Welshot was the brain child of Lee Iggulden – ten years ago she was asked to leave her camera club, being told she did not quite fit it… Lee wanted to learn “HOW” to get the best from her camera – to understand how it worked and to be able to make and create images she could see in her mind’s eye through her camera and lens.
Enter stage left – Eifion Williams, a friend from the same camera club, who was working as a second Tog doing wedding photography in the weekends and following his passion for action and portraiture photography in his spare time.
Long story short, they joined forces and created the Welshot Photographic Academy – with the simple aim of those who wanted to learn how to get the best from their camera could have a safe, fun, non-competitive and affordable environment in which to do so.
Our Academy Members are the single most important part of Welshot, and they are what matters the most regarding how we work.
Therefore, it is imperative that we have the right people as part of our Team to help inspire, motivate and
Team Leaders are knowledgeable, skilled and have been working professionally or as a serious photographer for many years. They are willing to pass on their skills and knowledge without a second thought to themselves, and they do so in such a way that makes you feel comfortable, which, in turn helps you to learn quickly and have that “light bulb” moment.
“We love those “light bulb” moments – they happen all the time…”
We also utilise the talents of our Membership by nurturing and developing 80% of our future Team Leaders – this way it ensures that we have all our Team Leaders singing from the same song sheet in regards to our ethos, how we like to work, how we want our Academy Members to be looked after and treated and how we run the Photographic Academy as a whole.
First and foremost, it is about our Members’ needs and egos are left in the car park. We look for Team Leaders who are willing to share, teach, support and guide in a constructive, non-competitive and safe environment. This is of utmost importance to Welshot and they are the ones we bring in to help you get the best from your camera…