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S.P.E Delivers

August 1st, 2008

Star-date 26/07/2008
Stamford Photo Express completes a milestone delivery just a matter of a few days prior to its 10 anniversary of opening in 1998.
I am happy to announce that after a few emails flitting backward and forward through the ether, both myself and my partner Karon Gillard were able to deliver a large Film [...]

Beginners Digital Course Dates : June

May 28th, 2008

Hi blog readers, here are the up to date course dates for the month of June.

Part 1

From camera to computer - Wednesday 4th of June

Part 2

Computer to print - Wednesday 18th of June
Please note that following these dates SPE will take a break from this course through the summer months recommencing [...]

Beginners Digital Courses

May 28th, 2008

We now are able to offer something new for Digital camera owners in and around the Stamford area.
At the start of the year we tentatively tested the possibility of running courses here at the shop for small groups of up to four people. These took place during early evening after closing time.
I am now [...]

Feedback Time at SPE

January 17th, 2008

Hi again Blog-Readers, how are you doing?
Andy here asking for your feedback and any ideas, not only for the Blog but also the website. Are you enjoying the features, the Photostream, the Jukebox, if you are or you have any ideas hints or advice for fellow customers then let us know. One of [...]

Holiday Time-Is Your Passport up to date?

January 17th, 2008

Christmas has come and gone we are in the new year of 2008 and its cold, wet and grey outside.
Sounds dreary doesn’t it?
But, hey we all have holidays to plan. Even me!! Don’t know how I managed that???
Most importantly if we plan to travel abroad we will need our passports, you know those little [...]

Blog Readers Discount

January 17th, 2008

Hi readers and belated “Happy New Year” from all of us at SPE.
Its now the middle of January and at bit late for new years greetings, but hey I have good news for all of you blog readers out there…..
If you read the blog before Christmas you will have seen the 10% off promotion that [...]

Oh no, I didn’t mean to delete that one!!

September 13th, 2007

Just imagine - you’ve just come back from that holiday of a lifetime/wedding of your best mate/leaving do for a colleague. You sit down at night and browse through them all and decide that, despite the fact you’ve had perhaps one too many alcopops, you should sort out the good ones from the not-so-good [...]

Photo history will soon be a thing of the past

September 1st, 2007

One of the most frequent requests I have comes from customers clasping their precious black-and-white or sepia photograph of a loved one who has passed on, an ancestor in military uniform or even an event from days gone by. ‘Can you reproduce this for me? It’s the only photo I have of my [...]

Size is definitely important, or -the trouble with cropping photos

August 25th, 2007

With the capabilities of the current models of digital camera – 7 or 8 mp (megapixels) – it becomes possible to crop into areas of photographs without losing too much image quality when the subject matter is reprinted at a larger size. However, we would advise that this practice should be undertaken at the [...]

Stamford Photo Express Online

August 16th, 2007

So it’s official - we’ve moved into the techno zone! With kind assistance from my international pal TC from Rotterdam in the Netherlands, and my ever-suffering partner in life Karon, we are now available for your viewing online.
This is a very exciting development for our business and one that has been a long time [...]