For a photographer, Joan makes a pretty decent poet…
WELSHOT ACADEMY LIGHTING WEEKEND by Joan Reece. (I hope I have not missed anyone out and have got all the names right and the right people married or going to marry the correct partners! My apologies...
View ArticleThere are Sundays, and then there are Welshot Sundays…
If there was ever a great way to spend a Sunday, it was with Welshot friends, re-creating a Narnia inspired world, and thus I found myself driving to Chester with Rachel and Gill for company. Arriving...
View ArticleThe Day Jason met a £2.5 million Ferrari
I knew it was too good to be true. On the way home from shooting the Ferraris, Lee persuaded/coerced/forced (delete as applicable) me to agree to writing a blog about the day. Whilst I quite enjoy...
View ArticleWhat has Welshot ever done for me?
Bethany Cammack, photographed at my first ever Welshot event. I thought, for a change, that I would write a Welshot blog that is not about photography. Sort of. I was prompted to write this blog...
View ArticleThe 10 minute team leader
As part of my push to develop myself and overcome my recent slough of despond, I have been having regular discussions with Lee to discuss my issues and progress. We agree targets and deadlines to help...
View ArticleAlice in Wonderland (…or Plas Rhianfa as it’s otherwise known)
A slightly overcast Sunday on Anglesey probably wasn’t what Lewis Carroll had in mind when he wrote his classic books, but Plas Rhianfa turned out to be a brilliant location for shooting the fabulous...
View ArticleFashion (or should that be ‘passion’?) Through The Ages
Sunday 29th July 2015 by Tracy Edwards A couple of days ago the Welshot team and a number of Welshotters descended on Liverpool for a long-awaited event. It’s well known that the Fashion Through The...
View ArticleWelshot Does Budapest – August 2015
It’s amazing how a trip booked some 6 months ago can creep up on you! So it was that on Monday 3rd August, Perryn and I found ourselves being driven to Manchester Airport by our nephew Alex, to meet...
View ArticleWhat can a Photographer do on a rainy Sunday
Still Life with Veg – by Rob Jones What can a photographer do on a rainy Sunday? Start experimenting with off-camera flash. A quick trip to Tesco for some vegetables, a scout for an old hessian sack...
View ArticleHeulwyn Does Dublin – With Welshot
Academy Member Heuwlyn Roberts Does Dublin – With Welshot Welshot Does Dublin Having only just joined as a member I jumped in feet first, not wanting to miss out on the opportunity to travel to Dublin...
View ArticleA Long Day in Liverpool – From Cathedral to Library
A Long Day in Liverpool When Welshot say ‘long day’, this is inevitably coupled with an insanely early start, and this was no different when our merry band gathered outside the Anglican Cathedral at...
View ArticleA Day with Eifion at the Llanberis Slate Museum
Llanberis Slate Museum – by Robert Cragg Although I’ve been a Welshot member for over 20 months now, for various reasons it wasn’t until a couple of months ago that I had the one-to-one with Eifion...
View ArticleLOOK – I’m not a scruff after all…
… Or why it is important to have a good profile photograph if you are in business… If a great photograph gets you one step closer to feeling good about yourself, then it is worth every penny… It’s no...
View ArticleKeith Does Dublin – with Welshot
Going to bed at 20:30 on a Friday night might make me sound like a lightweight but my plan was to get a few hours sleep before getting the 02:40 ferry from Holyhead to Dublin. It wasn’t really much of...
View ArticleA Welshotter on Track Day
A Welshotter on Track Day My Visit to Trac Mon with Welshot started back on the ‘longest day’ event when we reached Aberfraw and there was a buzz in the air. This was my first encounter with the track...
View ArticleCarolyn Does Route 66 – Complete with her Olympus PEN… Day One…
Day One – Wednesday 1st October 2015 Well the name is right, it really is windy. I thought that it was a bit like the big apple, in that it’s not an apple so Chicago won’t be windy. I was wrong I’m...
View ArticleCarolyn Does Route 66 – Complete with her Olympus PEN… Day Two…
Route 66 starts in the heart of Chicago, the sign to mark this historic route is lost amongst the modern day signs of the city. So with our new camera clutched in our hands with a determination to use...
View ArticleCarolyn Does Route 66 – with her Olympus PEN… Day Three & Four…
Day Three… The journey from St Louis to Memphis is just filled with sights and sounds that assault the senses, from the cotton fields to the neon signs, there is so much to see and take pictures off,...
View ArticleEvery Year… EVERY BL**DY Year….!
Every year since Welshot was born I’ve wanted to have our own, our very own, specially made, just for Welshot, personalised Christmas Card… Every bl**dy year… ! With one reason or another, from the...
View ArticleCarolyn Does Route 66 – with her Olympus PEN… Day Five, Six & Seven
Leaving Louisiana and crossing into Texas really shows the differences between the states. The big views and rolling plains of the cattle ranches are hard to capture for a novice like me but my Olympus...
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