up my eyes on what is achievable with these devices. The workshop format was very flexible and allowed me to ask lots of questions based on the types of photos I take both for work and personally. Mike's knowledge of both camera and editing apps was amazing.
Jurgen Martz
Franchise Owner
Guttervac
Mike's workshop is clearly presented, well organised and a lot of fun. Mike is very knowledgeable and presents the information in a jargon-free, non-judgmental manner with a lot of positive re-enforcement and tips to improve your photographs. I highly recommend the course to all who want to get more from their smartphone camera.
Jürgen Strauss
Online Marketing Strategist
Innovabiz
The workshop has helped me to move out of my mobile photography 'comfort zone' and start experimenting with other editing apps and more features of my iPhone. The FB group is a great follow up support as the news skills will take time to develop. Thanks Mike for answering all my questions and the great follow up.
Kathryn McCauley
Social Media Consultant
A Guide to Consulting Services
Tourism Greater Geelong and Bellarine members learnt how to create better mobile photos which create higher quality marketing content to promote themselves and the region.
Lakshmi Cashmore
Industry Development Officer
Tourism Greater Geelong and Bellarine
We arranged smartphone photography training with Mike for tourism businesses, which truly delivered on our goal of giving people simple tips and tools to help them capture more engaging professional photos using their phone.
Ebony Flett
Business Events Officer
Mornington Peninsula Regional Tourism
About the facilitator - Mike James
Mike James has combined 20 years of experience in photography and mentoring to become a sought after smartphone photography training specialist – delivering extraordinary value, in an engaged and intelligent way. Sorry, no PowerPoint!
Mike’s passion comes from being on a mission to help you become more photography literate, priding himself on avoiding any technical jargon – leaving you and your staff educated, inspired and ready to create stunning images.
Starting at the basics, you will soon be empowered to save time and money, capturing, creating and sharing images well beyond the limits of the standard phone or tablet. The phone camera technology, combined with Mike’s jargon-free techniques, tips and recommended apps have made the smartphone a viable tool for professional photography.
