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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

Llandudno wedding photographer- St. Georges Hotel wedding brochure shoot

Tony Fanning — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:03:43 +0000

I was phoned by Nathan Cousins at North Wales finest 4 star hotel, the St. Georges Hotel on Llandudno promenade last week to be told that they loved the images I produce and would I come along and shoot some images for their new wedding brochure. Of course I said yes. Who wouldn’t?

So, on Monday I arrived shortly after 9 o’clock and spent a couple of hours shooting various set-ups that the hotel wanted. I was assisted by Amy, the beautiful bride (really the hard working receptionist in the hotel) and Bogdan, the groom, (really the hotel duty manager).

Getting two work colleagues to look all loved up was a feat in itself. Slightly awkward moments and lots of embarrased giggling by all of us, but to their credit they soldiered on and we got the shots we needed.

Here are a few of the images we created. To see some more , get married in the St. Georges Hotel in llandudno.

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It looks like they are kissing here but I can assure their partners that I carefully arranged their heads so it looks like a kiss but if you look from another angle they are actually quite some distance apart

Colwyn Bay photographer- Be My Bear product shots

Tony Fanning — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:27:50 +0000

I was approached just before Christmas by a local company based in Rhos on Sea to do some product photography for their new website , brochures and trade fair advertising. This company is called Be My Bear and they supply teddy bears and other cuddly animals that you make yourself. You are supplied the skin, which you then stuff, add a voice box that you personalize with your own message, add a heart (after wishing on it) close it up then comes the fun bit. Picking which costume to dress your animal in! Is it a boy or is it a girl? You decide! You then write out the birth certificate for your new friend and pop him or her in the cool bags and off you go.

After doing all the product shots, I photographed a Be My Bear party, where the children did exactly that and they had a fantastic time doing it.

If you want a party where the children take home a gift better than any goody bag you could make up the give Be My Bear a ring and get them to host a Be My Bear party in your own home.

Here are a few of the products available and some of the party too.

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