Print Masters & Photography Legends Eddie Tapp & Douglas Dubler
PhotoPlus Expo is the place to be for photographers and photo editors each year as all the big names in the industry (excluding the Kelby Media Empire) come out in force to show off their new gear. There’s also an endless number of photography legends giving presentations and interacting with the attendees, so it’s really a ton of fun to be there and rub elbows with your favorite photographers.
This this first of a two part series, I go into some of the non-product highlights and in part two I dive in to some of the products that caught my eye at the show (like the Canon 6D featured on my blog yesterday).
Industry recognition for ronmartblog.com this year
This year I got to enjoy some of the spotlight with my work being featured in four major booths:
Nik Software gave me the stage for a photo editing demo
(Cell phone photo courtesy of Art Marshall of NEC)
NEC had my work on all of their displays
Canon featured my work on the new iPF6450 that I’ll be reviewing this holiday season
Elinchrom featured my ring flash shot as well, albeit as Rob instead of Ron Martinsen – ha, ha
Models Galore
If you are patient and wanted to improve your portfolio on the cheap, then PPE is the place to go as many booths feature amazing models in good light for photographers to test out their products. Here’s just a few examples:
Panasonic had a biker babe
Unique Photo had a pretty cool dude running around
Sigma had great models and lighting to show off their lens on your camera
All of my images were taken with a Canon EOS 1D X with the new Canon 24-70mm f/2.8L II USM lens with available light and auto ISO.
Highlights of the Show (Part 1 of 2)
Everybody is out to wow the crowd at PPE, so there’s always something fun in the biggest sponsors booths. Here were a few of my favorites:
4K Display by Sony
I first wrote about 4K displays in 2010, but every time I’ve seen them since then I still get impressed. The latest was the 4K display by Sony in the form of what appeared to be their much touted 84” display:
All of the images on display impressed, but this one grabbed me the most when I was examining the details. This photo has not been sharpened beyond in-camera sharpening and when you do a 100% crop this is what you get:
Even if this were a print, that would be pretty impressive but the fact that it’s a image on a TV that is just astonishing!
Nikon Cuts a D4 and Brings a Mad Scientist
Nikon D4 split in half was cool but also painful to see
HD Video was front and center with this mad scientist hands-on filming exhibit at Nikon
Canon had amazing prints from the new iPF6400, iPF6450 and iPF8400
Canon featured amazing prints, but Michel Tcherevkoff’s was my personal favorite
Lots of a Amazing Prints
Hahnemühle had lots of great prints, but this was
one of my favorites prints of the show
Metal Mural dazzled the crowd with its metal prints,
so I’ll be working with them on a future article
Fujifilm showed off its best shots including this amazing floral shot
taken with a X-Pro1 by Azuma Makoto
Nikon didn’t disappoint either with lots of great D800 based imagery
Canon had walls of jaw dropping images as well
And no show would be complete without Epson’s Signature Worthy Collection
Now check out part II
Learn more about the cool products at PPE this year in this article:
PhotoPlus Expo 2012 New Product News (Part 2 of 2)
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