Transform Your Clinical Images – Using Only Your Smartphone! | Johannesburg

Description

Join us in Bryanston, Johannesburg for a hands-on training that will change the way you document cases forever.

✅ Perfect lighting & positioning for crystal-clear shots
✅ How to use retractors, contrastors & mirrors
✅ Easy photo composition tips
✅ Quick edits for professional presentations
✅ CPD points

🎁 Take-home kit included: Twin-light or ring light, clip-on macro lens & more!

🗓 Date: Saturday, 07 February 2026
⌚ Time: 09H00 – 13H00
📍 Venue: Scivision, Bryanston, Johannesburg

What You’ll Learn:

1. Lighting & Positioning for Perfect Clarity

The foundation of great dental photography is light. You’ll learn how to control and position light to avoid harsh shadows, reflections, or glare that can distort details. We’ll explore how natural daylight differs from artificial light, why LED ring or twin lights are the gold standard for intraoral images, and how to create consistency across multiple photo sessions. You’ll also understand how the angle of your phone and the positioning of the patient’s head impacts brightness and sharpness, and how small adjustments can dramatically improve the quality of your photographs.

2. Using Retractors, Contrasters & Mirrors

Capturing the full story of a patient’s smile requires more than just good lighting. This session will cover how to use simple yet powerful accessories like cheek retractors, black contrasters, and intraoral mirrors to showcase teeth and gingiva clearly while minimizing distractions in the background. You’ll learn correct placement techniques that not only make the patient more comfortable but also give you sharp, professional-quality images that highlight exactly what you want to show — whether it’s a restorative case, an orthodontic change, or a cosmetic transformation.

3. Easy Photo Composition Tips & Consistency

A good clinical photograph doesn’t just show teeth — it tells a story. You’ll learn how to compose your images so that they look clean, balanced, and consistent across your cases. This includes how to frame the subject properly, how to avoid cutting off important anatomy, and how to use grid lines to keep horizons straight and midlines centered. We’ll also cover how to standardise your “before-and-after” images so they line up perfectly, making case documentation, presentations, and marketing much more powerful and persuasive.

4. Quick Edits for Professional Presentation

Even the best-taken photographs can benefit from light touch-ups. You’ll gain confidence in simple post-processing techniques that you can do directly on your phone — without expensive software. This includes adjusting white balance so enamel looks natural, cropping images for clarity, and straightening horizons so smiles look aligned and professional. We’ll also cover best practices for exporting, file naming, and patient privacy, so your photos are not only visually impressive but also compliant for clinical documentation and CPD submissions.