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Spring in Cwmorthin – Walking With Your Camera – A Guided Photo Walk with Helen Iles
Spring in Cwmorthin – Walking With Your Camera – A Guided Photo Walk with Helen Iles
Grab your camera, pull on your walking boots, we’re off on a photographic adventure deep in the heart of Snowdonia, North Wales. Photography and a nature ramble – What could be better for those who love nothing more than being outside with their cameras? On this Cwmorthin – Walking With Your Camera – A Guided Photo Walk with Helen Iles we will be walking from Tanygrisiau up to Cwmorthin, which is where you will find the abandoned slate mines of Rhosydd Quarry. This is a beautiful walk for a photographer, the scenery is nothing short of stunning and the abandoned quarry ruins and houses are hauntingly striking. From a distance, the mountains are breath-taking in their quiet beauty, but dig a little deeper and there is a treasure trove of secrets for you and your camera. A glimpse of a noisy and destructive industrial era long left behind and an eerie peek into the hard life of a quarry miner in the mid nineteenth century. From landscape, to macro, from capturing the movement of waterfalls to creating abstract images – this day out, walking with your camera will not disappoint.
While the initial first section of the path is a rocky steep incline it is relatively short and we will be stopping to shoot the waterfalls and slate formations, going very slowly as we make our way up. Once we reach the first level there is Llyn Cwmorthin (Lake). A beautiful expanse of a water, nestling in a quiet valley. Here there are buildings and slate piles, reeds, water lilies, birds, something for everyone who likes to photograph in the natural environment.
As we will be starting this walk at 2.00pm and not finishing until 9.30pm we will be making use of the best light for Landscape Photography.
You Will Learn
- How to use your camera settings and functions
- How to shoot Landscape photography and use your surroundings to create stunning compositions
- How to capture the golden hour, sunset, and blue hour
- How to shoot Macro / Close-Up photos
- How to capture movement in nature
- How to work with light and shutter speeds
- How to photograph flora and fauna
- How good composition can transform your shot
- How to correctly expose your images
- How to use long exposures and ICM (intentional camera movement) to give a bit of creativity to your photos
- How to think creatively
- What Welshot can do for you and your photography
Beginner to photography? We’re here for you.
Whether you are a beginner to photography, a photographer who would like to try a new genre, learn a new technique or skill, or, a more advanced photographer who wants to build their image portfolio, you will be made welcome, and we would love to help you get the best out of your camera.
The Welshot Team will be at hand throughout this Spring in Cwmorthin – Walking With Your Camera – A Guided Photo Walk with Helen Iles event to assist and help you get the best from your camera, so you can leave at the end of this session with memory cards full of beautiful photographs and great memories having learned a thing or three about photography and your camera.
Event Schedule
14:00 – Meet at the Cwmorthin Car Park
14:35 – Walking & Photography Starts – with 1:1 and group tuition and continues throughout the day. Plenty of time for Q&A / Experimenting and getting creative with your camera
19:02 – Photograph the golden hour
20:02 – Sunset – Photograph the blue hour
21:30 – Finish (back at the car park)
Please Bring
- Camera and lenses suitable for this event – Wide angle if possible – Standard zoom – Macro – Bring the lenses you have (or like working with) and we will help you get the best from your lens and camera
- Spare (Fully Charged) Batteries and Memory Card
- Tripod / Cable release if you have one
- Refreshments – Snacks or drinks you think you will require during the event
- A list of ideas, help, questions etc that you would like to discuss with Welshot Team Leaders
Please Note
- No food or drink is included in the cost of this event
- This is an outdoors event. Please make sure you come dressed appropriately.
- If Welshot decides to postpone this event due to bad weather conditions, you will be given several options regarding your booking.
- This event is discounted to £104.00 at checkout if you are a Welshot Academy Member. To become a Welshot Member and receive some great benefits check this link.
- Voucher spaces are limited – Bookings made using a voucher/coupon code are non-transferable and non-refundable.
- Initial path is along a rocky steep path but we will be stopping to shoot the waterfalls and slate formations, going very slowly. At the first level there is Llyn Cwmorthin Lake. Beautiful expanse of a water, nestling in a quiet valley. Here there are buildings and slate piles, reeds, water lilies, birds…..
- In accordance with our Terms of Service – We may need to make changes to this event – We will do all we can to inform you as soon as possible.
