Some Florida Time..

I packed a bag and headed down to Florida for a couple of days with two good friends...
Came up with some stuff.. check it out!

a little shot of me..

this seems to be the preferred method to shoot with at an event..
these handy stroboframes.. they do make a huge difference!

IPhone selects...

For the past year or so, I've had the 3G IPhone..
It's a great tool to have when you don't have your "real" camera on you.
As a photographer.. It's a constant struggle (at least for me) to carry around
a big camera to capture the moments that you are constantly seeing around you in NYC.
Here some moments from the past year or so in a collage.
Enjoy!

-A

Why I love NYC...

First of all check out this little post by the village voice, 50 Reasons to Be Pretty Damn Euphoric You Live in New York City. Click here to see the full article!


Why do I love NYC.. Moments like tonight. You head out to a club on a whim and see Shawn Pelton the drummer from SNL performing with a band at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 and then on Stage 1 the bassist who plays with Suzanne Vega. Random but great NYC moments!!

A quick iphone pic of the band Shawn was playing with or plays in.. don't know if it's a full time band or just a bunch of amazing musicians that came together for this evening's set!

Photoplus Expo 2010 has come to an end..

Photo Expo has once again come to a close. A crazy three day whirlwind of seminars, cameras, networking, BMX bikes and fun at the cavernous Javits Center, NYC!

Some fun things:

1. HDDSLR with Vincent Laforet Seminar thursday morning.
2. Free Black Rapid Strap giveaway if you recite something they tell you to say from their Twitter
3. The coffee in the press lounge
4. Seeing old friends and making new friends
5. The BMX ramp!!!!
6. Learning, learning, learning at the seminars and by talking to folks. Everyone was very generous with their time
7. The parties!

Some not as fun things:

1. The Javitts Center
2. The fact that there was less space in the area they used in the Javits center, thus making
it almost impossible to walk down the showroom aisles. Check out my video to find out first hand accounts of the Expo.
3. The coffee in the press lounge!
4. It was sub degree temperatures in the seminar rooms
5. Some of the seminars were really not as good as other seminars. But I guess that's all subjective.

As I reflect on my first expo that I attended in 2002. I had just graduated from college and didn't really know anyone in the NYC photo industry. I feel as though I have made some large strides since then. DSLR camera's have also made some large strides. Now we have as many megapixels as we can dream off and we can shoot HD video with our DLR cameras and we can actually afford these cameras!! They are not for the elite top photographers, they are for you and me and your parents too. I'm hopeful that next year I will be as impressed with the developments in HDDSLR cameras and that the prices tags will also make me equally happy.

Until next year!

-Andrea Fischman