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The Berman Graphics Best of PMA 2003
Meeting and spending about 90 minutes with
Henry Wilhelm. We were assigned by
Shutterbug Magazine to interview him and it'll happen within the next week
or so. Then you can read the real truth about ink jet printing. |
Larry was
interviewed on the Shutterbug Internet Radio Show
look for his name in the middle of the page |
Cool new products and pictures of friends we
rarely get to see |
Sony Sunrise Hot Air
Balloon Press Event - March 1, 2003
Too windy for the balloons to take off, but some interesting pictures |
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Larry, Greg Georges and Chris -
co authors in a new book on digital camera
techniques.
Photo by George Schaub. |
George and Grace Schaub |
Chris Maher, Joe Farace, Rick Sammon, George Schaub
at Saturday night's Digital Focus |
Cool New Technology
to make photography easier for first time digital
camera users. Fuji's Super CCD
to lower dynamic range to control highlights. Nikon's auto redeye
reduction (in NikonView 6) uses licensed pattern recognition technology
from
Pixology to eliminate redeye
automatically or with the touch of one button. Both technologies will make
it easier for novice digital photographers to get good pictures. Of
course, learning about what makes good composition is important also.
Adobe's Album (Windows users only) will change the way people organize
and sort their photos for sharing. This is the software for people who
have no clue about image organization. |
Silhouettes at the Kodak "Share" press conference |
Fuji used a quote about the Frontier printer from our
magazine article in their booth. "These machines are amazing in their
capabilities". |
The "Lighthouse" from
Photek
An inexpensive light tent to photograph small objects without shadows. The
smaller one will retail for $65. |
"The Tripod Guys"
Herbert Keppler from Pop Photography with Larry Berman |
John Shaw with Larry and Chris at the Nikon booth
John is only shooting 5% digital (with the Nikon D100) because of the
workflow for scenic and nature photographers. He's also concerned with the
security issues of traveling with camera equipment in unlocked cases that
have to be checked when flying. Issues John's most concerned with are
battery longevity and archiving image files when in remote shooting
locations under varied weather conditions. I had addressed the same issues
in the November-December issue of eDigitalPhoto when I wrote about
Traveling
the Southwest with a Digital Camera. |
Chris and I had the
opportunity to sit with
Phil and Jo Askey and
Peter iNova
at the Nikon party. |
Peter iNova with Mary Berman (yes, my wife)
at the Nikon Party on Sunday night |
Men in Black - Peter iNova and Larry Berman |
A product that I wished for in my
Traveling
the Southwest with a Digital Camera.article in eDigitalPhoto Magazine.
It's a stand alone CD burner from
Nixvue called the
Visor, which can back up the contents of your digital media card
with one touch of a button. It will run on 12 volts or AC and retail for
$299. Car cigarette lighter and AC adapters included. |
Rayovac
is coming out with a 15 minute rechargeable AA battery system. The
controller is built into each battery so it senses how much charge it
needs independently of the other batteries in the charger. Look for it by
the end of the summer. |
Vincent Versace has the cover of the current Shutterbug Magazine. Here he
is signing posters in the Nikon booth. It's always interesting to see who
drops by the Nikon booth to say hello. Chris and I had a chance to
speak to Jay Maisel, whom we had interviewed two years ago. Chris
showed Jay some 8x10 Frontier prints from his current line of
infrared nudes
and Jay loved the creamy skin tones you get from the technique Chris is
using and was amazed that most were taken with the FCE8 fisheye lens on
the CoolPix. |
Chris Maher, Henry Wilhelm and Larry Berman
(photo by Greg Georges)
Look for our in depth interview |
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