Nature, Sports, Portraits...the Videos on this page represent the variety of images I enjoy creating. I hope you will stay awhile and check them out!
High School Senior Pictures capture a time in your life where you are beginning to embark on a new facet of life’s journey. Tom Welsh Photography located in Westerville Ohio, just north of Columbus is the perfect choice to provide you with the best quality images at the best value to commemorate this important time in your life! High School Seniors from Westerville, Columbus, New Albany, Dublin, Hilliard, Worthington, Galena, Sunbury, Gahanna, Pickerington as well as throughout the Central Ohio area have chosen to come to Tom Welsh Photography.
Why Tom Welsh Photography?
Senior Pictures should be fun and they should be all about you! Capturing your interests whether it be band, football, soccer, volleyball, baseball, Book Club, etc….as well as bringing out your personality is what separates Tom Welsh Photography from other Studios. Don’t settle for “good enough” when you have worked hard all your life to get to this point! Tom does not settle and continues to study extensively in order to bring you the creative, imaginative high quality images that family and friends will cherish throughout your life!
Today, photography is a hobby for many people. According to many analysts, the number of photographs taken since 2010 has tripled and it has been estimated that over 1.2 Trillion pictures were taken in 2017! But why a Professional Photographer if so many images can be taken so quickly and easily? The answer is simple: Lighting, posing, along with the Technical skills required to operate the camera and lighting equipment are what separates the professional from the hobbyist.
As Tom tells it, “when I was first starting out, I had 1 light and was more concerned with the settings on my camera and whether the light was in the proper position and set for the correct output level than I was in creating a rapport with the person I was photographing. Years of training, practice and experience have now made it possible for me to focus totally on you as the technical aspect of photography has become second nature.” It’s this rapport that allows you to feel comfortable and combined with Tom’s ability to see backgrounds, patterns, light and shadows the images created are second to none!
Today, whether it’s shooting in-studio or on location, during magic hour or in the middle of the day, cloudy skies or full sun, Tom has the equipment and the skills to provide you with an experience that captures your personality, is fun and is “all about you”!!
Tom’s experience and skill has led to much recognition amongst his peers in the Professional Photography world. Tom has been awarded the Fuji Masterpiece Award. The award is given to the maker of the best image in its category at annual print competitions held by affiliates of the Professional Photographers of America (PPA). Tom has received numerous “Merit” awards from the Professional Photographers of America and was awarded a Silver Photographer of the Year award in 2015. Tom has taught and presented workshops on lighting, exposure, posing and Photoshop and Lightroom techniques to professionals across Ohio. With Tom Welsh Photography you will “See the Difference” a Professional Photograph brings!
With Sessions and Pricing to meet any budget along with no high pressured sales and transparent pricing….you’ll have fun, feel at ease and look amazing as all images include professional retouching at no additional price. A combination of a session fee, digital files and a-la-carte pricing allows you to get exactly what you want delivered in a way that’s designed especially for you! You get to choose. If digital files are all you need, we can offer that! Discounted print pricing on lustre, canvas and metal prints….we do that too! Want an album, a composite, invites, thank you cards, matted prints, we have it!
Contact us today to inquire on pricing and to schedule your session!
Headshots, first and foremost should look like you. Your eyes and expression should reflect your personality and tell a story. The use of proper lighting and posing in conjunction with background elements and composition is what separates Tom Welsh Photography from others. If you are needing new Headshots for and of the following, contact us today!
Entertainment industry
In Theater, film, and television, actors, models, singers and other entertainers are often required to include a head shot, along with their résumé, when applying for a job.
The main purpose of an actor's head shot is identification. Therefore, the most important feature of an actor's head shot is that it represents the subject. Theatrical head shots are usually very "neutral" looking shots of the actor clearly showing their facial features.
Modeling industry
Modeling head shots or comp cards, sometimes also called tear sheets, are a compilation of images for casting in one sheet with a résumé of work, name and relevant statistics.
Modeling head shots are usually used for:
Comp cards or tear sheets
Modeling portfolios
TV advertisements for skin products
Magazine advertisements for creams and other skin or hair products
Online industry profiles
Corporate and business head shots
Corporate head shots are portraits often produced digitally and used for engaging in social media, the 'about us' page and industry specialty sites. A headshot or head shot is often used for branding and to showcase the business leader's life, style and personality while corporations will use the headshot to merge branding between the people working for them and its agency.
Corporate head shots serve a variety of purposes
Annual reports
LinkedIn personal profiles as well as publisher profiles
About us page
(Nonstandard) résumés
Corporate catalogs, brochures and advertising collateral
Company publications and websites, internal and external
Press releases and other announcements
Marketing materials
Articles and newspapers
Author pages
Creating a great portrait requires collaboration between the Photographer and the person being photographed that provides an identity to the person’s mood, personality, strengths and/or weaknesses and identity. It should tell a story! The image should catch your attention and not let go until your eyes have thoroughly wondered up/down, over and across the image allowing you to sense and feel its story. This is accomplished through the photographers understanding of Light (its quality and direction), as well as composition, posing, expression and complimentary colors.
At Tom Welsh Photography creating great Portraits is our passion. Whether it is in-studio or outdoors on location, we have the skills and equipment to capture and create an image that captures the essence of you!
I enjoy shooting Waterfalls, Streams, Landscapes, Wildlife, Flowers as well as creating Digital Art. This Gallery is a representation of a number of my favorites shot in and around Columbus Ohio, Hocking Hills Ohio, Southwest Pa., The Smokey Mountains, West Virginia as well as various other day trips and vacations.