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Colwyn Bay photographer- Adam Black entertainer portraits

Tony Fanning — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:06:51 +0000

I was asked by Adam Black, a local singer, entertainer to take some new shots for his advertising.

We decided on a short session in the studio and here are a few of the images that I liked from the shoot.

Adam Black specializes in Michael Buble covers and his shows last around three hours. A good night out in guaranteed.

For booking enquiries please email him at adamblacksinger@btinternet.com

Colwyn Bay portrait photographer- The Evans family

Tony Fanning — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:10:51 +0000

I`ve been so busy lately the blog has been a bit left out. I`ll be updating it with a few more family sessions that I`ve done over the next few days.

Here is a composite image of some good friends of ours, Shirley and John, who came to the studio to update their family portraits (which I did for them about three years ago).

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Colwyn Bay photographer- family portraits.

Tony Fanning — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:54:49 +0000

Had a couple of family portraits to do in the studio this weekend. The calm before the storm really, with 21 family sessions and two weddings to fit in by Easter.

Here are a couple of montages I made to show off the sessions.

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Colwyn Bay photographer- First aid training

Tony Fanning — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 09:09:05 +0000

As a member of the Friends of Ysgol Pen y Bryn I organised some first aid training for the Friends so that we always have trained first aiders around whenever we hold events at the school.

There was eight of us there to be trained last night so we should be OK for a while.

A local company called Medic 1 kindly donated their time to help us with the training. Mainly because I`m good friends with Stephen Knight, the head of human resources at Medic 1. His wife Laurel Knight, the Chief of operations at Medic 1 and the brains behind the company (sorry Steve, it’s true ) also came along to the evening to share her considerable knowledge.

It was a very informative evening and to be honest, a little scary too. Practicing CPR on a baby sized resuscitation dummy really gets you thinking about life. It must be terrifying having to do it to a real baby! With any luck I`ll never have to do it for real.

The four hour lesson absolutely flew by , a real testiment to the teaching skills of Steve and Laurel. I can recommend them to anyone who needs medical training. They also do medical cover for events and sporting fixtures. Their list of clients and event coverage is very impressive. They have secured The 2010 Ryder Cup golfing event this year so they do know what they are doing.

Please visit their website for further details. MEDIC 1

I took a couple of photos while I was there (with Steves permission). I was so into the lesson I only took about ten shots all night which is not like me at all A few of Stephen Knight do his thing and Robbie, the Chairman of the Friends commitee practicing on “George”. Please excuse the messy background, it`s not a studio

North Wales wedding photographer- Jenny and Huw`s engagement session

Tony Fanning — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:35:56 +0000

A drizzly damp Saturday afternoon in Lanfair TH isn`t normally the best place to be on a Saturday afternoon, but it was yesterday as I had the chance to get Jenny and Huw on their own to have their engagement/practice session before their wedding in May. They are getting married in Bodelwyddan castle and having their reception in Northop Hall. Cool!

Huw isn`t around much because of his job so it really was the last proper chance to see him and so we made the most of it, regardless of the weather. A real fun couple- lots of giggles and laughs.

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Conwy wedding photographer- congratulations to……..

Tony Fanning — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:42:26 +0000

…..Melody and Christopher who came to see me from Halifax, Yorkshire.

They have kindly agreed to to me photographing their big day in July this year in the beautiful Plas Maenan in the Conwy valley.

Colwyn Bay photographer- Some pics of Annie

Tony Fanning — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 01:30:18 +0000

My lovely wife, Annie, needs a new passport so she asked me to take a quick pic in the studio.

As payment for my services I asked her to be a model (for all of five minutes) so I could try out my new lens.

She was amazed that I could make her look so amazing. She always does look great but you know women always have negative views of themselves.

Here is her new passport photo (following Home Office guidelines – Look straight at the camera, plain background, flat (ish) lighting) followed by a quick lighting and background change.

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Conwy portrait photographer- Crabbe family portraits

Tony Fanning — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 09:05:03 +0000

Christmas is a time when families get together , and as it doesn`t happen that often, it`s a perfect time to have some fun portraits done to remember your time together.

So, along came Paul, his partner and their grandchildren to have a bit of a giggle in the studio between Christmas and new year.

Cute kids and photos go together like a party and bad karaoke so here are a few of the images we got this week.

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Conwy wedding photographer- Joanna and Barts wedding.

Tony Fanning — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 13:47:14 +0000

I had a lovely snowy wedding this weekend in Colwyn Bay. A great Polish couple, Joanna and Bart who live just around the corner from where I live.
As usual we started off in the brides house, but as it was a polish wedding they had their own traditions.
After getting ready, the groom meets the bride in the house where they are both blessed by their parents. They then travel to the church together.
Once at the church, St Josephs Catholic church in Colwyn Bay they walked down the aisle together with the son holding the ring cushion. The ceremony was entirely in Polish so I had no idea of what was being said but it is a celebration of two people`s love so you don`t need a translation.
After the ceremony they had the traditional confetti throwing but as is tradition in Poland, rice and change (money) is thrown with the bride and groom having to pick up all the money before they can leave.
After that it was off to the Ffarm Country House in Betws yn Rhos via a very chilly mountainside for a few windswept pictures.

They are greeted at the venue with Champagne and bread and salt, another polish tradition.

I have added a few images from their wedding below.

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Joanna and Bart being blessed by Joanna`s mother.

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Walking towards the altar with their son carrying the rings.

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North Wales wedding photographer- My wedding showcase

Tony Fanning — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:54:14 +0000

I`ve been playing around with a new slideshow of some of my favourite wedding images, and here is the result. Pretty cool if I say so myself.
Please click in the middle of the frame to play it and let it load, it will be worth it- honest
Let me know what you think by clicking “leave a comment” at the end of this post.
Enjoy!