Professional Photography and Video for Mobile
A course by Nay JiménezPhotographer
A course by Nay Jiménez, Photographer
Learn how to create high-quality content for Instagram using your smartphone
Want to take professional photos and videos for your Instagram? All it takes is a bit of motivation, dedication, and the expert advice of Nay Jiménez. As the photographer and founding art director of Fruta Studio, her day-to-day is devoted to creating visual and creative social media content for brands, such as Disney, Puma, Samsung, and Level. Her content varies from lifestyle, travel, and still lifes to more artistic approaches like stop motion. In this course, she teaches you all her techniques to give you confidence behind the camera and transform your smartphone into a content-creating machine.
Learn how to take full advantage of your cell phone to create visual content in the form of photos and videos for your social media. Focus on color and composition to give your galleries a coherent visual style and on photo and video editing to craft an editorial line that brings consistency to your content on Instagram Stories as well as your feed.
Featured review
I enjoyed the course very much! Nay's enthusiasm is infectious, you immediately want to start making work!
What will you learn in this online course?
18 lessons & 24 downloads
What will we do in this course?
1 minute, 34 seconds
Dominate the light
11 minutes, 4 seconds
Chromatic harmony
9 minutes, 13 seconds
Composition and arrangement of the elements
13 minutes, 59 seconds
The camera of your mobile
10 minutes, 47 seconds
Accessories to boost your mobile
8 minutes, 14 seconds
What's included in this course?
Meet your teacher, Nay Jiménez, who tells you about how her passion for art direction led her to experiment with photography, and how she went from being a novice in 2009 (when Instagram came out) to founding her own photography studio. She also shows you the filmmakers, photographers, and Instagrammers that inspire her work.
Begin with the basics of natural lighting and the role that color plays in a good photograph. Explore the characteristics of soft light, hard light, backlight, and dappled light, and see how to play with these elements to change the color of your photos as well as add substance and depth to them.
Next, discover the importance of composition and how visual elements are arranged. Analyze different ways of crafting an image to effectively express your vision and invite viewers to follow their imagination and get lost in your photographs.
Now it's time to get to know your phone, its features, and everything it's capable of. Nay also shows you some accessories that can help you enhance the quality of your images or simply get more out of your projects and ensure that nothing disrupts your creativity.
Then, discover that you don't need the latest tech to get great results. Learn about flat lay photography, stop motion videos, portrait photography, and videos with a model to expand your content-creating repertoire. Continue by delving into the intricacies of each technique and apply everything you've learned.
Finally, Nay teaches you how to select the best images–and delete the ones that don't work–and shows you some of her favorite apps, filters, and effects you can use to produce professional-looking photos and videos. Wrap up the course with some tips on how to publish your content and maximize its reach.
What is this course's project?
Complete four creative exercises that you can use as content for your social media: a flat lay photograph, a stop motion video, and a photo and video with a model.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone interested in enhancing the quality of their photos and videos to create engaging visual content.
Requirements and materials
No prior knowledge is necessary.
As for materials, you need a smartphone with a good camera.
Reviews
- juanarturodrewPLUS2 months ago
Es un curso muy dinámico y en el que se transfiere información valiosa, producto de mucha experiencia.
- 2 months ago
Me encanto este curso, muy facil de entender, porque explica con palabras sencillas los conceptos y ademas la profesora super profesional. lo recomiendo a personas principiantes que quieran aprender de fotografia.
- 3 months ago
Súper fácil de seguir y de entender, el área de mejora que me gustaría mencionar es que la maestra a veces es un poco monótona tal vez si pudiera ser más dinámica pero el resto excelente, estoy aprendiendo un montón
- 3 months ago
Excelente!
- 4 months ago
good job
Content
- U1
Introduction
- Presentation
- Influences
- What will we do in this course?
- U2
Essential elements
- Dominate the light
- Chromatic harmony
- Composition and arrangement of the elements
- U3
Know your team and define your content
- The camera of your mobile
- Accessories to boost your mobile
- Defining the content
- U4
Shooting
- Flat lay
- Stop motion
- Photography and video with model
- U5
Edit like a pro
- Photo selection
- Photo development
- Filters and effects
- Video editing and effects: model portrait
- Video editing and effects: Stop Motion
- Publishing
- FP
Final project
- Professional photography and video with your mobile
What to expect from a Domestika course
Learn at your own pace
Enjoy learning from home without a set schedule and with an easy-to-follow method. You set your own pace.
Learn from the best professionals
Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.
Meet expert teachers
Each expert teaches what they do best, with clear guidelines, true passion, and professional insight in every lesson.
Certificates
PLUSIf you're a Plus member, get a custom certificate signed by your teacher for every course. Share it on your portfolio, social media, or wherever you like.
Get front-row seats
Videos of the highest quality, so you don't miss a single detail. With unlimited access, you can watch them as many times as you need to perfect your technique.
Share knowledge and ideas
Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.
Connect with a global creative community
The community is home to millions of people from around the world who are curious and passionate about exploring and expressing their creativity.
Watch professionally produced courses
Domestika curates its teacher roster and produces every course in-house to ensure a high-quality online learning experience.
FAQs
You’ll learn mobile photography and video techniques including flat lays, stop motion, portraits, and food styling, as well as composition, color use, lighting, and editing to create eye-catching, professional content for Instagram and other social platforms.
The course is designed for people with intermediate photography skills who want to boost their creativity and social media content, but you don’t need to be a pro to benefit from it.
All you need is a smartphone with a camera, access to editing apps, and optional accessories like a tripod, extra lenses, or a power bank. No professional camera required.
You’ll learn principles like the rule of thirds, symmetry, overhead framing, use of negative space, depth, natural frames, and techniques to guide the viewer’s eye within your images.
The course shows you how to make the most of natural light, manually control your camera, edit photos, play with color and composition, and apply creative techniques to make your Instagram posts stand out.
Yes, you’ll learn how to create engaging videos and stop motion animations using everyday objects and your phone, optimizing visual quality and storytelling for social media.
You’ll be able to create portraits, still lifes, flat lays, food styling shots, videos, stop motion animations, and lifestyle or fashion content for brands and personal projects on social media.