{"id":126651,"date":"2014-11-17T14:00:29","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T14:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whimsicalwonderlandweddings.com\/?p=126651"},"modified":"2023-09-06T10:35:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T09:35:21","slug":"snap-photography-festival-13th-17th-april-2015-fforest-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wedissimo.com\/blog\/snap-photography-festival-13th-17th-april-2015-fforest-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"Snap Photography Festival. 13th &#8211; 17th April 2015, Fforest, Wales."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-126653\" src=\"https:\/\/whimsical-cdn.wedissimo.com\/2014\/10\/AndriaLindquist_009.jpg\" alt=\"Kerry &amp; Jon-Paul \/\/ \u00a9 Andria Lindquist 2014\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whimsical-cdn.wedissimo.com\/2014\/10\/AndriaLindquist_009.jpg 600w, https:\/\/whimsical-cdn.wedissimo.com\/2014\/10\/AndriaLindquist_009-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/whimsical-cdn.wedissimo.com\/2014\/10\/AndriaLindquist_009-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Image by Andria Lindquist<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This one is for my wonderful photography colleagues \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>The amazing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.babbphoto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laura Babb<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.snapphotofestival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Snap Photography Festival<\/a>&#8216;s founder) decided the UK was missing an opportunity for a brilliant event in it&#8217;s calender;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>\u201cI attended Photo Field Trip in the US earlier this year and found it hugely inspiring. It was as far away from a corporate conference as you can get, with all of the teachers hanging out with the attendees, camp fires, parties and a completely unique, shared experience.&nbsp; I knew I had to bring something similar to the UK.&nbsp; As well as all of the amazing workshops and activities we&#8217;re planning, we&#8217;ll be having an epic closing party where campers can let off some steam before the start of the new wedding season\u201d.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And so the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snapphotofestival.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Snap Photography Festival <\/a>was born. The event is being held from the 13th &#8211; 17th April 2015 at Fforest, Wales, complete with a stellar line up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-126654\" src=\"https:\/\/whimsical-cdn.wedissimo.com\/2014\/10\/FB-WEB-full-list-Oct-2014-1-600x623.png\" alt=\"FB-WEB-full-list-Oct-2014 (1)\" width=\"600\" height=\"623\"><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>&#8220;A world class line up is announced as part of Snap, the UK&#8217;s first ever photography festival aimed at wedding and lifestyle photographers\u2028<\/em>. <em>The launch of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snapphotofestival.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.snapphotofestival.com<\/a> showcases the first ever festival of this kind in the UK.&nbsp; Held at the beautiful Fforest resort, in West Wales, the festival will run to the same format as a music festival but is designed as an immersive learning and creative development experience for more than 100 photographers from all over the world. &nbsp;<\/em><em>Some of the world&#8217;s most inspiring wedding photographers will be teaching alongside the UK&#8217;s finest home grown talent, as well as photographers outside of the wedding genre.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-126655\" src=\"https:\/\/whimsical-cdn.wedissimo.com\/2014\/10\/6-samhurdphotography.jpg\" alt=\"6-samhurdphotography\" width=\"600\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whimsical-cdn.wedissimo.com\/2014\/10\/6-samhurdphotography.jpg 600w, https:\/\/whimsical-cdn.wedissimo.com\/2014\/10\/6-samhurdphotography-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/whimsical-cdn.wedissimo.com\/2014\/10\/6-samhurdphotography-300x190.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Image by<a href=\"https:\/\/www.samhurdphotography.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Sam Hurd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To celebrate the launch of the website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snapphotofestival.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Snap Photography Festival<\/a> has a number of offers and incentives available.<\/p>\n<p>The first is an early bird discount combined with a donation to charity on behalf of the ticket purchaser.<\/p>\n<p>They also have 6 opportunities to attend the festival on a free or discounted basis.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-126656\" src=\"https:\/\/whimsical-cdn.wedissimo.com\/2014\/10\/c-Conor-MacNeill-2.jpg\" alt=\"(c) Conor MacNeill 2\" width=\"600\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whimsical-cdn.wedissimo.com\/2014\/10\/c-Conor-MacNeill-2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/whimsical-cdn.wedissimo.com\/2014\/10\/c-Conor-MacNeill-2-150x103.jpg 150w, https:\/\/whimsical-cdn.wedissimo.com\/2014\/10\/c-Conor-MacNeill-2-300x205.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Image by <a href=\"http:\/\/thefella.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1414496170411_708\">Conor MacNeill<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Wow, a great learning experience alongside campfires, glamping and parties? <em>Brilliant.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Thanks so much to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.babbphoto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laura Babb<\/a> for sharing all about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.snapphotofestival.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Snap Photography Festival <\/a>with us XOXO Lou<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We are keen to hear from organisations who may wish to partner with us.&nbsp; A range of sponsorship opportunities are available so please get in touch for a media pack.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speakers \u2013 Andria Lindquist, Alan Law, Andy Gaines, Cathy Haynes, Conor MacNeill, Dylan and Sara, Emma Case and Pete Smyth, India Hobson, Karl Grupe, Lomo Kev, Marianne Taylor, Paula O&#8217;Hara and Sam Hurd<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.snapphotofestival.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.snapphotofestival.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/snapphotofestival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.facebook.com\/snapphotofestival<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Laura Babb\u2028 Director &#8211; \u2028snaphotofestival@gmail.com<\/p>\n<p>Alexandra Merri\u2028 Logistics Manager &#8211; \u2028snapfestlogistics@gmail.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*<a href=\"http:\/\/www.babbphoto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Babb Photo <\/a>is a Whimsical Wonderland Weddings sponsor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image by Andria Lindquist &nbsp; This one is for my wonderful photography colleagues \ud83d\ude42 The amazing Laura Babb (Snap Photography Festival&#8216;s founder) decided the UK was missing an opportunity for a brilliant event in it&#8217;s calender; &nbsp; \u201cI attended Photo Field Trip in the US earlier this year and found it hugely inspiring. 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