Photography Quick Tips

Photo Quick Tips #1 The Shutter Release Button

Every other week I’ll be sharing some photography basics to help you get great photos of your family. Quick tip #1 Understanding how your shutter release button works. Your shutter release (that big button on the top of your camera) is a wonderful device but not many people realise that it has two functions (actually it has a lot more but essentially it has to two step function)   The main…
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Photography Quick Tips

Photography quick tips

Starting next week and posting every other week I’ll be sharing some photography basics and quick tips to help you get great photos of your family. If you have any specific questions you’d like to ask then please feel free to drop me an email or send me a message on either Twitter @memorygate or via the London Mums Facebook Page   I’ll be starting off really simple and building up from…
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Top Tips For Children's Birthday Parties

Many parents dread the thought of planning their child’s party – the sandwiches must be cut into the shape of teddy bears, the birthday cake must be a castle or racing car, every child must receive an invite, party bag and take away a slice of cake. And don’t forget to account for any wheat, nut or dairy allergies! No sooner have you considered all of the above you, then you need to think…
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HELEN O’GRADY DRAMA ACADEMY FOR CHILDREN

The Helen O’Grady Drama Academy offers a self development through drama programme, designed to build children’s confidence, self esteem and skill in verbal communication. Classes are Monday-Battersea, Tuesday-Clapham, Wednesday-Stockwell, Thursday-Southfields, Friday-Wimbledon, Saturday- Balham. The curriculum is constantly revived and updated to keep it fresh. Weekly lessons include lots of…
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London Mums' Photography competition

Don’t miss the chance to win over £500 in prizes! It’s very easy to enter this competition: take one picture of your favourite London corner and send it by 10th October 2011 either by email to info@londonmumsmagazine.com or via Twitter @londonmums or New Facebook Page or our Facebook Group. Check more details in the posters below. Monica CostaMonica Costa founded London Mums in September…
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Fencing for adults - beginners course

Adult Beginners’ Fencing Course. A group of London Mums started a year ago and can’t have enough of it! Email email: jamesjphilbin@aol.com to register. Jim Philbin, Olympian & World Champion, will be running a 6 week adult beginners class starting on Tuesday 6th September 2011 – 7.30pm – 8.30pm. The fee is £110 which includes the hire of all kit – all you need are trainers and…
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The Lost Art of Putting Pen to Paper

Writing letters has sadly almost become a thing of the past as more and more people trade their pen for a keyboard – but the art and necessity of gaining good handwriting skills at a young age cannot be forgotten. We rely on schools to teach our children the importance of writing and the art of communication but a worrying number in America are now beginning to focus heavily on the ‘three…
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Colouring and creativity - insights from a mummy blogger event in London

During the summer a group of mummy bloggers from across the UK (including myself and our London Mumpreneur Rita Kobrak) met at the Ritz for a glam high tea hosted by Bic Kids and an interesting discussion on the relationship between mums and being creative. Here are some of the insights from the mummy blogger event. Mums want to be hands on and creative with their children but often don’t…
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SCHOOL ESSENTIALS - TESTED AND RECOMMENDED BY LONDON MUMS

SCHOOL ESSENTIALS – TESTED AND RECOMMENDED BY LONDON MUMS Clarks: London Mums’ first choice of shoes for school in 2011 Renapur Leather Balsam: the best beeswax to clean and waterproofs all the kids’ shoes in seconds. Made with natural, beeswax and jojoba oil, Renapur Leather Balsam cleans, conditions and waterproofs shoes all at once. It is suitable for all colours of leather. Looking after…
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Don’t hide family photos in drawers or on your computer – exhibit them proudly on your walls... it will improve your child's self-image!

It is a well-documented fact that putting family pictures out on display improves your child’s self-image! We all do it – we take photos of  our family and our children on holiday, playing at the park, in the school play or when relatives are visiting and most of the time we keep them for ourselves on our computers, we don’t develop them we generally don’t display them on our…
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