16/10/2026 Photography

Course Information

Completion Time: 3 Hours

Venue: Dunadry Hotel, 2 Islandreagh Dr, Antrim BT41 2HA 

Speakers: Gary O’Neill

Course Description

Dental photography workshop. Please bring along your camera if you have one, not essential.

This is also scope of practice development opportunity for dental nurses.

Part 2 for Dental Nurses is on 31 March 2027 – 18:00-19:00

Course Aims

• To equip dental professionals with the knowledge, skills, and confidence to capture high-quality, standardised clinical photographs for diagnosis, treatment planning, patient communication, medico-legal documentation, and practice marketing.

Course Objectives

• Identify the essential equipment required for clinical dental photography.
• Set up and adjust DSLR or mirrorless cameras for optimal intraoral and extraoral images.
• Apply standardised photography protocols to ensure consistency across cases.
• Position patients, mirrors, and retractors effectively to capture all required views.
• Manage common technical challenges such as glare, fogging, and focus errors.
• Understand and apply the principles of white balance, aperture, shutter speed, and ISO.
• Organise, edit, and store images securely and ethically in compliance with GDPR.
• Use photographs effectively for patient communication, treatment planning, and marketing.

Course Learning Content

• part 1 | PRE SHOOT CONSIDERATIONS
• part 2 | EQUIPMENT AND LIGHTING
• part 3 | CAMERA SETTINGS
• part 4 | ACCESSORY EQUIPMENT
• part 5 | CLINICAL SHOOTING GUIDE
• part 6 | POLARISING PHOTOGRAPHY
• part 7 | LAB COMMUNICATION
• part 8 | CREATIVE PHOTOGRAPHY
• part 9 | PHOTO PROCESSING

GDC Development Outcomes

• A B C D

Resources

Dietary Requirements

Please advise the Dental Continuing Education Team dentalcourses.nimdta@hscni.net if you have any dietary requirements.