Our story · Est. 2024
Thinking about
photography?
We help photographers at every level learn with structure, feedback, and a real community behind them.
Maybe you've been secretly dreaming about picking up a camera. Maybe you've already started shooting on the side and keep asking yourself: "Could this actually become something more?"
If that's you, we want to support you on this journey. Because starting photography can feel exciting — but also deeply overwhelming.
Most beginners don't fail because they lack talent. They struggle because they're trying to figure everything out alone: confusing camera settings, not understanding the light, self-doubt, and no idea what to practice or how.
Without proper guidance, a network, and structured support, many people either never start — or give up before they ever become truly good.
That's why we created We Shoot Photo. To help you learn photography the smart way.
The 3 things that make the biggest difference
What we build every workshop aroundUnderstanding the Fundamentals
Learning your camera settings and how they actually work together — so you stop guessing, stop relying on luck, and start creating intentionally. Exposure, aperture, shutter speed, ISO: not as isolated concepts, but as one connected system.
Mastering Light
Natural and artificial. Light is what transforms an ordinary image into one that truly stands out. Learning to read it, chase it, and shape it is the single skill that separates photographers who grow from those who stay stuck.
Guidance, Practice & Feedback
The fastest growth happens when you practice alongside experienced photographers who can guide you, correct mistakes, and help you improve with confidence. Not a YouTube tutorial. Not a forum. A real person watching you work.
Photography is not just about owning a camera. It's about training your eye, understanding your tools, and learning how to create consistently.
These three foundations are the difference between never starting and confidently taking action — between staying "good enough" and growing beyond what you thought possible.
Co-Founders
The people behind the school
Jelena
Co-founder & Lead Instructor
I am a Barcelona-based photographer with Irish-Estonian roots. I specialise in Portraits & Wedding photography and enjoy creating expressive images.
I am all about people, and you'll see it in my work. I was published in Photo VOGUE, Sunday Times & Where Women Create magazines.
I am proud to say that I have worked as a trainer for a world-class photo company Nikon Imaging for over 10 years and I continue their legacy by teaching photography in Barcelona, Dublin, Lisbon and Tallinn.
GK
Co-founder
GK is a photographer based in Barcelona. His work focuses on emotional states, corporeality, identity, and the tension between presence and absence. Working primarily in black and white, he develops visual narratives that resist direct interpretation, favoring ambiguity, atmosphere, and psychological depth.
His photographic series explore themes such as emotional exhaustion, objectification, intimacy, and environmental decline. Through restrained composition and minimalistic visual language, GK creates images that function as emotional fragments rather than traditional storytelling devices.
His work has been featured in photography publications and competitions, and he continues to develop long-term personal projects intended for exhibition and physical presentation.
Membership is about belonging to something. Get support, connections and critique from fellow professionals. Connect with models. Work, get paid, evolve.
Shoots, exhibitions, critiques. Not just a studio. Not just a classroom.
One free workshop per month, portfolio critique sessions, and a growing archive of recordings — all part of the membership.
Contests, exhibitions, a public directory, a quality mark. Members have a visible presence. The circle produces work — and shows it.