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Warwickshire Premier Prom & Party Event Photographers

Are you organising a school prom in the Midlands? If so, why not invite us along to take the photos? We are a specialist event photography company, with full on site printing capabilities. By using our top-notch portable studio and some of the best camera gear money can buy, we can guarantee that we will produce ... Read More

 

Here’s why there is next to no manufacturing in the UK

It is well known that the government is largely useless. It is also well known that, as a country, we are too reliant on overseas manufacturing. Long gone are the days where products were proudly 'made in GB.' We now happily import just about everything: even if the product is designed here. Why is this ... Read More

 

Caveat lector

Caveat emptor? Caveat lector more like! Over the weekend I was made aware of a blog that had been created which alleged that I have been underhand in the way I have run my business with relation to the Event Photographer Society and and Uzair Kharawala, from SF Digital. The website implied that I had received ... Read More

 

Rip-off Britian strikes again – Business Insurance

As a professional event photographer, good insurance is vital. Event photographers probably carry more equipment around than any other branch of the industry - we've got cameras, we've got lights, we've got computers, we've got printers and so on. As a quick reckoning, we take somewhere around £18,000 worth of equipment out with us when ... Read More

 

Another year in event photography

A year in Event Photography So, we've made it to the end of 2011 relatively unscathed and completed another year in event photography, so I thought I'd put down in words just how far we've come as an Event photography business in the last twelve months. The year started off in a bad way, with a rather ... Read More

 

Simon Coates Photography – now sponsored by DNP

Sponsored by DNP It is with a great deal of excitement that I get to announce that as of today, Simon Coates Photography is now sponsored by DNP printers. We are delighted to say that we have now upgraded our older printers and now use the DNP DS40 and DS80 dye-sublimation printer (available from www.photomart.co.uk.) These ... Read More

 

Workshops and Whiners

Event Photography Training This is something that has been puzzling me for a while now – why do some people think that they have the right to dictate who should or should not be running an event photography training course? There have been a few cases recently where those that consider themselves to be authorities on ... Read More

 
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