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Simon Antony Photography provides a range of photography services, predominately throughout the North west UK but will also cover wider afield (travel expenses may incur).

Visit Simon Antony Photography’s website for more about wedding, portrait and commercial photography services

They also cover pregnancy, bump to toddler series, treasured mums/dad’s, event photography i.e. proms, parties etc in fact anything where a professional photography presence is required.

Thought I would share what my new flyer looks like that will hopefully get me more photography business.

Problem I’m finding now is sourcing a competetive printing company that can do me a couple of thousand plus business cards without ripping me off!

What do you think?

A very interesting article by Ali Hale at DumbLittleMan.com regarding how to make the most of your Network and ensure they know what you are doing all the time, you never know when you may need them!

One good point that is mentioned is:

In the long run, the people who you want to surround yourself with are people who like you for who you are, and who want to do business with the “real you”.

Another good idea is:

A large part of networking is simply letting people know what you’re up to. This could mean sending the occasional “newsletter” to old college friends; you never know who might be in need of your products or services. It also means taking the time to send out cards or even holiday gifts to your clients. Don’t keep trying to expand your network whilst neglecting or forgetting about those already in it.

More from the original article:
http://www.dumblittleman.com/2008/01/five-networking-tips-for-wallflowers.html

I’ve developed a new website using asp.net in c# to promote my photography business covering weddings,portraits, parties, events, corporates etc – visit the site and let me know your thoughts:

http://www.simonantony.co.uk

I’m currently using an Eos 30d with a variety of lens and kit to support my wedding, landscape and sports photography and as I drag my new wife around with me, i’ve usually got her on one arm and my camera on the other.

As a result she has finally given in and decided to join me in my hobby, so I am training her up in what to look out for and the various settings on my camera – actually she is picking it up really quickly so I want to get a camera for her own use that is simple enough to use for the basic snappy shots but where she can also accompany me on shoots and get different perspective and reportage style shots.

Herein lies my dillema – I need a second EOS body, i’m ankling after the EOS 5d MkII to use as my primary with the 30d as backup with lens fitted to both for quick shooting. Wifey needs something and i’d like to give her an Eos but it would be too large for the snappy shots and casual taking hence need something more compact but with ideally with the following features:

Control over TV and AV modes for creativity
Flash
Zoom would be great too!
Decent LCD Display
Reasonably Compact design

Any ideas on what I should be looking for? I’m not specifically after new as there are a lot of secondhand bargains around, just too bloody many to choose from.

Was looking at the PowerShot SD450 but there seem to be a lot of problems with E18 errors and it does not cover all the modes I would like – could be a useful backup though.

So any suggestions?

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Originally uploaded by SimonAntony.co.uk

I love the serenity of this, it’s so obscure this tower sat in the middle of nowhere – in fact when the tide comes in, it laps at the edge of the green grass, even more surreal