Do you own a Samsung Galaxy smartphone and feel overwhelmed by the wealth of professional photography capabilities built directly into your device? Are you surrounded by iPhone users who seem to overlook the incredible visual potential of their phones? This comprehensive virtual photo safari on Zoom has been specifically designed for Samsung Galaxy users who want to master their phone's advanced features and produce professional-quality images without downloading any additional applications.
One of the most remarkable advantages of Samsung Galaxy smartphones is their extensive array of professional photography tools and features that come integrated into the device. Unlike competitors, Samsung includes sophisticated imaging capabilities directly on the phone without requiring users to purchase additional apps or software. Consider the Pro Mode feature, which includes a built-in Kelvin color temperature meter that displays the precise color temperature of ambient light. By simply sliding a button left and right, you can measure the exact color temperature of the light illuminating your subject. This functionality is so valuable that photographers once paid hundreds of dollars for dedicated color temperature meters to achieve similar results during film photography. You can even use your Galaxy's color temperature meter to set correct white balance on professional DSLR and mirrorless cameras for hybrid workflows.
The Galaxy S20 delivers an astounding 64 megapixel sensor resolution, providing image quality equivalent to professional DSLR and mirrorless cameras that cost five thousand dollars and far more. This remarkable processing power enables image resolutions previously available only to professional photographers investing thousands of dollars in equipment. Beyond raw megapixels, Samsung phones include sophisticated depth of field controls that allow you to blur the background, blur the foreground, or sharpen both foreground and background simultaneously using an intuitive slider control. All of this operates without downloading any separate photography apps.
Your Galaxy device provides adjustable shutter speeds ranging from lightning-fast 1/2000th of a second down to extended 30-second exposures, enabling you to freeze fast action or create intentional motion blur for creative effect. You can manually raise or lower the ISO to control sensor sensitivity, giving you precise exposure control. Special shooting modes enable you to capture fast motion and slow motion video, and automatic HDR processing enhances exposure for challenging lighting situations. Built-in special modes for food photography and nighttime photography optimize settings automatically for these common scenarios.
The Galaxy S20 features an ultra-wide angle lens equivalent to 18mm on a full-frame camera, combined with a remarkable 30x power telephoto zoom capability. This extreme range means you can capture sweeping landscape views and distant detail in a single device. Grid lines help you achieve perfectly straight vertical lines in architectural photography. The Edit menu includes a distortion control feature that allows you to straighten converging vertical lines in angled building shots, correcting the perspective distortion that occurs when photographing tall structures from below. Additional editing tools provide complete control over hue, saturation, exposure, brightness, and white balance, allowing you to process your image to your exact vision directly on the phone.
An exposure compensation slider allows you to darken or lighten your image before pressing the shutter button, providing real-time feedback as you adjust exposure. After you take the picture, you can crop the image and adjust and brighten it with simple controls. The camera system includes a superb automatic mode that performs excellently at reading proper exposure and white balance automatically, eliminating the need for manual adjustment in many situations. For hands-free shooting, you can simply say "cheese" or "smile" aloud, and your phone will capture the photograph without requiring you to touch it. Beyond all these sophisticated features, the camera lens itself is renowned for its exceptional sharpness of focus and vivid color contrast.
Washington Photo Safari director and experienced Samsung Galaxy user E. David Luria will guide you through utilizing all of these remarkable capabilities during this engaging virtual photo safari. You will learn comprehensive techniques for mastering exposure, focus, and white balance controls. Instructor Luria will share practical tricks and fundamental principles of photographic composition to help you take genuinely better pictures with your Galaxy phone. By the end of the class, you will understand how to leverage your phone's capabilities to produce images that rival or exceed those taken with traditional cameras.
Samsung Galaxy users, it is time to take pride in your choice. You have selected a device with capabilities that iPhone users can only envy. This class will help you understand precisely why your choice was the right one and how to maximize your investment in professional mobile imaging.
For iPhone users, there is hope. This class represents a compelling reason to upgrade to a Galaxy device that offers the professional capabilities you have been seeking.
What to Bring:
- A late-model Samsung Galaxy smartphone with current software updates
Where to Meet:
- In front of your computer, from the comfort of your home. Zoom login information and connection details will be sent to you upon completion of your registration.
