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Photo taken at the Chester Winter Watch Parade

It’s official – the Chester Winter Watch parade is BACK! And Welshot is on a mission to help all photographers to make full use of this colourful and creative spectacle. From a low-light and long exposure masterclass to street photography – this Mini-Module from the Welshot Photographic Academy will have everything the photographer needs to beat those Winter blues and get into the festive Christmas spirit. Not to mention the fact that your camera will be running red hot as you will be busy making images and practicing new techniques.

Chester Winter Watch - Low-Light and Street Photography

It’s official – the Chester Winter Watch parade is BACK! And Welshot is on a mission to help all photographers to make full use of this colourful and creative spectacle. From a low-light and long exposure masterclass to street photography – this Mini-Module from the Welshot Photographic Academy will have everything the photographer needs to beat those Winter blues and get into the festive Christmas spirit. Not to mention the fact that your camera will be running red hot as you will be busy making images and practicing new techniques.

Shooting with Gels - Off Camera Flash - Photo of a model posing using these photographic techniques at the Welshot Photographic Academy

.At this Welshot Photographic Academy Evening in Chester it’s all about Shooting with Gels – Off Camera Flash Photography. You will be shooting on location, in an urban environment, around the historic city of Chester while capturing your stunning, experienced, Welshot models in camera while using lighting gels and modifiers. You will learn how to balance ambient, low-light conditions and flash photography while using gels. Not only will you leave this Welshot photographic workshop with a camera roll full of wonderful portrait photography but you will leave having learnt a new photographic skill and technique, or three

Photo taken at the Albert dock in Liverpool in Low Light - Showcasing the City lights - Taken on a Welshot Photographic Workshop - Low Light and Long Exposure at the Liverpool Christmas Markets

Join the Welshot Team in Liverpool on what promises be a festive, fun filled, day of low-light and long exposure photography with a bit of street photography thrown in for good measure. This event will start the outside St Georges Hall (opposite Liverpool Lime Street Station) where we will spend some time wandering the Liverpool Christmas Markets practising your street photography skills with the help of group and one to one tuition, support and guidance. Soaking up the atmosphere, and festive joy, as we make our way towards Liverpool’s Albert Dock which is where we will end the day making some low-light, long exposures of the Liverpool waterfront. Stopping for a mulled wine or hot chocolate will be a must of course.

Black and White Photo of a couple (Male and Female) dancing at the Christmas Markets - Taken on a Welshot Street Photography at the Manchester Christmas Markets workshop

What could be better than an afternoon of Street Photography, well, that would be an afternoon of street photography at the 2021Manchester Christmas Markets with the gang from the Welshot Photographic Academy. Manchester’s Christmas Markets have long been a favourite of Team Welshot, as the perfect place to perfect your street, documentary and reportage photography. From the thousands of visitors that visit the beautiful festive stalls and chalets which are spread across the city centre, these Christmas Markets are sure to give the photographer a wide range of choice when it comes to capturing the festive spirit in camera.

Welshot Does… Downton Abbey at Christmas. Mains studio flash photography, stunning models, authentic costumes from the Cambria Costume House and some pretty cool backdrops (both studio and on location) and you’ve got yourself a great night of portraiture photography at the last Welshot Photographic Academy Evening on Anglesey for 2021. Tonight you will learn how precision, where to place the light, and how it falls on your subject can dramatically effect the look of your image.

Oil Water and Cross Polarisation - Creative Photography

Bokeh Photography and making your own filters is what’s happening at the Welshot Anglesey Academy Evening in October. Based at The Bulkeley Hotel in Beaumaris we will be showing you not only how to create bokeh in your images images and helping you to understand all the things you need how to use this creative technique in your own photography but we will also be showing you how you can make your own filters unique to you and your photos.

Heading into the dark with your camera has never been so much fun and that’s just what we will be doing at the Long Exposure Photography – Light Painting Techniques, Chester Academy Evening with Welshot. You will be creating images painted with light using a wide variety of devices and tools such , torches, EL wire and props. We will be on location during this shoot, visiting the many historic backdrops in Chester and using them to our advantage to enhance our photographs.

Car Photography on Location - Photo of Car on the Llandudno Prom in North Wales with a Model - Lit by a single light - Taken on a Welshot Photographic Academy Car photography workshop

This, Car Photography on Location – Mini-Module with Masterclass from the Welshot Photographic Academy, event covers everything you need to know about how to make, create and capture stunning car photographs. Team Welshot will take you through everything you need to know, from lens choice to camera settings and functions to use to get the best from your camera. From learning how to minimise reflections in the metallic surfaces to useful lighting techniques such as gradient lighting and light painting. Throughout this in-depth Welshot Photographic Mini-Module you will be taken through the shooting procedures step-by-step while you practice for yourself and get yourself a great set of dynamic images for your portfolio.

Portmeirion Village in North Wales

The beautiful Italian village of Portmeirion in Porthmadog, North Wales is the venue for this Autumn Welshot Photographic Mini Module and Masterclass. From learning how to shoot for High Dynamic images (HDR) to capturing the colour, textures, and shapes of this amazing venue in your camera.