News: HP exhibitions & events at PhotoPlus Expo 2006 in NYC

HP has a number of interesting exhibitions and presentations planned at this year’s PhotoPlus Expo, being held at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City November 2-4, 2006.

HP and CARE “I Am Powerful” Exhibit – Booth #141
Throughout PhotoPlus, HP and CARE will showcase an exhibit of images of women from around the world, called “I Am Powerful.” The exhibit displays the power of women to act as catalysts for change. All images are printed on the new HP Designjet Z Photo Printer Series.

AN EVENING WITH MARTIN PARR (Special Event: FSE)

Friday, November 3 – 6 PM – 7:30 PM
Magnum photographer Martin Parr will share his distinctive vision, show images and host an exhibition of recent work.

HP Galleries – Seminar Hall 1E/Level 1

Two HP Galleries will showcase the work of Magnum Photographer Martin Parr, including the PDN30 2006 selection. All images are printed on the HP Designjet Z3100 Photo Printer series or HP Photosmart Pro B9180 Photo Printer.

HP sponsored seminars and portfolio reviews:

·Portfolio Reviews from the Santa Fe Workshop for Photography
Saturday, November 4, 2:00PM – 6:00PM
1E Seminar Hall, Level 1; Rooms 1E15/1E16

·Seasons of Change; How to Survive Shooting Nature
Thursday, November 2, 1:00PM – 3:00PM

·Strategies for the Young Working Photographers (PDN30)
Saturday, November 4, 1:00PM – 3:00PM

·First Impressions: Selling Yourself in 20 Minutes
November 4, 9:00AM – 11:00AM

HP Technology Showcase – Booth #1104
At the HP technology showcase, the new HP Designjet Z3100 and Z2100 Photo Printer will be shown in action.

For more information visit HP at HP.com, Care at Care.org, and the PhotoPlus Expo at www.photoplusexpo.com.

The direct link for special event information is here: https://www.photoplusexpo.com/ppe/events/index.jsp#B

I’ll be attending the PhotoPlus Expo conference all three days and look forward to seeing a lot of my longtime friends, and meeting many new people there.

News: Kingston’s “Icons of Photography” website (currently featuring Harry Benson)

Kingston Technology’s “Icons of Photography” website profiles some of the world’s most respected photographers and each month, the company spotlights a different Icon. There are many fantastic stories about what it’s like to be a professional photographer, and each photographer offers a lot of suggestions for how to make captivating images.

I highly recommend taking a look–I was truly inspired by the personal stories and images, and I learned a lot from the techniques.

The current Kingston Icon photographers with images and techniques on the site are as follows:

Barbara Bordnick
Claudio Edinger
Colin Finlay
Douglas Kirkland
Gerd Ludwig
Peter Read Miller
Chris Rainier

One of the prevailing bits of advice from a number of the photographers was to do research before a shoot, and learn about your subjects, whether they’re flowers or celebrities.

Here are a few suggestions for getting the most from the information on the website:

First, to go directly to the Kingston Icon Techniques and Galleries, visit this page. The current Featured Photographer is legendary image maker Harry Benson. Along the left side and top of the screen are links for Techniques, Bio and Calendar (see below). From the calendar link, I learned that Harry Benson will be at the Photo Plus Expo 2006, signing prints in the Epson trade show booth and speaking in the Canon trade show booth. The calendar has exact dates and times.

If you choose Techniques, you will find advice from each photographer in the main window, or you can see the technique in an easy-to-print format by clicking on the printer icon on the top right of the main window. A gallery of images for each photographer runs along the bottom of the page. The thumbnails will appear if you hover over the bottom of the main window. You can hover and navigate one by one, or you can select the slide show button on the left side (circled in the screen shot below) and a new image will appear about every 6 seconds. You can also use the forward and back buttons. One way to easily exit from the slide show mode is to click on the word Techniques, Bio or Calendar.

I recommend also looking at Harry Benson’s additional photo gallery which has more techniques and advice. It’s located in the Archives section. The gallery is filled with iconic political images by Benson from the last 40+ years. Barbara Bordnick also has two galleries in the Archives section that feature her excellent work.

I thought that this particular quote from photographer and Kingston Icon Claudio Edinger (located in the Techniques area of his page) was fabulous: “For those who want to enhance their own photography techniques, my suggestion is: Focus on photography. Shoot 12 hours a day…learn the works of accomplished photographers, painters, writers, musicians and artists in the world, and watch many, many movies.”

Gerd Ludwig’s Gallery section of the Kingston Icon site

Kingston will introduce a new Icons photographer on the 15th of each month. For more information about Kingston Technology, visit www.kingston.com.

Announcement: APA/NY Portfolio Review + the 2006 APA National Photo Competition

For more than five years I’ve been a member of the Advertising Photographers of America’s NY chapter (APA/NY). As you might expect, the group is made up primarily of photographers who specialize in advertising and editorial work. The APA has regional chapters across the USA and there are many benefits of membership. For example, the APA/NY chapter regularly organizes workshops and photographer lectures at places such as the Apple Store in Soho, NYC, and they are running a very special portfolio review event during advertising week this year in New York City (9/26-27, 2006). I’ve also had the opportunity to speak on the topic of inkjet printing for the New York and Atlanta chapters, both of which were great experiences.

The 2006 APA National Photo Competition with the theme: Show Off! You Know You Want To is accepting entries until 9/22/2006. A very impressive list of judges will choose the winners, in categories ranging from Advertising to Student and Personal/Fine Art.

Winners will receive prizes including: a digital darkroom with a Mac Pro and Cinema display: liveBooks Folio 5.0 packages; Canon EOS 30D Digital SLR 8.2 Megapixel Camera; Fuji FinePix F30 Cameras; Adobe Photoshop CS2; Blinkbid estimating and invoicing software; a one year membership to Digital Railroad; and AsukaBooks of winning images. Winners will also be showcased in the APA online Winners Gallery and at the APA’s booth at Photo Plus Expo in November. For more information, visit APA National’s website.