Welshot is BACK! Charge your batteries, grab your camera, it’s time for ‘An Open Evening with the Welshot Photographic Academy’. It’s been a long two years since we’ve been able to have a ‘Welshot Open Evening’ and tonight, at the Chester Crowne Plaza, we are raring to go. We are ready to help you learn your camera, ready to help you make some great images, ready to inspire, motivate and support you in all things photography. Whether you are a beginner to photography , a seasoned enthusiast, or you just want to meet some like-minded people, Welshot can help and Tonight we are ready to introduce you to Team Welshot and show you how we can help you get the best out of your camera.
Photography Courses
Mains studio flash, off camera flash, photography and period costumes on location at The Bulkeley Hotel – what more could the portrait photographer possibly want or need. At this Anglesey Photographic Academy Evening your models will be wearing authentic costumes from the Cambria Costume House. We will have at least one mains studio flash set up with various backgrounds and props and we will also be using off camera flash on locations in and around the hotel – including the ornate grand staircase and ballroom. Tonight, you will also learn precision, where to place the light, and how it falls on your subject can dramatically affect the look of your image.
Our first Walking with Your Camera – A Guided Photo Walk with Helen Iles for 2022 and it’s a Welshot Mini Module with Masterclass – on this photographic event which takes place in the stunning Bodnant Gardens in North Wales we are going to help you get the best from your camera. In our Welshot master-class you will learn the photographic technique of ICM (Intentional Camera Movement) and learn how to compose your images. Walking with your camera is about being in the great outdoors and capturing the surroundings in your camera. From long exposures to abstract water compositions to macro and close-up photography, capturing the flora and fauna, this day has it all for the photographer.
Wildlife & Bird Photography at the Martin Mere WWT – What could be better than walking around the bustling wetlands with your camera photographing the birds and wildlife who are overwintering as well as capturing the new Spring birds too. Our first Wildlife and Bird Photography course is designed to help you get exploring the Martin Mere wetland paradise. This Welshot photographic workshop will have you making and creating some stunning images in the peaceful reedbeds, home to bearded tits and cetti’s warblers and marsh harriers in flight. Let’s not forget those graceful Flamingos and the cheeky Otters either. Learn how to capture movement, capture birds and wildfowl being fed at this wonderful wetland area based in Burscough, near Ormskirk.
Always a firm favourite of photographic delegates, this themed photo-shoot: Recreate A Grand Master Painting with Welshot will be no different. For the first time we will be using the St Mary’s Creative Space in the historic City of Chester for a full day event and we will have at least six mains studio flash sets, complete with props, models wearing a stunning array of costumes and mood/vision boards to help you recreate those paintings in your camera. For our 2022 Recreate a Grand Masters themed photo-shoot, we will also be throwing in some contemporary paintings and still-life photography for those who would like to capture something a little different.
Street Photography meets Chinese New Year 2022 – What more does a photographer a need. This WelshotRewards Day for Academy Members will keep you and your camera busy for hours. Vibrant, colourful, and atmospheric you will be able to capture everything from dramatic panoramic scenescapes to close-up details, from street photography to dance and movement. After meeting in Liverpool One we will wander up to the iconic Chinese Ceremonial Archway, which, standing tall and can be seen from a distance, provides and impressive entrance to Chinatown, home to the oldest Chinese community in Europe.
Architectural Photography in Liverpool – it’s a Photographers dream. With over 2500 listed building, Liverpool is the perfect City to visit with your camera. Grab your camera and come join us for a day of photography. A chance to learn your camera, capture some great images and meet with like-minded people who just love to take photographs. Liverpool, home to the Beatles, the Albert Dock, the Three Graces, and two Cathedrals – Liverpool truly is a photographers delight. We will be walking, and exploring the historic locations with our cameras, so, why not join us and we will help YOU to get the best out of YOUR camera.
This Welshot Street Fashion En Pointe – Off Camera Flash Photography on location event will have your models, who are experienced, professional dancers, dancing in the street…. En Pointe! Using natural light, and off camera flash you will learn how to photograph your models in camera. You will learn how to capture movement, how to pose and work with your dancers in an urban setting to ensure you get the very best image to take home. Your dancers will be both male and female and will have more than a couple of outfit changes – think funky street wear and flowing clothing for that perfect swishy movement shot.
Time to blow those Winter cobwebs away and this first WelshotRewards Day of 2022 – Lighthouses, skylines, photography and fish n chips will do just that… Join us for an afternoon of photography in New Brighton on Wirral where we will be giving our cameras a great workout. From capturing seascapes to skylines, from pirate ships to fairy gardens (and a chance to practice your macro photography) we promise you it will be worth the effort which can then be rewarded with some delicious fish and chips if you feel so inclined.
Got the Winter blues? Want some colour in your life? Feel like getting creative with your camera? Then the Welshot still-life & floral photography full day event at the Welshot Creative Hub is perfect for you and your camera. Props galore, flowers of every size, shape and colour, backdrops and backgrounds by the dozen, this photographic workshop will get your creative juices flowing and have you creating and making stunning images for your photographic portfolio.