30th May 2010
11am - 4pm
We will be attending this wedding fayre so come along to meet with us and discuss your needs.
Friday, 7 May 2010
Monday, 19 April 2010
RHS Show Cardiff in Pictures
Pictures taken at the RHS Show Cardiff
Enjoy the following collection of photos taken when the Royal Horticultural Society show came to Bute Park on the weekend just gone in the beautiful sunshine.
Photographs: Nigel Whitbread Vale Photograpy
The sixth Royal Horticultural Society show was the host to a plethora of floral interests with many on the exhibiters coming from the local area.
Run in partnership with Cardiff Council the show includes floral marquees, expert advice, including a radio show with Roy Noble and show gardens.
Tuesday, 13 April 2010
RHS Show Cardiff
Ticket are available for the Royal Horticultural Show Cardiff.
The RHS Show Cardiff (April 16-18) returns to the parklands of Cardiff Castle to mark the beginning of spring 2010 with the first show of the Royal Horticultural Society season.
This will be the sixth year of the annual Cardiff show, and in 2010 it will be bigger than ever, with even more blooms, garden designs, inspiration and entertainment at the very start of the gardening season.
Following five successful years, the RHS returns to work with Cardiff Council on a show that features:
- two floral marquees brimming with award winning nurseries and their magnificent displays
- show gardens created by Welsh designers, societies and colleges
- a wheelbarrow planting display involving local schools supported by L & G
- an 'Interactive Allotment' reflecting the boom in demand for places to grow our own
- the opportunity to quiz the friendly RHS advisory team about issues such as climate change and its effect on our gardens
- a variety of talks and demonstrations by national and local experts
- countless plants and gardening accessories for sale
- schools floral wheelbarrow competition
-
nature trails
-
street entertainers and live music
-
craft village
-
Welsh produce from the Café Quarter
For information and tickets (£8 in advance, £10 on the day, children free) for the RHS Cardiff Show Cardiff visit www.rhs.org.uk/cardiff or call 0844 338 7528
Vale Photography will be busy at the show with their own photojournistic challenge on the opening day, so why not come along and join in the fun.
Saturday, 10 April 2010
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Crystal Weddings Promotion Day 2nd April
Reminder that Crystal Weddings are holding a promotion day on Friday 2nd April 2010 at Bridgend Designer OutletThey will be promoting their spring & Autumn wedding fayres by giving out goody bags containing a magazine, leaflets (including ours at Vale Photography) and some free gifts.
Monday, 29 March 2010
British Wildlife Photography Awards
The following contains news of some new 2010 categories and some new sponsors, and
some of the prizes.
The 2010 competition opened in January with these new categories:
1) International Year of Biodiversity, sponsored by Natural England
2) Wildlife in my Backyard, sponsored by Countryside Council for Wales
3) The 2020 Vision Special Award, sponsored by the Wild Media Foundation
4) British Seasons
Check out the category pages for full information:
http://www.bwpawards.org/categories/
2009 Awards Exhibition Tour
The 2009 exhibition featuring: winning, commended and ‘best of entries’
from the 2009 competition, launched in London last year, is now on show in
the Riding School at Calke Abbey, Derbyshire until 28 March 2010. The
exhibition will be open Saturday to Wednesday 11am to 4pm which falls in
line with the house and garden open days.
Calke Park is a rich and varied landscape, from rolling grassland to
ancient oaks, some as old as 1000 years. The park extends to over 600 acres
and was designated as a National Nature Reserve in recognition of its wood
pasture. http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-calkeabbey
Address: Calke Abbey, Ticknall, Derbyshire, DE73 7LE
Prizes – http://www.bwpawards.org/prizes/
1) Adult Awards and Prizes
British Wildlife Photographer - prize £5,000
Category prizes - value £1,000
BWPA are delighted to welcome the RSPB as a sponsor and they will be giving
each category winner a pair of RSPB (10.5 x 42 WPG) binoculars.
BWPA have teamed up with leading wildlife photographer Heather Angel who
will be giving a unique ‘one to one’ full day’s masterclass as part
of each category prize. Plus a specialist and tailor made ‘one to one’
full day photoshop course with Giles Angel.
