Smartphone Photography | iPhone, Android, Instagram & more! (Udemy.com)
Your ultimate online course on how to master your camera, improve your photography, and build your social media audience
Created by: Omid Scheybani
Last updated June 2020
What you will learn
- How to replicate professional photography with your iPhone or Android camera
- How to take stunning photos by with thoughtful and creative composition techniques
- How to optimize your phone settings for taking the best photos
- How to take more impactful photos of people (portrait or street), architecture, landscapes and more
- How to professionally edit photos with VSCO (free) on your phone
- How to utilize props and surrounding conditions like light and shadows to highlight your subjects
- How to build an audience and "stoytell" your pictures to them
How it compares
Against the other 275 rated Udemy courses in Photography on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.1 out of 5higher than 7% of them
- Reviews116#176 of 276 by number of reviews
- Length1.6 hoursshorter than 72% of them
- Last updatedJune 2020earlier than 65% of them
Course Description
All of us carry around smartphones, but only very few people are truly capable to make good use of the camera. Too often I see people taking pictures on their smartphone that are just boring, uncreative, and at best, meh.
This is why I have created this smartphone photography class in which I want to share with you the skills that allowed me to build an audience of 30,000+ followers and get to license my photographs to brands like Apple, AirBnB, or UPS, or publish photography books and host photo exhibitions. I want you to truly step up your smartphone photography game, to the point that people won't believe that you took those pictures on a smartphone.
Over the course of this course, which has been recorded in real world settings, I will teach you all you need to know to become an skilled smartphone photographer and take and edit pictures that are not only beautiful to look at, but also tell a story that reaches and touches your audience.
The course consists of the following 6 chapters:
Introduction: I will share some of my philosophies and thoughts on how to think about smartphone photography and how to develop your own style. I want to help you be more thoughtful about what makes your pictures uniquely yours.
Your camera: You won't be able to master your smartphone camera if you don't fully understand it. Let me walk you through some of its most important features. Yes, some of those features are basic, but mastering those is what can help set you apart.
Composition: This is where I will teach you specific techniques on how to make your pictures more visually appealing. Basically how your pictures can stand out creatively. This is what will allow your pictures to move from "oh, nice" to "oh, wow"!
Street Photography: Do you always need permission to take pictures of people? I will teach you the ins and outs of street photography and how to capture the hustle and bustle of life on the streets. It takes time to get a handle for this, but I'll share my secrets with you.
Editing: Taking a picture is half the rent. Editing it is the other half. Watch me edit pictures and share my thought process with you as I do. I will walk you through my edits step-by-step. You will see how some digital touches can really elevate a picture.
Audience Engagement: I will share my thoughts and experience on how to engage with your audience and how to be a great visual storyteller. After all, each picture has a story to be told, and you want to be thoughtful of how you share those stories.
Again, I am very excited to welcome you to this class!
Instructor Details
- 4.1 Rating
116 Reviews
Omid Scheybani
Born and raised in Germany to parents from Iran, I have lived and worked all around the world from the Americas to Asia.
My comfort with the unknown, and my desire to lean towards it, has allowed me to explore the world in a depth that not many others have. My ability to empathize with people and cultures, has earned me the reputation of being a "World Culture Storyteller."
Over the years, I have continuously pushed the boundaries of smartphone photography. Driven by my desire for artistic expression, I have developed a cunning ability to capture and story-tell the world around me. My photography is thoughtful, just as much as it is expressive.
Despite only shooting on my smartphone camera, I have had the honor to collaborate with Apple, AirBnB, Google and a number of other brands. I have also published photography books and hosted both solo and group exhibitions.
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Reviews
By Jafar Abdulrasoul on 7/2/2022
Very very basic, some parts are iOS only while he says it applies to Android, also there is a creepy part about how he wouldn't ask people for permission to take their pictures and how to sneakily take pictures and what to do if you got caught you can find better and more useful contents on Youtube
By David Daniel Balogh on 2/2/2021
No cumplio las espectativas para nada... Es básico y el mismo contenido lo hay en youtube for free...
By Alexis Cheong on 1/14/2021
Not bad, quite a lot of effort went in to create a dynamic presentation that is not just sitting in front of a blank wall. However, the technical tips (composition/editing) are a little light. Loved the street photography moments though.
By Ahmad on 8/23/2020
This course was very informative from beginning to end. After taking this course, my perspective on photography has changed. Omid does an excellent job of breaking down the fundamentals of photography and the camera features on your iphone. He shares his advice on shooting, editing, and recommended apps. He finishes off the course with advice on getting your pictures out to the world.
By Brad Peters on 6/26/2020
I have no photography experience at all. I picked this course because I only have the camera built into my phone. I thought this course was going to be just a bunch of fluff at first, but I have to be honest and say this is a really well thought out and put together course. Just enough to get you started, and not too much to tell you what to do. I would purchase a follow up course from this instructor.
By Maryam Moghimi on 5/31/2020
Fascinating course! Although I do not know Omid in person, I have been followed his Instagram page over 2 years now. The outstanding point about his photos is the fact that you feel you have been in the place at the moment, they are vivid and honest. By checking this course I realized how he has made it. In my opinion, the Section 4 on composition gives the most valuable lesson; however, personally I enjoyed the street photography in action since it was more like a documentary, so active and humble. The coolest thing about this course is the provided examples which make the course more practicable.
By Andreas Schmidt on 5/27/2020
Very good and recommending course! Omid does a great job regarding storytelling within the course itself, while focusing on Smartphone Photography. The course is of highly visual & auditiv quality and gives a great foundation to the nowadays relevant topic of Smartphone Photography. The course is nicely filled with personal experiences of Omid that are very helpful and overall I enjoyed the entertaining journey a lot.
By Christian Hoffmann on 5/25/2020
I really enjoyed this course, the instructors are very engaging and Omid is clearly passionate about what he is talking about. I'm not a heavy user of Instagram and are manly using my camera for personal pictures. But this course made me grow more confident about my photographs and I feel ready to present them to a bigger audience. With this course l have learnt so much more than I expected. Starting with what to focus on and how to choose a scenery to things like photo retouching and better composition of my photos. It's very complete and easy to follow.
By Diego Gonzalez on 5/23/2020
I just like taking photos with my phone and I think I get some good shots here and there. This course is a GAME CHANGER!! If you wanna step up your Instagram game this is for you. I thought it will be just basic stuff but ended up having tons of advice and info that I never came across before. Super fun and easy to watch! It was recorded in funky Shanghai
By Tiffany Price on 5/23/2020
As a Pixel 4 owner, I was curious whether this course would be heavily focused on iPhone tips and tricks. I was positively surprised by how the ideas Omid represented were relevant to any smartphone user. I learned about some apps that are also available on Android devices to help level up my smartphone photography. As an avid DSLR photographer, I still found most of the information Omid shared to be very useful - particularly as I have largely stopped taking my DSLR with me, even on international travel. I'm excited to further explore the capabilities of my smartphone, and I've already put some tips to use!!
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Overall Score : 82 / 100






