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iPhone Photography Crash Course (Udemy.com)

Take photos so good that people won't believe you used an iPhone!

Created by: John Piteo

Last updated August 2025

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What you will learn

  • How to use your iPhone camera to its full potential
  • How to use my easy composition techniques that will instantly start to improve your iPhone photography.
  • How to use all of the features and controls in your iPhone camera including the hidden features.
  • How to get stunning low-light photos with older iPhones and excellent "Night Mode" photos with iPhone 11-15 Models
  • How to manually control the focus and exposure for extra-sharp and well exposed photos.
  • How to take advantage of exposure compensation to dramatically increase the quality of your photos.
  • How to create amzing panorama and wide-angle photos even with older iPhone cameras.
  • How to use Stealth Mode for great candid shots. No one will even know their photo is being taken.
  • How to take action shots with almost unbelievable sharpness and clarity.

How it compares

Against the other 275 rated Udemy courses in Photography on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 44% of them
  • Reviews1,444#35 of 276 by number of reviews
  • Length4.9 hourslonger than 72% of them
  • Last updatedAugust 2025more recently than 77% of them

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Course Description

Don’t settle for “just average” to “good” photos when you and your iPhone are capable of creating truly outstanding photos. You just need to learn the techniques and with my crash course style training you’ll learn them very quickly!

It won’t take you years or even months to learn how to shoot great photos. You’ll be able to completely master your iPhone camera including its hidden features in a little over an hour. Then you’ll learn my easy composition techniques that you’ll be able to put in to practice immediately.

Most people find it difficult to learn photographic composition. In fact, it took me years to learn these techniques from books, classes, research and experience, but you’ll learn these techniques in a fraction of the time that it took me.

That’s because over the years, I’ve found a way to simplify the concepts into easy to understand and follow guidelines. No technical talk or overwhelm here. Just practice my fun and easy techniques and you could see great improvement in your iPhone photography in just a couple of weeks.

Some additional things you will learn:

  • How to take very sharp and clear photos even when viewed on larger screens. Most photos look sharp on the small iPhone screen, but when you view them on a larger screen, such as an iPad, computer monitor or a TV screen they often look fuzzy and pixelated.

  • How to take amazing low-light shots regardless of which model iPhone you use.

  • The difference between quick snapshots and a well-composed photograph. Good composition is the key to great photos regardless of the type of camera you're using.

  • How to recognize a good photo opportunity when you see it. Most people are blind to the photo opportunities all around them. I hear so many people say, "There is nothing to shoot where I live". Well, after going through this course you'll begin to “see” photo opportunities everywhere.

  • You’ll know exactly what to look for when you go out to shoot photos. With my specific guidelines to follow you'll immediately know if a subject or scene has good potential to be a great photo.

  • How to use angles and perspective to add interest and impact to your photos.

  • How to take better photos while vacationing or traveling. Who wants the same old average photos that everyone else is taking at popular locations?

  • Plus, much more!

This course covers all model iPhones including the latest iPhone 15 models.

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Instructor Details

John Piteo

John Piteo is a 20-year veteran of the advertising and marketing  industry.  During this time he trained sales staff, created successful  advertising campaigns and brought in new business to help assist in company growth. 

For over a decade, he has created online training courses on WordPress, online marketing, online course creation, iPhone photography, iPhone corrective editing and iPhone artistic photo processing. While not a professional photographer, John has been passionate about photography as a hobby for over 40 years. 

John also creates marketing videos that help small,  online and offline businesses achieve their marketing and sales goals.   His passion for working with video started when he created a sales video  for one of his online training courses.  The video increased conversions over  300% and has now sold well over $100,000 worth of that training  course. 

John understands that small business owners don’t have time to become an expert at everything so he has developed a unique “crash course” style of training.  Instead of teaching everything there is to know about each topic he focuses on just the essentials. This enables his students to learn valuable new skills quickly and easily without unnecessary fluff and fillers. 

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Reviews

4.5

1,444 ratings on Udemy

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By Iva Fero on 7/30/2025

It is a very optimal course, especially if you want to learn step by step and without pressure all the basics. I have been using iphone for almost 5 years now and I am impressed on how many tools are in its camera that I had no idea about. I am tired of traveling and returning home with basic photos. I took this course so I can learn how to shoot better pictures, and after that perfection them. I am also enjoying the editing with snapseed section. I highly recomend this course if you want to learn basics of iphone camera.

By Mary Scott on 3/2/2025

I liked the iPhone camera sections because that's why I bought the course. The instructor was clear and easy to follow. I would likely take another course from him. That being said, I feel the editing with Snapseed should be its course. I have a different photo editing software, and a seemingly large portion of this course was irrelevant for me. I may have picked up a few tips about when to use certain tools, but that's it.

By Birgit Wucherer on 2/4/2025

Fantastic instructor – very personable, with a pleasant voice and clear explanations in every aspect. The content is engaging and educational, with concise videos that enhance clarity and structure. Overall, an excellent course with well-organized and easy-to-understand material.

By Valerio Galano on 12/17/2024

Un po’ troppo spazio alla post-produzione. Avrei preferito qualche suggerimento in più su come utilizzare gli strumenti dell’iPhone per migliorare prospettive, composizione, ecc. In pratica mi sarebbe piaciuto qualche spunto in più su come scattare foto accattivanti

By Margaret Bedford on 5/2/2022

Lots of very interesting information and tips. I like the small chunks, which means I can watch whenever I have a few minutes. I would have given it five stars if I had a later model of iPhone - quite a lot of information doesn’t apply to my 6s.

By Arletta Jasonek on 11/28/2021

Great to listen, I’ve picked up many interesting tips to improve my photos and makes using iphone camera more mature. Great course! It was a pleasure to watch it! I’m looking forward for John’s editing course!

By Phoebe Lou on 10/6/2021

I have been using the tips from this course since getting the new iPhone 13 and it has helped me a lot! Great introduction in understanding all the phone camera settings as well as teaching me what to look for to compose better photos in general. I really like how the course was broken down into small videos and the examples were all easy to follow and relate to. Definitely would recommend to anyone with a iPhone

By Jason McKinney on 9/12/2021

I always thought I took decent photos on my iPhone. Now I have so much more to consider when taking a photo and my photos are turning out much better and more creative. I am really gaining a firm understanding of the capabilities of my iPhone camera. I am very pleased.

By Jaari Gorak on 8/14/2020

This course is fantastic and shows you great photography techniques and some features on iPhones that will help the average iPhone user when taking pictures. It's really easy to follow and starts off really basic for people who aren't great with an iPhone but gets more in depth as the course goes on.

By Ted Kowalczyk on 4/9/2020

ì found this course very interesting. As an amateur photographer it was great to reflect on the basics again. The highlight for me was the explaining on how to use full potential of the newer iphones. I am off to buy myself the iPhone.

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