2) Young Awards and Prizes
The Young Wildlife Photographer prize is £500, and is sponsored by
Towergate Camerasure
BWPA are also delighted to welcome Serif who are sponsoring the Schools,
Youth and Community Group Award. The prize for the best school youth or
community group is Serif Design Suite - value £3,000 (a copy of the Serif
Design Suite for each of the contributors (£149)* which contains 5
software titles covering; graphics, photo editing, digital video, DTP and
web design. The school or organisation will receive a 50 User License on
the Serif Design Suite (£2,199) and a Digital Video camera (£149)
*Maximum of 5 individual copies of the software for the winning entrants).
Exhibition and Book
Along with a series of nationwide photographic exhibitions launching at
Hoopers Gallery, London (on 14th October 2010), all winning, commended and
‘the best of entries’ will be included in an accompanying full colour
book with around 180 images.
Sponsors and supporters
The British Wildlife Photography Awards are sponsored by Natural England.
Supported by WWF, RSPB, The Wildlife Trusts, The National Trust, The
National Trust for Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, Countryside Council
for Wales and Outdoor Photography Magazine.
If you use Twitter, you can follow us here: http://twitter.com/BWPAwards
On Facebook, you can become a fan of BWPA here:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/BWPA/367221843244
Published by Wildlife Photography Awards Ltd
Company Reg. No. 6796295
some of the prizes.
The 2010 competition opened in January with these new categories:
1) International Year of Biodiversity, sponsored by Natural England
2) Wildlife in my Backyard, sponsored by Countryside Council for Wales
3) The 2020 Vision Special Award, sponsored by the Wild Media Foundation
4) British Seasons
Check out the category pages for full information:
http://www.bwpawards.org/categories/
2009 Awards Exhibition Tour
The 2009 exhibition featuring: winning, commended and ‘best of entries’
from the 2009 competition, launched in London last year, is now on show in
the Riding School at Calke Abbey, Derbyshire until 28 March 2010. The
exhibition will be open Saturday to Wednesday 11am to 4pm which falls in
line with the house and garden open days.
Calke Park is a rich and varied landscape, from rolling grassland to
ancient oaks, some as old as 1000 years. The park extends to over 600 acres
and was designated as a National Nature Reserve in recognition of its wood
pasture. http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-calkeabbey
Address: Calke Abbey, Ticknall, Derbyshire, DE73 7LE
Prizes – http://www.bwpawards.org/prizes/
1) Adult Awards and Prizes
British Wildlife Photographer - prize £5,000
Category prizes - value £1,000
BWPA are delighted to welcome the RSPB as a sponsor and they will be giving
each category winner a pair of RSPB (10.5 x 42 WPG) binoculars.
BWPA have teamed up with leading wildlife photographer Heather Angel who
will be giving a unique ‘one to one’ full day’s masterclass as part
of each category prize. Plus a specialist and tailor made ‘one to one’
full day photoshop course with Giles Angel.
2) Young Awards and Prizes
The Young Wildlife Photographer prize is £500, and is sponsored by
Towergate Camerasure
BWPA are also delighted to welcome Serif who are sponsoring the Schools,
Youth and Community Group Award. The prize for the best school youth or
community group is Serif Design Suite - value £3,000 (a copy of the Serif
Design Suite for each of the contributors (£149)* which contains 5
software titles covering; graphics, photo editing, digital video, DTP and
web design. The school or organisation will receive a 50 User License on
the Serif Design Suite (£2,199) and a Digital Video camera (£149)
*Maximum of 5 individual copies of the software for the winning entrants).
Exhibition and Book
Along with a series of nationwide photographic exhibitions launching at
Hoopers Gallery, London (on 14th October 2010), all winning, commended and
‘the best of entries’ will be included in an accompanying full colour
book with around 180 images.
Sponsors and supporters
The British Wildlife Photography Awards are sponsored by Natural England.
Supported by WWF, RSPB, The Wildlife Trusts, The National Trust, The
National Trust for Scotland, Scottish Natural Heritage, Countryside Council
for Wales and Outdoor Photography Magazine.
If you use Twitter, you can follow us here: http://twitter.com/BWPAwards
On Facebook, you can become a fan of BWPA here:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/BWPA/367221843244
Published by Wildlife Photography Awards Ltd
Company Reg. No. 6796295
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Slideshow of Wedding Albums
A new feature is being added to the wedding album page where you can view a slideshow of some of the wedding albums created by Vale Photography via Youtube
www.valephotography.co.uk
www.valephotography.co.uk
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)