Details of the strong-arm tactics employed by Handepay/Merchant Rentals when it comes to cancelling the contract. Be warned! They have a rolling contract that automatically extends when if you don’t cancel prior to the end of the contract. In my case, I was supposed to give twelve months notice before the end of the contract. Since I didn’t do that, they automatically extended the term of the contract by two years. This was further extended by two years because I didn’t cancel it at the end of the three year term. As a result, my three year contract became a seven year contract.
School Prom Season is Approaching!
Well, the new year is upon us and before you know it, it’ll be prom season again! Of course, the school prom season is a very busy time for event photography companies with seemingly more and more venues wanting photographers on the same date. We have three main school prom offerings 1) Mobile studio Using only the highest quality equipment, …
Award Winning Photographer! Well, not quite.
It must be very confusing for those outside of the photographic industry to work out which photographer to hire. After all, how do you decided which is best? How do you even define what “best” means? One sure-fire way is to look for photographers who have won prestigious awards. Surely, if there has been some form of international recognition for …
Anita & Simon’s Wedding
On Sunday, 31st March 2013 I was lucky enough to marry the love of my life – Anita – at the Stratford Manor Hotel. Having seen the buzz that our “Bride’s Favours” photo studio creates, it was inevitable that we’d set it up at our own reception! As predicted, it was a huge success! A big thanks to Dorset-based Event …
What’s wrong with Lastolite and right with The Flash Centre
At Focus on Imaging, I decided that the time was right to get a couple of new soft boxes for the lights we use in our mobile studio when we are out covering events. I wanted something that was larger and quicker to assemble than the original soft boxes that came with our Elinchrom lights. I looked around the show …
Copyright infringement – an interesting article – an important lesson
I read today an interesting article on the Guardian’s website about copyright infringement. The article contains a letter from a reader who built a website for his sister’s hair salon and rather than hiring a photographer to shoot images for the website, he used Google’s image search to find suitable pictures. The states that he made sure he didn’t use any …
Making money from Photography in your spare time: Event Photography Training Course
Are you interested in making money from photography in your spare time? If so, have you considered becoming an event photographer? A very high percentage of events are held in evenings and at weekends and therefore lend themselves to part time photographers. Perhaps you are considering a change in career and want to move into photography over a period of …
Hartshill Riding Club & Rissington Kart Club
The first working weekend for us in 2013 is going to be a hectic one! We make our first visit to a new venue – Hartshill Riding Club, where we will be covering their winter schedule. Saturday kicks off with a dressage competition and is followed by the show jumping on Sunday. In between the two events we’ve got a …
Event Photography Training Courses
I am delighted to announce that I have partnered with Martin Grahame-Dunn from Images2Inspire to deliver a series of event photography training courses aimed at photographers who are looking at moving into the world of Event Photography. There are two separate day-long courses and a shorter evening course, all being held in Leamington Spa. Unlike other courses, these sessions are …
Working on the HIPA stand in Dubai – the follow up
Green Screen Photography in Dubai As many of you will know, I spent a week in October working for HIPA (the world’s most prestigious photographic award) on their trade stand at GITEX in Dubai. I’ve subsequently taken part in a webinar chat with Martin Grahame-Dunn and Oz Kharawala. During the 50 minute chat, we discussed all manner of topics related …