Category Archives: Misc

Facebook reminder

Just a quick reminder to check out my business page on Facebook for all the very latest news and gossips here from Clive Blair Photography.

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New Studio Management Software

2010 brings in a new year and new plans for Clive Blair Photographer, amongst them is to be better streamlined and organised behind the scenes. So after testing out the competition, I’ve chosen some new studio management software specifically designed for photographers called Light Blue: Photo. Using it will mean I can provide a better...

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Dilemma: 2 enquieries for same date! (Part 2)

So following on from the “2 Enquries Dilemma” mentioned here, under what circumstances would I hold date? Imagine Bride A rang and said “I’d like to book you” There are 2 options available. 1) Secure the date over the phone by paying the Retainer Fee with a card, then I can send the Booking Form...

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Dilemma: 2 enquieries for same date! (Part 1)

From time to time I come across the dilemma of 2 people interested in the same date. As I only ever book one wedding per day, I’d never attempt to cover both and I don’t employ another associate photographer to shoot for me. So what should I do? Imagine the situation: Bride A is interested...

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Photo Restoration

Though I’d share a couple of images from a personal job I’ve been given to do by some friends to restore a couple of damaged prints. If you have have any damaged prints you’d like restored just let me know.

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Snow

I finally found a few mins to go out and record a few personal images of the snow in my local park here in Birmingham.

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Marverine Cole’s Latest Shoot

If you’ve got a good memory you’ll remember TV presenter Marverine Cole from previous sessions I’ve done for her over the years. She called again looking for an update on her portfolio and here are just a couple of my personal favourites.

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Ford Family Annual Shoot

It’s that time again.

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Facebook

As well as on Twitter, don’t forget that you can keep up to date with what’s happening behind the scenes at Clive Blair Photography by adding me here as a friend on Facebook.

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2008 in Review

2008 is nothing but a distant memory now as we look forward to 2009. So by way of a reminder of what happened in 2008 I’m again sharing my favourite images from the last 12 months in the slideshow below. It may take a while to load as it is 6 3/4 mins long. But...

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Fünf Media and my 15 mins (more like, 1 min 44 secs) of fame!

Last week I was taking some more PR photos for Marverine Cole, at the ICC in Birmingham. You may remember I photographed Marverine a while back when she worked for the BBC. She’s now working for Sky News (see her at work, on her fab website: www.marverinecole.co.uk) and is also setting up her own media...

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E-mail problems

If you’ve been trying to get in touch over the last few days and I’ve not replied, my apologies. I’m experiencing a few e-mail problems as nothing seems to be getting through. I’m half way to solving the problem, so until I’ve sussed it completely please use this e-mail to get in touch: clive_blair@hotmail.com

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4 Weddings and a Funeral?

Today is the start of my marathon of 4 weddings in 4 days. I know at the end of them I’ll be dead beat, but I’m hoping I’ll recover sufficiently so it’ll not end up as my funeral. The August Bank Holiday weekend is usually very busy and this year is no exception. But I...

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Latest Scam Alert

I’m not usually one for  posting warnings about potential scams but I had a close call yesterday. I walked into a B & Q store at lunchtime and some old guy dressed in a black  shirt with an orange apron on asked me if I wanted decking. Fortunately, I got  the first punch in and...

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Noticed anything different?

Noticed anything different about my blog today? Just thought I’d change it’s look a bit. Why? Because I’ve always wanted to display my photos a bit bigger as I think they’ll look far better. But my previous layout was very limiting as it only had a relatively small window to display in. By contrast this...

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