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What An Eye Opener!

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:31:57 +0100

I photographed the above on Saturday and found it to be a great show, with very professional and friendly people attending.

The main attraction was Channel 4’s “SCARLET FEVER” a pleasure to watch and a great lady.

Have a look at a few of the photographs from the show:

Another Warwickshire Life Assignment

Mon, 24 Sep 2007 12:00:49 +0100

Another assignment for Warwickshire Life magazine took me to The Town House in Solihull where I was to photograph advertisers (customers) who place adds in Warwickshire Life magazine.

So I am led to understand Archant Life who own Warwickshire Life invite it’s customers once a year to a “Complementary Lunch” by invitation only. Where customers can meet and network as well as talk with the Archant/Warwickshire Life staff.

About 30 invited guests turned up and an enjoyable time was had by all, the end.

A small selection of images from the day.

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Not to be copied or reproduced without the written permission of the author.

A Wedding That Nearly Never Happened

Sat, 8 Sep 2007 18:38:06 +0100

This was a wedding I thought would not happen, it started off as one of those days when even before you arrive you just know that things will not go right.

The groom was 25 minutes late arriving at the venue which meant that I could not get the photographs of him and the wedding party/guests as agreed.

The limo came the wrong way in to Dunchurch and ended up having to reverse several times in order to get through the gates.

The bride was running late and the registrars were due at 2 other weddings that day, the hotel staff were pacing up and down wanting to get things underway.

I remembering standing at the main entrance with the registrar and the hotel event manager waiting for the bride, the registrar said “I will give her 5 minuets and then we are off as we have to be at another wedding in 40 minuets in Coventry” we looked at each other as she walked back inside.

I walked up to the drive and looked towards the main gates hoping to see the limo, after a short time it arrived just as it had for the groom, it had entered the wrong way again and spent the next few minutes having to reverse back and forth in order to get through the gates.

I ran to the main entrance to inform everyone that the bride was coming down the drive, the limo arrived to be met by the registrar, hotel event manager and myself.

Due to the fact that the limo and the bride were over 25 minutes late I was not able to get the usual shots of the bride and her dad with the wedding car.

The service went well and the couple were married, I had taken the signing of the register shots and went to the rear of the room to await the bride & groom walking down the isle.

As I turned to look at them the registrar passed me making their way out in order to get to her next wedding. The bride & groom were standing being photographed by some of their guests, when a number of the guests from the rear of the room started to get up and leave.

When asked where they were going we received the reply that they all ( 10 - 15 in number) needed to use the toilet.
The bride & groom started to make their way down the isle before the music had started and I just knew this was one of those weddings!

To end on a positive note we managed to pull it all together and got some great images and had a great afternoon with the bride and groom.

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Gala Day at Nuneaton Fire Station

Sat, 1 Sep 2007 01:26:18 +0100

I made a trip to day from Leamington Spa to Nuneaton Fire Station using transport arranged by the Warwickshire Fire Service.

Today was the Nuneaton Fire Station’s Gala Day which was an opportunity for the station to meet the public and raise money for the “Fire Service National Benevolent Fund”

The show featured a number of different displays & demonstrations ranging from Dog Training, Bangra Dancers, Bellydancer’s and demonstrations from the Fire Service on the effects of a chip pan fire and the extracting of a causality from a vehicle following a Road Traffic Accident.

There was a tank set up for people to try scuba diving run by divers from Stoney Cove Diver Training Centre in Leicestershire.

Divers from
\ Stoney Cove

Fireman Aaron

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Warwickshire Life - September 2007 Issue

Thu, 5 Jul 2007 02:01:23 +0100

David Hastings was contracted by Warwickshire Life magazine to cover a very glittering garden party held at Mallory Court Hotel, near Leamington Spa.

The garden party was organised by Leamington-based designer jewellery shop Fabulous and was attended by some 75 guests.

A number of jewellery designers attended including Linda MacDonald from Scotland, Alex More & Anna Lou of London
to name a few.

16 of David’s images appeared in The Warwickshire Life Magazine - September 2007 issue, with a further image of organiser & owner of Fabulous Collections Jo Stroud appearing on page 112 of the same issue.

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