On a whim, more or less, I enrolled in the Big Picture Class “Phone Photography Project” in July. I’m not sure if I didn’t read the class description accurately, or if it wasn’t quite presented as billed, but I was a bit disappointed. From reading the message boards during class, I know I wasn’t the only one. I was hoping to get some good ideas about how to improve my iPhone photography, but there was little, if any, content related to that. There were great reviews of apps, and I learned how to use a few I already had, and picked up a new camera app that I’m quite pleased with so far. I also got in the habit of posting to Instagram regularly which I’m always meaning to do, but don’t. The bulk of the content was a project to work on each day. The first day was Summer Feet, and I decided that would be my Project 365 for the month of July.
This turned out to be a lot of fun. Trying to capture some context to the photo was the challenge, but most days it worked out well. Here’s where I was this month (left to right, top to bottom): Strong Hospital, working at Foodlink, at an RPO concert, in the garden, under our tree where mushrooms are sprouting daily, at the gym, at church, buying groceries, at the Irish Harp for lunch in Niagara-on-the-Lake, in the OR waiting room with my friend, on a walk with Tracy, at book group, on the Ford St. Bridge walking to the Corn Hill Arts Festival, at the pool, on the patio, catching up with email, in the kitchen, getting a haircut, out to dinner, at a wedding (no context here though I really tried!), at the Dryden Theater (waited too late for good context on this one), lunch on the Erie Canal, dessert on our patio with candle light through our open work table, a midsummer pedicure, at Charlotte Beach for sunset photos, with Skylar, at the Mt. Hope Cemetery where Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass are buried, at the Silver Thread Winery, pumping gas, waiting for the dermatologist, and ready to run errands.
Most of the other projects were ones I was familiar with after doing Capture Your 365 for nearly two years. I may go back to look through them another day, but I didn’t find any of them compelling. I’m not sorry I took the course, but I’m not sure it was worth the money.
I really like how you took the feet prompt and used it for this project – some great photos & a neat way to capture your month!
This is the first review I’ve read of that workshop. I don’t use my phone for photos often so I wasn’t tempted by it, but I did get the impression is was about getting better photos with your phone. Thanks for the honest review.
This is completely wonderful, I love it and would like to use it sometime please? I am pleased that I didn’t sign up for the class now, I thought about it for a few days but decided against it as I just had so much on.
I am so happy to see these photos in a collage, Karen! I was such a fan of them on Instagram, and I think my favorite one was where Skylar showed up in the mix! Pity that your phone photography class wasn’t more informative, but I think you do a great job already without the class, so there!
Great collage! And this really helps explain your instagram feed! LOL!
Sorry the class was a disappointment. I’m glad now that I didn’t sign up. I took a phone class from Cheryl Johnson that actually was quite good (and cheap). That reminds me that I never actually did a review of it.
Rinda
I took the class too and felt the same. Thought I would learn some tricks to improve my phone photography. Other than a couple of good ideas I was disappointed. It was fun to take part in the challenges but I already did several of them beforehand. If it had been cheaper in price I would have liked it better.
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