All entries for October 2009

The Problem for the Wedding Photographer – Their own wedding photos!

Writing about web page http://www.shereenvictoria.com/

Talking to Shereen Victoria Lee after she had taken the formal wedding photos at the most recent wedding at our church the conversation moved to her own recent wedding to Richard Lee.

• Both weddings venues were around the potteries & organised from Coventry.
• I was a keen photographer so finding the photographer was a challenge, a situation multiplied in Shereen’s case.
• We both did our own albums but our literally cut & pasted version does not compare with Shereen’s albums.
• We both ended up with a photographer who was better at the less formal shots!

We got Stan Was, Alison’s old college friend, whose sports photography expertise produced the most amazing confetti shots.
Shereen has made a wonderful album from the photos available though there are some of the ‘in Church’ set-piece photos missing she would have expected.

The photo, right, is notable in two ways. It is a lovely photo of an old friend after her recent marriage and it has me in it (although just the back of my suit).

You can take photos of yourself these days. The timely organisation of the guests, catching those fleeting moments of an expensive day makes the selection of the right official photographer so critical. If you do get involved in your own album, however, remember to get everybody’s shots. There will always be the unique group shot and a classic photo amidst a pile of snaps.

Robert McGonigle : 27 Oct 2009 13:32 |  Tags: Wedding Album Wedding Photographer Wedding Photos |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Analogue Cable Switch–off rolls on down M5

Writing about web page http://ddaerials.com/tv-aerials/4g-freeview-interference

My Analytics revealed that visitors searching for “Virgin Media Complaints” had grown again over the last fortnight with over 100 searchers using this and related queries.

So I searched the web to see what could be causing this?
I found that November was a big shut-off month down the M5:

=== October ===
1st. Virgin Media will today Switch Off Analogue Cable in the following areas:
Basildon, Birmingham/Small Heath. Grimsby, Hemel Hempstead, Norwich,
South London/Croydon, Sussex (Brighton), Thames Valley (Reading), Warwick.

=== November ===
2nd. Virgin Media will today Switch Off Analogue Cable in the following areas:
Belfast & Derry, Haringey, Camden, Enfield, Hackney & Islington,
Stafford, Lichfield & Tamworth, Teesside (Stockton, Darlington & Middlesbrough), Uddingston,
Wolverhampton, Dudley, Sandwell, Telford, Kidderminster, Redditch, Wessex (Poole & Bournemouth).

Lets face it, with price hikes and the steady removal of channels, anyone still left on the Analogue cable service must have real reception problems, an aversion to Sky or other problems. So I think that my mate Niki Chan’s Digital Direct Aerials team will be busy with the other Freeview & Freesat aerial & dish installers in Wolverhampton, Sandwell, Dudley, Stourbridge, Redditch etc.

Robert McGonigle : 06 Oct 2009 17:53 |  Tags: Analogue Cable Switchoff Virgin Media Complaints Vm Complaints |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem