This Essentials course shows learners how to take great photos and make short videos for social media using just your smartphone and free apps. Better photos and short videos for your social channels – using the phone in your pocket.
Retail, hospitality, estate agents, charities and small brands that rely on social media to reach customers or supporters.
- Photos and videos look amateur
- Short-form video (Reels, TikTok) feels daunting
- No budget for a photographer or videographer
- Content takes too long to produce
- Take well-composed, well-lit photos on a smartphone
- Shoot and edit short videos for Reels, TikTok and Shorts
- Use free editing apps
- Plan quick, repeatable content
- Understand consent and image rights
- No IT suite needed — staff use their own phones
- Can be delivered at your premises using your products or spaces
- Two afternoons (Wed and Fri, 1–5pm) — no full day out of the business
- Small groups — up to 12
- At our Richmond campus, at your workplace, or live online
- Practical and hands-on, led by an experienced tutor
- Better-quality content at no extra cost
- Faster content production
- More engaging social channels
- Skills spread across the team
- Book individual places on a scheduled course, or book the whole course for your team
- Team bookings: at our Parkshot campus in Richmond or at your premises, on dates by arrangement
- Free pre-course check: pre-course form: platforms + content goals
- Parkshot campus is a short walk from Richmond station (train, tube and Overground); parking is limited
- Contact [employer enquiries contact] for group rates