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How to plan your photo-shoot with a Model. Working with Models for photography – planning your shoot and getting started. The aim of this blog is to provide you with tools, ideas & tips to help take your photography to the next level when working with models. Booking a model for a photo-shoot can seem … Read more

Mathematics - My Camera and Me!

Mathematics – My Camera and Me!

It’s International Mathematics Day Today and it’s got me to thinking how maths once stopped me from doing stuff. Especially when it came to learning my camera and building a business.

How to Choose a New Camera - Three Key Things You Need to Ask Yourself

How to Choose a New Camera – Three Key Things You Need to Ask Yourself – We see it happening all the time – People buying a brand-new camera without doing the proper research needed to buy the right camera for them!  And then realising it’s a bit too complex so a £5K PLUS camera just stays in the box at the bottom of a cupboard.

Have you lost your photographic mojo? Fed up with lugging heavy camera systems around? That was me way back in 2014 and in this blog I am going to let you know how moving to Olympus could help you with your photography. My name is Eifion Williams and I am one part of the Welshot Photographic Academy – I have been taking photos for more years than I care to remember and have been teaching photography, officially, since 2009. Back in 2014 I lost all interest in my own personal photography and I failed to understand why. I just knew that photography was no longer fun on a personal level – in fact, it was a struggle! Turned out I’d had a heart attack and I needed a triple heart bypass but that is a whole other story…

Getting The Most From Your Camera

The Photographer’s Pocket Book by Michael Freeman is, in our opinion, one of the best photographic books you could ever purchase. It is also, as Michael describes on the back cover, the perfect size to fit into your camera bag and will help you operate your camera with speed, confidence and accuracy. And we are giving you the chance to WIN A COPY – Just for signing up to our mailing / email list..

I Want To Learn How To Use My Camera - Photo of a person holding a camera, looking at the back of it while it sits on an open laptop with a phone next to it.

“I want to learn how to use my camera… Properly” is a statement we hear from people time and time again. How do I learn my camera? Is another – Our reply at Welshot is always the same. Practice, practice, practice, practice some more and practice again. According to Malcolm Gladwell’s blockbuster book ‘Outliers’ it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert at anything. That’s about 10 years of intensive practice to achieve mastery of any subject and here at Welshot we know, without a doubt, the people who get the best from their camera(s) are the ones that put the most time and effort into learning the art of photography.

Make 2022 YOUR Year for Photography

How long have you been looking at your camera and saying to yourself, I wish I could learn my camera and use it to its full potential – Well, why not make 2022 YOUR Year for Photography? As the saying goes… “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The Second best time is now” meaning, the best time to act is now if you want to learn how to use your camera properly.

Two Minute Tuesday – P.A.S.M Camera Modes

Whether you have a compact camera, a mirrorless camera, a DSLR or even a smartphone, if it has manual controls, then you will need to understand the different modes available to you which are often referred to P.A.S.M. 

Maybe you’ve wondered what the P.A.S. or M stands for on your own camera, then this this Two Minute Tuesday video is for you. Welshot’s very own BossTog, Eifion Williams, helps you to understand the P.A.S.M camera modes and what they are used for, including shutter priority, aperture priority.

What is your ‘Go To’ camera setting or favourite camera function/feature? Let us know in the comments below, we would love to know

If you would like to know more about how Welshot can help YOU learn how to use your camera from the comfort of your own home – Check out Welshot Online

Two Minute Tuesdays - Table Top Tripods. Photo of a smart phone attached to a gorilla tripod twisted around a fence railing taking a photo at night

Two Minute Tuesday – Table Top Tripods

In this Two Minute Tuesday video, Welshot’s very own BossTog, Eifion Williams, showcases three different types of table top tripods that could help you with your photography.

If you want to get great advise on choosing the perfect tripod for you and your photography – Welshot recommends WEX Photo Video Leeds.

Whether you love tripods or you hate them, sometimes they are a MUST for your photography – Let us know in the comments below, how often do YOU use a tripod for your photography?

If you would like to know more about how Welshot can help YOU learn how to use your camera from the comfort of your own home – Check out Welshot Online

Two Minute Tuesdays - The Difference Between Pro vs Standard Lenses

In this Two Minute Tuesday’s video, Welshot’s very own BossTog explains the difference between pro lenses and standard (kit) lenses and the benefits of both.

If you would like to know more about how Welshot can help YOU learn how to use your camera from the comfort of your own home – Check out Welshot Online