Take Better Photos with Your iPhone

The future is here. The Apple iPhone you’re now holding in your hand rivals a professional camera in its remarkable ability to create images and share stories. It’s an always accessible tool that’s lightweight and easy to use, once you learn its varied photographic features. Billions of images are snapped each day as we grab our phones to document life’s most special moments. To turn these snapshots into memorable photographs, we simply need to understand the technology and combine it with a visual sensitivity to light, moment, and composition.

This workshop explores both the iPhone’s technical possibilities and the creative elements inherent in all compelling images. Mornings are devoted to lectures, discussions, and critiques of the previous day’s work, while afternoons are spent practicing newly acquired skills in the picturesque environs of Santa Fe. Throughout, Jennifer shares easily understandable, step-by-step methods for using the camera’s many features, including focus and exposure controls, lens and format options, and night photography possibilities. In addition to introducing participants to apps for capturing and editing, she also outlines the basic strategies for safely archiving iPhone images.

Because of the amazing cameras in our mobile devices, we all get to be photographers every day. Apple leads the world in innovation, and Jennifer helps you develop the skills and creative mindset for using its ingenious iPhone to boost the quality of your images that record the important moments of life and capture the things that matter most. By the workshop’s end, you’ve acquired a solid understanding of your iPhone’s camera, and you return home with a collection of photographs reflecting your new expertise.