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Places to Stay

Marsh Farm Bed & Breakfast

They situated 5 minutes from MelenStudios on the private Gaddesden Estate, Marsh Farm is a beautiful building
in a beautiful rural location with wonderful country walks starting from our front door. This B&B is only £55
per night and is run by the lovely Nicky & Jon Bennett-Baggs so please contact them if you need a place to stay.

http://www.marshfarm.org.uk/

Further Training

Tagg Partners

Business development personal coaching, team building and presentation skills.
George runs two sessions with us at MelenCourses.

http://www.tagg-partners.co.uk

Sandra Wall Armitage

Flower Painting courses in South Bedfordshire from the excellent painter and tutor Sandra.

http://www.watercolourflowers.co.uk/index.php?page=workshops

Photographic

The National Photographic Society
The NPS is a photographic society which exists to serve professional, semi-professional and aspiring
pro photographers from the UK and around the world. The NPS exists to provide information, help
and advice to anyone connected to the photographic industry. They are fantastic bunch of people
and you not regret joining them, we are only members ourselves but absolutely recommend them!
http://www.national-photographic-society.co.uk/

Photogether
Photogether is an online store that offers you presentation products from a wide range of manufacturers.
As they are not owned by a single manufacturer or by any one distributor they have a some flexibility. This
is an online solution to enable all involved to supply you the professional with the right tools to improve
your business and great people to deal with.

http://photogether.co.uk/

Redwood Photographic

Excellent customer service and we have an offer set up with Redwood Photographic for a discount
on your first time purchase.

http://www.redwoodphoto.com/

Ilford

Great service, great quality and fantastic to get black and white prints from digital.

http://www.ilfordlab.com/

Morris Photographic Centre

Best for bags, terrific for tripods, perfect for photographers. We have found them great to deal
with and reliable with superb prices.

http://www.morrisphoto.co.uk/

Hitech filters
Excellent filters from fantastic British (Welsh) company. The Hitech filter system is manufactured by
Formatt Filters to offer versatility and creative capabilities to stills photographers. Manufactured from
Queens Award winning CR39 dyed substrate, Formatt Filters apply the same quality standards and
technology in its manufacture of its range photography filters as that of the high specifications of its
glass filters. The Hitech range is available in 85mm and 100mm sizes.

http://www.formatt.co.uk/stills-filters/hardware-100mm/products.aspx

Think Tank Bags

Having bought some of these we can say they excellent - especially the camera belts.
http://www.thinktankphoto.com/

SNAPPERSTUFF
They are the UK & Ireland DISTRIBUTOR and ONLINE RETAILER for THINK TANK™ PHOTO professional
photograhic camera bags & accessories and Enlight Photo's the ORBIS™ ring flash.
http://www.snapperstuff.com/default.asp

Lenses For Hire

Cheap and reliable lens hire. Really useful if you can't afford professional lenses or don't use them that often.

http://www.lensesforhire.co.uk

Hireacamera

Cheap and reliable lens hire. Really useful if you can't afford professional lenses or don't use them that often.

http://www.hireacamera.com/cameras/index.asp

Camera Price Buster

This site is great for comparing the lowest price of lenses and cameras

http://www.camerapricebuster.co.uk/

Camera Information at DP Review
DP Review is great for camera reviews and also this link helps with camera sensor sizes
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0210/02100402sensorsizes.asp

Emagister
Emagister is an education search engine that gives its users a wide variety of information on courses and the opportunity to contact course providers.
www.emagister.co.uk/photography_courses

Camera Cleaning

Advanced Camera Services

A reliable and professional service, and great value.

http://www.advancedcameraservices.co.uk/

Local Businesses

Pure Therapy

Health and Beauty treatments in Berkhamsted, and probably the best treatment you will ever have.
Massage, beauty treatments, and holistic therapies in a relaxed environment.

http://www.pure-therapy.co.uk

Hemel Osteopaths

A professional and reliable Osteopathy clinic in Hemel Hempstead. Helping you with backache, sport injuries
and preventative maintenance for you body.

http://www.hemelosteopaths.co.uk

Tagg Partners

Business development personal coaching, team building and presentation skills.
George runs two sessions with us at MelenCourses.

http://www.tagg-partners.co.uk

Poetry In Motion

Emma Louise is a fantastic make up and hair artist with a creative flair and great to work with.

http://www.poetryinmotion.org.uk/

Website Design and Hosting

Now Design

Website Design Company specialising in design and search engine optimisation for photographers.
We found Nick is great to deal with listens to you and provides what you want.

http://nowdesign.co.uk/

Hosting4Photographers

A hosting company specialising in unlimited hosting for photographers.

http://www.hosting4photographers.co.uk

FYI Development

Web application development specialists.

http://www.fyidevelopment.com

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