Transposure

A lot of traveling this week relating to photography.  We attended PhotoPlusExpo on Thursday in NYC as usual.  As usual because we have attended every year for as long as I can remember.  Actually, its anybody’s guess how long that is since my memory tends to purge things more frequently these days!  The show was a little lean this year, with the MAC Group booths conspicuously absent.  MAC Group distributes a nice cross section of the high end brands of photo gear in the US, such as Profoto, Mamiya, Sekonic, PocketWizard, etc.

We scoured the floor for album manufacturers that have the quality we desire and again short listed three manufacturers.  Of course the one we’ve primarily used is still in that list, however, there were a few new offerings that look very interesting.  We have decided to try them out.  So, who wants to be the guinea pig?  LOL  No worries there.  The others are well known, highly respected companies just like the one we use regularly.

While there we attended a lighting seminar and found it, well, umm, uninspiring.  We’ll leave it at that.  So, we ended up returning from the Big Apple with our wallets intact.  The next day we attended a seminar in Washington, DC by the fabulous Joe McNally.  Joe is a very highly respected photographer.  He is an editorial photographer primarily.  As an editorial photographer myself, his techniques were of great interest.  It goes beyond that though.  His lecturing demeanor has healthy doses of humor and he never takes himself too seriously.  Oh, and did I mention how inventive and satisfying his work is to view?  His seminar focused on the use of small flashes for a variety of assignments.  He demonstrated techniques to an audience in the hundreds.  Thanks Joe!

Needless to say, there was a lot of traveling involved between the two cities and it turned out to be a bit tiring!  Thank you to Starbucks for helping us get through it all!