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Lighting Techniques for Studio Portraiture – Chester Photographic Academy Evening

This Lighting Techniques for Studio Portraiture – Chester Photographic Academy Evening event is for all photography enthusiasts who are wanting to learn about photographic lighting. During the evenings workshop you will be using mains studio lights and off camera flash. Learning about lighting, and how it works, is the single most important skill to have when when it comes to your portrait photography. Working with our Welshot Models you will try you hand at Rembrandt, butterfly, side and split lighting. You will be using grids, modifiers and getting creative, learning to see (and shoot) in black and white and working with coloured gels. This studio mains and off camera flash photography workshop will be taking place at The Chester Crowne Plaza.

One Face – Five Ways – Headshot Portraiture – Llandudno Photographic Academy Evening

Tonight at the Llandudno Photographic Academy Evening it’s all about Headshot Portraiture – shooting in the studio as well as out on location. You will be creating five completely different looks from your model(s) using a wide variety of photographic and lighting techniques. From creating silhouettes to using gels. From shooting in black and white to creating bokeh in your portraits, from shooting in the Golden/Blue Hour to using a single light – the only limiting factor will be your creativity. We will be using props such as car windows, guitars, mirrors, hats and scarves and you will even learn how to use the surroundings around as your background to your advantage. Studio mains flash, off camera flash and natural light will, again, help you to create differing looks to your photographs. Using shadows, natural and created in the studio will also help you to be creative and think outside the box while you make some really effective images.

Have you ever wondered what Welshot Photographic Academy is all about and what it could do for you and your photography? If you’ve not tried us before why not come along to our FREE Open Evening at the Chester Crowne Plaza and find our all the great things we can do to bring your love of photography to life. Bring your camera if you’d like and be ready to take a few photos, learn a thing or three and have some fun! This Welshot Open Evening is for those who have never experienced Welshot before but would like to find out a little more about what we do and how we help those who are just starting out at the beginning of their photographic journey. You can come and go as you please, there will be no restrictions and there will be a variety of photographic sessions for you to get involved with, or just look and watch – it’s up to you. Our whole Team will be there, and on hand to help you with any questions – from helping you to decide what camera is right for you, to capturing an image or three.

Welshot Does… Frocks on Rocks. This high-fashion photo-shoot has been a long standing annual event at Welshot, and each year, while we may have had a different theme, one thing has always remained the same – The seaside is ALWAYS our location and the 2023 event is no exception. Our theme for 2023 is… Vogue – 1940’s & 1950’s Fashion and our models will be dressed to the nines. The end of the war saw the return of couture fashion designers like Christian Dior, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Coco Chanel, and Hubert de Givenchy, all of whom had a major impact in the style of the decade and at this Welshot Photo-Shoot our Models will be wearing all manner of clothing from full skirts, cinched waists, sloping shoulders, and high waisted pants, which will create hourglass silhouettes with masculine details – perfect to capture in your camera and a stunning image for your portfolio. We are however, making one major change – we will be starting the days shooting after lunch and will continue until after the sun has gone down. By making use of of the afternoon and evening light that Llandudno is famous for, you are going to be capturing our models using that natural glow as well as using off camera flash.

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

Colour photo of young lady with sunglasses showing reflection of a funfair at the beach -Piers and Portraits - Welshot photographic Academy Evening

It’s all about Piers & Portraits – Off Camera Flash Photography at our first Welshot Anglesey Academy Evening at The Bulkeley Hotel in Beaumaris, North Wales. Our Model(s) will be posing against the beautiful backdrop of the Menai Straits and the foothills of the Snowdonia mountain ranges, and helping you to create and make some great portrait images using off camera flash as well as using the available natural light. From simple and elegant headshots on the pier, to dramatic and creative poses and splashing on the beach this event will be perfect for those who want to learn the techniques and skills required to capture some stunning portraits.

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