We will be exhibiting at the Lymm Hotel wedding Fayre on the 21st March 2010. So come on down and chat to us about your wedding.
As you know I will also be running for Sports Relief in Manchester City Centre on the same day, but rest assured we will have somebody at the hotel to answer your queries. If I am in any fit state I will try and get to the Hotel by the afternoon.
The details of the hotel are here.
Come and join us at the Debenhams Trafford Centre Bridal Event on the 20th & 21st February 2010.
If you’ve been befuddled by all the other photographers out there. Come and see how we can make your day stress free and deliver the most natural and creative images from your wedding.
Also, don’t forget the Debenhams Gift List service, register your list on the weekend and you will receive:
* Free bottle of bubbly
* £50 on a gift card after your wedding to spend on whatever you like
* Free delivery for your guests
* Free prize draws £300 Estee Lauder beauty hamper
* Free goody bag
See you then!!
Psssst: Put it in the diary now, so you don’t forget!
Yes you can see my very delectable pins, running for Sport Relief on the 21st March 2010, in Manchester City Centre. I have signed up to support a very worthy cause and to help those less fortunate than me.
Not to make it too easy i’ve opted to run the 6 mile (10km) course, which will apparently pound it’s way through the cobbled streets of ‘Coronation Street’, so If you would like me to pass on any messages to Ken & Dierdrie, just let me know.
Your support would be very welcome, just click on the icon to make a donation 
If you would like to join me for the run (in my case it will be a dainty canter), sign up and we can create a team (ex-marathon runners need not apply).
A dramatic week for the photographic industry. On 13th of January 2010, the Environment Agencies Twitter feed published a call looking for amateur and student photographers in England and Wales interested in works experience.
The Agency was looking for photographers to work for free and supply them with a library of images at no expense to themselves so that they could build up a library of images to do with as they wished. Apart from travel expenses their was no other remuneration offered. A job normally undertaken by professional photographers and paid at commercial rates and under an agreed usage license.
These would not just be happy snaps we are talking about, but as is seen all over the internet, there are some very talented amateurs out there and just to make sure, the agency had requested that potential applicants should send in their CV along with sample images. So they could vet them and only used the very best, to keep the high standard of imagery produced by professionals.
Needless to say it resulted in huge condemnation from organizations representing professional photographers, such as the AOP (association of Photographer) and PI (Pro-Imaging). An ill thought out and negligent request by the Agency, who never even stopped to consider that these amateurs are unlikely to carry any sort of public liability insurance.
The Environment Agencies Facebook page was immediately bombarded with outrage from photographers, and in an attempt to save embarrassment, messages started to be deleted until eventually the whole Facebook page was shut down by the Agency in the evening.
The following morning Alex Ross, head of media events for the Environment Agency, issued a statement, part of which reads ‘ ‘The initial advert could have been better worded to recognise that we will always pay photographers’. However this did not go far enough to categorically say that students and amateurs would be treated fairly and paid a commercial fee.
Following further condemnation PI, eventually received a statement on the 21st January from the Agency which makes the following observations:
1. That amateurs and student photographers will be paid at an agreed rate per normal commercial best practice for their time plus expenses.
2. That the original terms re expenses only remuneration that were sent to applicants responding to the original advert for budding photographers are withdrawn.
3. That those who have replied and accepted work on an expenses only basis will now be paid as noted above for any work offered to them.
This is an unbelievable about turn by a government agency, and after pumping billions of tax payers money to prop up the follies of the banking system. This only further attempts to undermine a substantial part of the UK creative economy, which only smacks of shear desperation.
To read the full story go here www.pro-image.co.uk
Just a few quick teasers from Sarah & Simons wedding at Statham Lodge in Lymm, Cheshire.
A beautiful Autumn day, and the light remained fantastic up to the very last minute before the wedding breakfast.
We are exhibiting at the upcoming wedding fayre at Statham Lodge, Lymm on the 1st November 2009.
Directions to the hotel are here: http://www.statham-lodge.co.uk/location.aspx
There are a few dates available for 2010, so if you are still on the fence come and see us or call to make sure you don’t miss out.
Roll up, roll up, in a last minute call, we will be exhibiting at Debenhams in the Trafford Centre, this weekend 5th and 6th September 09.
We will also have our new pricing brochure available, for all future bookings, so come along have a browse and chat about your wedding.
Last year Vanilla Photography took part in a host of seminars by the Tameside Business Family. I had completely forgotten that we were also included in the largest classified ad by Brother UK to launch their new printer.
Placed on the side of the MEN arena in Manchester it stayed in this city centre position for 2 weeks in November.
If you click on the link below and select the photo on the left. Look carefully on the left side of the poster and you will see the Vanilla Logo on display.
Another date for your diary!
We will be exhibiting at the lymm Hotel wedding Fayre on the 27th September 2009. If you are able to make it down, please come and visit our stand, it would be a pleasure to meet you.
For further details about the hotel, CLICK HERE
We are exhibiting again at the Village Hotel, Cheadle, wedding fayre on Sunday 13th September 2009. The show starts at 12pm and ends at 4pm.
This is a good time to view our range of albums in the flesh and discuss anything you would like about your wedding photography.
We hope to see you then!
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