Welshot Focus - Issue 4 - December 2017
Welcome to the fourth issue of Welshot's very own magazine, Welshot Focus. We hope you enjoy it and we would love to hear your feedback as to how we can best serve you.
Welcome to the fourth issue of Welshot's very own magazine, Welshot Focus. We hope you enjoy it and we would love to hear your feedback as to how we can best serve you.
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ACADEMY EVENINGS, Chester Crowne Plaza<br />
amazing food, gorgeous local wine and the most stunning<br />
countryside you can imagine. The city of Florence was a<br />
dream and although our art history was a bit lacking, we<br />
made up for it with strong coffee and gelato.<br />
High on my holiday bucket list, apart from the classic Tuscan<br />
scenes of rolling countryside, vineyards and olive groves, was<br />
a classic Tuscan sunset. The weather was a little off during<br />
our first week with some rain, so the 2nd week in a gorgeous<br />
west facing villa perched in the hills above Florence looked far<br />
more promising.<br />
If you’ve ever tried to capture a sunset on your travels, or in<br />
beautiful North Wales, you’ll know it takes both patience and<br />
speed. You need to know your time window, you’ll want to<br />
set up in the perfect spot to get the view just right, and then<br />
when the moment arrives – don’t blink or you’ll miss it!<br />
Now please don’t judge too harshly. I’m still at the stage<br />
where my enthusiasm often overtakes my skill level. But I’m<br />
rather pleased with the results.<br />
I set up my tripod just outside our terraced apartment on the<br />
edge of the pool facing due west across the valley. The sky<br />
had some interesting cloud formations but was essentially<br />
clear and the sun was a perfect pinky apricot globe sinking<br />
fast behind the hillside. Mr Bond sat stage right with a bottle<br />
of Chianti Classico and 2 large glasses. You can imagine the<br />
scene.<br />
All good things in this life take a bit of effort so carrying my<br />
brand-new travel tripod half way across Europe seemed a<br />
small price to pay for the enjoyment of this moment.<br />
Thanks go to Eifion, of course, for his sage advice in<br />
purchasing the Manfrotto Be Free in a lovely shade of royal<br />
blue. It’s compact, reasonably light and very easy to pop up<br />
and down.<br />
I am grateful to Lee & Eifion at <strong>Welshot</strong> for the way they have<br />
invested their time and energy in helping me. Not only has<br />
my business benefited massively, but my holiday snaps have<br />
reaped unexpected rewards. If you want to know more about<br />
wine tasting in Montepulciano, or the stunning city of Siena,<br />
check out my blog at www.judithbondcakes.co.uk<br />
I started off as a “Business & Blogger”, have now progressed<br />
to a “Kiwi Socialite”, and my interest in taking decent images<br />
has become a proper hobby. Still lots to learn, but now I have<br />
itchy feet so need to have a word with Mr. Bond about where<br />
we can head next.<br />
There are lots of other photos of course but this sunset<br />
is the one I’m most proud of – so I hope you enjoy being<br />
transported to a little corner of Italy even if just for a few<br />
moments. Perhaps I’ve whetted your appetite to plan a trip<br />
somewhere. I’d love to know where you decide to go?<br />
Thursday 4th January 6.30pm<br />
FOCUS ON SOCIAL – Everything Mailchimp<br />
FOCUS ON BUSINESS & PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT<br />
Presentation from Nuala O’Rourke –<br />
Content from a Marketing perspective for Mailchimp<br />
FOCUS ON TECHNIQUE - “How to…” Create a Mailchimp template<br />
PLUS create an image in CANVA for your Mailchimp campaign<br />
FOCUS ON IMAGING – Practical photographic “How to…”<br />
session and creating images that will be useful for you and your marketing –<br />
Commercial & Product including Flat-Lay<br />
Thursday 1st February 6.30pm<br />
FOCUS ON SOCIAL – Getting Ready for GDPR<br />
FOCUS ON BUSINESS & PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT –<br />
Presentation from Debbie Hunt<br />
FOCUS ON TECHNIQUE – “How to…” make sure you are ready for GDPR<br />
FOCUS ON IMAGING – Practical photographic “How to…” session and<br />
creating images that will be useful for you and your marketing – Commercial &<br />
Product including Flat-Lay using your own props<br />
Thursday 1st March 6.30pm<br />
FOCUS ON SOCIAL – Everything SEO<br />
FOCUS ON BUSINESS & PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT –<br />
Presentation from Debbie Hunt<br />
FOCUS ON TECHNIQUE – “How to…” Making Yoast work for you on your<br />
Wordpress website.<br />
FOCUS ON IMAGING – Practical photographic “How to…” session and<br />
creating images that will be useful for you and your marketing – Commercial &<br />
Product including Flat-Lay using your own props<br />
Thursday 5th April 6.30pm<br />
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FOCUS ON SOCIAL – Facebook Live<br />
FOCUS ON BUSINESS & PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT –<br />
Presentation from Debbie Hunt<br />
FOCUS ON TECHNIQUE – “How to…”<br />
Use Facebook Live to boost your business on Social Media<br />
FOCUS ON IMAGING – Practical photographic “How to…” session and<br />
creating images that will be useful for you and your marketing – Commercial &<br />
Product including Flat-Lay using your own props<br />
www.thekiwisocial.com<br />
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