PHOTOGRAPHY

Your Phone Is a Camera

Name: Your Phone Is a Camera
Brand: Jason Machinski
Price: 95.0 CAD
Availability: InStock

Learn how to make stronger photographs with the camera already in your pocket. Through practical demonstrations, creative challenges and a guided photo walk, you’ll take control of focus, exposure, lenses, light, composition and timing, then use simple editing tools to strengthen your images without over-processing them. The emphasis stays on seeing and shooting more intentionally, not buying more equipment, so you leave with finished photographs and techniques you can use every day.

All Materials Included

No additional camera equipment is required. Bring the smartphone you want to shoot and edit with.

ART HUB

Start at the UAC Art Hub and put the techniques into practice during a guided photo walk.

Small Class Size

6 minimum · 12 maximum

SKILL LEVEL

No Experience Needed

WORKSHOP RUNDOWN

Part 1: Take Control Of Your Camera

Start by getting more familiar with the camera already in your pocket. Learn how to control focus and exposure, understand your phone’s different lenses and recognize where a phone camera performs well and where it starts to struggle.

Part 2: See The Photograph

Work through practical demonstrations and creative challenges focused on composition, timing, available light and visual storytelling. Look at how photographers use ordinary streets, gestures, reflections, shadows and colour to make stronger images.

Part 3: Get Out & Shoot

Put the techniques into practice during a guided photo walk. Experiment with light, movement, framing and different points of view while getting direct feedback and trying different approaches in real-world situations.

Part 4: Edit With Purpose

Bring your photographs back into the classroom and use simple editing tools to strengthen the best images. Learn how to make useful adjustments without relying on heavy filters or over-processing, then review the results and discuss what worked.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

By The End Of This Workshop, You Will:

Understand what your phone camera does well and where it struggles.
Take control of focus, exposure, lenses and key camera features.
Use composition, timing and light more intentionally.
Avoid digital zoom, over-processing and other common quality problems.
Use simple editing tools to strengthen your photographs.
Leave with a collection of finished images and techniques you can use every day.

YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Jason Machinski

Jason Machinski has spent more than 20 years helping people discover that the solution is often better type, more space and considerably less stuff.

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Smartphone: Bring the phone you normally use for photography and editing.

Have a question about the course or need to discuss accessibility or accommodations before class? Contact us at learn@urbanartcollective.ca.

Parking is available at 1088 Somerset St W at the UAC Art Gallery, as well as at 50 Bayswater Ave. The parking area at 50 Bayswater is accessed from Somerset St W, not from Bayswater Avenue.

Cancellation Policy

14+ days before the first class: Full refund to your original payment method.
7–13 days before: Full-value UAC LAB credit.
Less than 7 days before: No refund or credit.

Registrations can be transferred to another person at no charge before the class begins. Missed classes or sessions are not eligible for refunds, credits or individual make-up classes.

If UAC LAB cancels a class, you can choose a full refund or full-value UAC LAB credit. If we reschedule and the new date does not work for you, you may also request a refund or credit.

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