[imageeffect type=”shadow” align=”alignleft” width=”600″ height=”400″ shadow=”shadow-medium” alt=”Green screen photography makes an excellent marketing tool at exhibitions” url=”https://www.simoncoatesphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Corporate-promotional-photography-at-events.jpg” titleoverlay=”yes”]On a Wednesday afternoon I received a phone call that would change my working career. The conversation went something like this: “Are you available for a job next week? We need you in Dubai to do some trade show photography. The show opens …
Avoiding complacency – on-going training
Being a professional photographer can seem like the ideal job, especially to those who take pictures for a hobby. However, it can be a fairly solitary existence with limited interaction with others in a similar position. It is then very easy fall into the trap of you know what sells, you know how to shoot it and that’s enough. In …
Organising a school prom?
Are you organising a school prom in the Midlands? If so, why not invite us along to take the photos? [imageeffect type=”shadowreflect” align=”alignleft” width=”200″ height=”300″ shadow=”shadow-xsmall” alt=”Latest in Green Screen Technology at your prom” url=”https://www.simoncoatesphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/rhscp_74360_0.jpg” ]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 …
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 financial reward from the …
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 we are doing a large …
Another year in event photography
[imageeffect type=”frame” align=”alignleft” width=”200″ height=”200″ alt=”” url=”https://www.simoncoatesphotography.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Event-Photography-review-2011.png” ]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 …