Talk about bangs for bucks--this Photography Class is the best deal ever! Not only am I learning techniques to use with the iPhone camera, but also with my larger Nikon.
My favorite photos are reflections, and our young agile teacher shows me something I never knew: to get the best reflections, you need to hold the lens of the camera as close as possible to the surface of the reflecting glass or water. If you can easily squat, take advantage of that posture as often as you can before you wake up one day and discover that you can't get up and down quite as nimbly as you used to.
This young teacher, however, teaches an alternate method for those who are unable to do this: Use a selfie stick to hold the phone right at the surface of the water. Brilliant!
What amazes me is how many options are right there on the screen of the iPhone that I never even knew were there: the ability to lock the focus, to add or subtract lights, etc--all by touching, holding, and swiping certain areas on the screen.
Besides all this (and I'm only on Module 4 of 8) he sends videos and articles about the best apps (most free) whereby you can change your photos much like you would do in PhotoShop. You can do selective lighting, re-color certain parts of the picture, and even remove elements that you wish hadn't been in the frame.
Once you have a good digital photograph, you can straighten the horizon later (if you captured it crookedly) and do all kinds of things to improve the quality of the picture.
While a DSLR camera is excellent for road trips (it's right there beside you in the car), smart phone cameras are now so sophisticated that they may be the best choice when you're traveling light or flying.
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