Low-Light & Long Exposure Photography with Light Painting – Llandudno Photographic Academy Evening

Dust off your camera bag, charge your batteries, it’s time to blow those cobwebs away and have some photographic fun – all while you hone your camera skills and grab yourself some stunning images to boot!  The dark nights have never been so much fun, and this Welshot Academy Evening will be no exception.  From mastering your long exposure techniques (in VERY low-light conditions) on the shores of the Llandudno Bay, to painting with light – outside, on location and in the warmth of the Welshot Creative Hub where you will be able to find out how you can easily make some really cool gadgets that give you some really cool results.  Did we mention fun?

Piers & Portrait Photography – Llandudno & Colwyn Bay

It’s all about Piers & Portraits and off camera flash photography at this on location photo-shoot Welshot full day photo-shoot in Llandudno, North Wales. Our Model(s) will be wearing a wide range of fashion outfits and posing against the beautiful backdrop of the Llandudno Bay, otherwise known as the Queen of Resorts, specifically, the pier, the promenade and the colonnades.  Team Welshot will be helping you to create and make some great portrait images using off camera flash as well as using the available natural light. After a refreshment break, we will then move to Colwyn Bay to for the next session – capturing our portraits using the “Golden” and “Blue” hours before and after sunset.  From simple and elegant headshots on the pier and promenade, to dramatic and creative poses on the new Colwyn Bay Pier this event will be perfect for those who want to learn the techniques and skills required to capture some stunning portraits.  We even have a back-up plan if the weather isn’t playing ball!

Macro Photography - Image is a flying insect landing on a stick

Macro & Close-Up Photography – Llandudno Academy Evening

Macro photography (or close-up photography) is a photographic genre that some people struggle with but at our Photographic Academy Evening, based in the Welshot Creative Hub in Llandudno, Team Welshot will take you through step by step of everything you need to do to create some stunning macro photography images. Working with ethically sourced bugs, insects and critters, flowers and man-made objects will ensure you will still get an evening of photography regardless of the weather outside.

Still-Life & Floral Photography – Welshot Creative Hub

Floral Photography – flowers of every size, shape and colour, mixed with props galore, backdrops and backgrounds by the dozen, a chance to style and shoot to your hearts content with all the help, support, guidance and photographic tuition you need and you’ve got yourself a still-life and floral photography adventure for you and you camera. This is your chance to get creative with your camera, learn about lighting, styling, composition and how to make your images from the ground up. This Welshot photography workshop will have the creative juices flowing and have you creating and making stunning images for your portfolio.

Are you a budding florist wanting to turn your hobby into a profession – or maybe you are a content creator, blogger? Do you want stunning images for your Instagram grid or maybe you just want to improve your camera skills and develop the quality of your floral photography images. Whatever your reason, this Welshot floral photography and still-life workshop at the Welshot Creative Hub in Llandudno, North Wales is for you.

Christmas Creative & Still-Life Photography – Llandudno Photographic Academy Evening

Creative Christmas Photography at the Llandudno Photographic Academy Evening is all about having some fun with your camera while you create some wonderful seasonal still-life and floral photographs.  At the November Welshot Academy Evening at the Welshot Creative Hub you will be learning how, by using fairy lights, and Christmas trees to capture that lovely Bokeh in your camera which makes for some stunning and festive images.  We will have a range of Christmas flowers and props so you can style a floral Christmassy still-life. From flat-lay to still-life photography this will be an opportunity for those who want to make festive and seasonal images for a specific purpose – art work, Christmas cards, stock photography or just for the pure fun of learning something new and a chance to take some photos.  Hot chocolate, Christmas mince pies, Christmas crackers will complete this last Llandudno Academy Evening for 2023.

Creative photo showing a miniature model person playing a guitar on a tape measure.

Macro & Close-Up – Miniature People & Creative Photography – Llandudno Photographic Academy Evening

Creative, inspirational and fun – the genre of Miniature People photography is all of these things and more and is guaranteed have you making and creating some fantastic images at this Llandudno Photographic Academy Evening.   By integrating true scale objects, from food to every day items you can find around your home the idea is to build real scenes, that look almost realistic.  By using your imagination you will soon see the potential for creating and making photos in miniature is inexhaustible. Your weekly food shop, or a child’s toy box will become a world of inspiration and an adventure.  Ordinary household items and foods will now be a child’s playgrounds, or ramps and jumps for a miniature skatepark. The limit truly is your own imagination.  As well as making creative images at this Academy Evening for your portfolio you will learn the art of macro and close-up photography, how using your cameras setting and functions can give your images a different look and feel and learn how to light your composition using light-boxes and light pads.

Creative Still-Life Photography – Llandudno Photographic Academy Evening

Props galore, flowers of every size, shape and colour, mixed with backdrops and backgrounds by the dozen, a chance to style and shoot to your hearts content with all the help, support, guidance and photographic tuition you need and you’ve got yourself a still-life photographic adventure for you and you camera. This is your chance to get creative with your camera, learn about lighting, styling, composition and how to make your images from the ground up. This Welshot Llandudno Photographic Academy Evening will have the creative juices flowing and have you creating and making stunning images for your portfolio.

Tonight it is all about being out on location, shooting with off camera flash and using walls, textures and other architectural features such as stairways as your backdrops.  Our model will be sporting a number of different looks with at least two costume/outfit changes.  You will be learning how to use off camera flash lighting techniques outside on location to capture your portrait photos for your portfolio.  From headshots to full body portraiture images.  We will probably get the gels out too!

From learning how to pose your model to the best lighting (types of) and modifiers to use to make the images you want to create. From using props, backgrounds, and gels to understanding the correct settings, camera functions, lenses, and focal lengths to use for portraiture and studio photography.

Portrait Photography – Friday Night is Studio Night – July Session at the Welshot Creative Hub. Tonight our model is a trained dancer (ballet) who will be rocking the studio, in a wide variety of ballet poses, wearing a selection of authentic dance costumes (including tutus) and props.  You will be learning how to set-up, use and work the lighting specifically for full body portraiture. We will also be showing you how you can create your own simple but effective backdrops at home using easily sourced items as props without costing you a fortune. From learning how to pose your model to the best lighting (types of) and modifiers to use to make the images you want to create. From using props, backgrounds, and gels to understanding the correct settings, camera functions, lenses, and focal lengths to use for portraiture and studio photography.

On Location Portrait & Fashion Photography with Katey (Model) – Llandudno North Wales

It’s promising to be a fantastic opportunity to shoot with Katey at this Welshot fashion and portrait photographic event in Llandudno, North Wales – Shooting with off camera flash, Katey will be modelling stunning costumes, outfits, props and accessories in a wide variety of locations around this beautiful seaside town.  It’s a great chance to shoot with Katey and to build your photographic portfolio.