The show everyone was waiting for. Held at Olympia, London on 27 & 28 November. Record numbers of photographers visited to see the stars of the event…D3 and the D300 and they were not disappointed with what they saw.
DISCOVERY AWARDS
The event also held the first “Discover Awards” for students. 20 of the leading universities and colleges participated in these awards and a total of £50,000 worth of prizes were awarded to students and their university / college by Nikon UK. Students from as far as Dublin & Edinburgh attended the awards. All credit for this award must go to Dave Robins for planning and organising this wonderful event and to Nikon for supporting the rising stars of the future.
TRADE SHOW
All the big guns of the industry were present at the trade show. These included Apple, Epson, Lexar, HP, SWPP, MPA and many more
SEMINARS / WORKSHOPS
Pre-registered photographers had the opportunity to try the D3 and the D300 at the fashion, portrait, wedding & sports zones. I had the great privilege & joy to assist Martin Graham-Dunn, at the portrait & wedding zone, who is one of the most respected photographers of our generation and is now running his own photography training academy in Spain. We demonstrated the use of off-camera SB800 Speedlights in a variety of ways i.e high key, low key and mixed lighting scenarios. Images shot at the zones were wi-fi’ed across to a central hub and the images were then accessed by the likes of Epson & HP to make large prints within seconds of them being shot. Photographers were instantly able to see for themselves how good the D3 / D300 performed under certain lighting conditions and were also able to judge the speed and the quality of the printers too. The turnout was tremendous at our fashion / wedding zone and it was great to see many fellow photographers and some old friends .
Team Nikon at the Nikon Stand
Visitors at the show.
Fashion zone: Me shooting Katie (along with the dozens behind me!!)
Auditorium filling up for the Discovery Awards
The heart of the show: The Processing Hub. With so many networks at Olympia, the performance of the WT4 wireless transmitters with the D3 and the D300 was superb. Credit for this goes to our super whiz kid James Banfield.
All in all it was a tremendous event and a huge success. Visitors to the show were well up from last year. Many many thanks to Nikon for organising this wonderful event and for giving me the opportunity to be part of this exciting showpiece event.
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