The purpose of this course is to enable iPhone users to capture beautiful images. The course will include classroom instruction on using the many functions of an iPhone to take all kinds of pictures in many different situations. This course is only going to be helpful to individuals who have at least an Apple iPhone 11 and are using iOS 18. In addition to using the iPhone to take beautiful pictures, we will also focus on using Apple Photos to organize the photos as well as to enhance them. We will use only the iPhone 11 and newer phones through the iPhone 16 to take the pictures, organize, and improve them. We may focus some on using Apple Photos on an iPad or Apple desktop/laptop, but you only need an iPhone for this course. No prior photography experience is necessary to take this course. We will have several field trips to some of the most beautiful places in our Valley. We will also learn how to share our photos with friends and family as well as within the class. We will also use Google Photos to share images within our class. We will have several feedback times within the class so that people can get useful feedback about how to improve their photos. Our feedback tends to be very gentle.

Field Trips:
The 2 or 3 optional field trips may include excursions to places in our Valley like Silver Lake, JMU, the Edith J. Carrier Arboretum, and the Shenandoah River. Other places could be used for the field trips, but these are the ones right now that I have used before, and they tend to work out very well. We take the field trips by carpooling from the Ice House parking lot and then returning to the Ice House parking lot.

Frank Doherty, a 35-year resident of the Shenandoah Valley and former JMU administrator, has been passionate about photography for more than 25 years. Frank was a member of the OASIS Gallery in downtown Harrisonburg for more than 13 years, sharing his photography with the community. His photography focuses primarily on landscapes, gardens, flowers, birds, and beautiful places in the Shenandoah Valley. Frank has taught several LLI classes since his retirement, including classes on how to use your camera as we toured the most beautiful places in our Valley. Frank also has significant experience using Apple Photos and Google Photos to share, organize and enhance images.