📱 Best Platforms
Teachable, Skillshare, Udemy
📖 The Hustle
Film a hands-on course showing small business owners how to shoot professional-looking product photos using nothing but an iPhone, natural window light, and household items as props. Cover flat lays, lifestyle shots, lighting setups with foam board reflectors, basic editing in the Photos app and Snapseed, and composition rules that make products look expensive. Etsy sellers, eBay flippers, and small brands all need better photos but cannot afford a professional photographer.
🚀 First Step
Set up three product photography stations by a window (food, clothing, small electronics), film yourself shooting each with an iPhone, and record a split-screen comparison showing phone photos vs. a $500 camera — the similarity will sell the course.
🔑 Keys to Success
- Do side-by-side comparisons throughout: 'bad' photo vs. 'good' photo with the exact same phone — students need to see that gear is not the limiting factor
- Create a 'Product Photography Shot List' PDF with 10 must-have angles for every product type, from hero shot to detail close-up
- Film the entire course in natural light with zero fancy equipment to prove your own thesis — authenticity is your marketing message
🛠 Tools & Resources: iPhone (recent model), OBS Studio (for screen recording edits), Snapseed, Teachable, Canva