ImagingUSA 2016

This week I wanted to write briefly about last weekend’s Imaging USA 2016 event put on by PPA here in downtown Atlanta.

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Imaging as some of you may or may not know is a huge annual photography convention put on that draws huge crowds and the largest companies in the world of photography and photo equipment.

Companies such as Canon, PhaseOne, Millers, Denny’s were there as well as Tamron, Sigma and many others. Speakers included Julianne Kost from Adobe, Lindsay Adler, Sue Bryce, Landon Day, and Ty Fischer just to name a few.

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 There were tons of new photography tech items there such as an item called the Ice Light, which can be used for portraits and is nice and portable and can actually be held by the model wherever the photographer needs lighting. Another company, GroWing had a newer invention called the Lens Flipper, that allows you to attach two of your lenses to either side of this device and quickly switch lenses in the field while shooting.

Just a small sample of the crowd waiting to get into the expo opening day.

The expo had tons of things to see and do and plenty of give-a-ways going on every day as well. I was lucky enough to win a few 8 x 10 metal print from AdroamaPix as well as a free phonebook from another print vendor.

I didn’t not get to take in any of the speakers or spend as much time as I would have liked because of the car accident I was in back in October and still having a lot of back and neck pain, but I had volunteered to help out and didn’t want to leave them in a lurch so to speak.

Imaging USA is certainly something I highly recommend everyone take in at least once. If you are a photography student, you can sign up as a student volunteer and get to attend the entire event for free with a full access pass and attend all the lectures you want during your downtime. Volunteers are generally only scheduled to work 2-5 hours a day so you can take in a LOT.

Next year’s Imaging USA will be in San Antonio, TX January 8-10th, 2017.

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