How does ‘Your Print’ work
Go on-line to the ‘Your Print’ website at www.canon.co.uk/yourprint and upload your own print (or selected from menu)
Choose the printer you would like to trial
Receive a FREE print sample in the post.
On receipt of the print sample & promotional envelop, you will also receive a recommended list of etailers/retailers
Following the purchase of a PIXMA, customers are invited to tell Canon about their experience, in return for a FREE pack of photo paper

Products:
Choose from the following PIXMA printers : MP990, iX4000, MP640, MP550, MP560, iP3600, iP4700, MX860, MP490, MP250, MP270, iP1900, iP2600, MX320, MX330

Available until:  30th May 2010

Website: www.canon.co.uk/yourprint
Canon microsite with full Ts & Cs, retailers etc can be found at:     www.canon.co.uk/aboutyourprint, wwww.canon.ie/aboutyourprint

Albelli  has an incredible special offer until the end of March! Books with photos of acquaintances, family and friends: order now for everybody. Each second identical copy is free. Fun to give away, or to share the costs. Click here for more.

Wearable Inc. today announced that AirStash™, the first wireless flash drive for iPad, iPhone, and other WiFi devices, is now available to order for USD $99.99 at http://airstash.com for US and Canada. AirStash is the only flash drive that shares documents and streams media from a pocket, backpack, briefcase, or handbag with its built-in media server technology.

Watch a video demo of AirStash sharing photos and streaming media to an iPhone at http://youtube.com/airstash and follow us on Twitter @AirStash and Facebook at http://facebook.com/airstash .

“AirStash is an evolutionary leap forward for the USB flash drive and the perfect complement to the iPad. It’s the first flash drive that shares and streams files directly and securely over WiFi, and the only flash drive which works with Apple’s new tablet,” said Matthew Klapman, Wearable’s CEO. “iPad users can leave their laptop at home and use AirStash to distribute documents and receive files from computers, view photos from a digital camera, or carry and stream additional movies and music with no Internet connection or transfer cable required.”

AirStash is the most cost-effective way to expand your iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch by using SD and SDHC cards (up to 32GB). A single 16GB card with a street price of under $40 provides enough space to store 20 hours of video or thousands of documents, music, and videos. Digital camera users can conveniently view and easily share pictures with friends and family by inserting their camera’s card into AirStash. The unique wireless media server creates a WiFi network from the contents of the memory card, enabling multiple users to view and stream media simultaneously.

“The AirStash portable server supports any WiFi-enabled device with a web browser,” said Brian Mastenbrook, Wearable’s CTO. “We believe that users who choose Apple devices expect products that can be used out of the box without lengthy configuration or installation procedures, and AirStash delivers. We’ve used HTML5 technology to provide a superb interface for users of the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch without requiring any app installation.”

AirStash is the first hardware device that leverages Apple’s implementation of the upcoming HTML5 standard to provide a rich interface that allows iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch users to view, organize, and stream media without installing anything from the app store. Any document, photo, audio, or video format supported by Apple’s iPhone OS can be viewed or streamed with one tap after connecting to the AirStash wireless network. Users can choose to enable WPA2 encryption to protect their data, or create an open network for easy sharing.

Measuring just 3.6 x 1.9 x 0.5 inches (92 x 47.8 x 12.2 mm) and weighing just 1.5 oz (43 g), AirStash easily fits into your pocket, backpack, briefcase, or handbag for up to five hours of continuous video streaming thanks to the built-in lithium-polymer battery. AirStash charges from any USB-equipped laptop or desktop (powered ports only) and works as a USB 2.0 High Speed flash drive & memory card reader. Memory is provided by an SD / SDHC slot supporting up to 32GB of high-density storage. New features and enhanced device compatibility can be provided by firmware updates downloaded from the Internet.

AirStash is a trademark of Wearable Inc.

iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch are trademarks of Apple Inc.

Photographers can join free live photo shoots and see demonstrations of latest products from some of the biggest names in the imaging industry.

Francesca Munden, Calumet’s PR and events coordinator explained: “Any photographer who couldn’t get to Focus can catch up at our one day show. We’ll have experts on hand all day from 10am until 8pm at Calumet Manchester on Tuesday April 27 and Calumet Drummond Street, Euston on Thursday April 29. Hasselblad will be using professional models as they demonstrate their latest capture equipment. Nikon will showcase a comprehensive range of lenses, flashguns and DSLRs, including their flagship D3X model. Lighting experts Bowens will demonstrate latest products and Canon camera specialists will be on hand with the company’s innovative 550D and 1DMK IV models, plus accessories. Lowepro will showcase latest camera carrying solutions; Giottos will be displaying a comprehensive range of tripods, monopods and heads suitable for all photo-shoot situations, including latest Vitruvian VGR models – complete with reverse leg technology.”

She added: “onOne software will be there too, along with Sigma, Blubox photo compression software, MTA, Parkers, and of course, Calumet Own Brand. Epson will be showing their flagship A3 and A2 R2880 and pro 3880 photo printers and will offer ‘on the day only’ free prints (one per customer) from supplied images. We’ll have some exclusive special offers available and Calumet will offer photographers a free CCD cleaning service.”

For more information please visit the Calumet Photographic website.

Britain’s most decorated press photographer, Mike Maloney, OBE made history when he was given permission to take a group of amateur photographers on a two-hour shoot in the Great Chamber of the House of Lords on Saturday 13th February 2010.

This unique event was sponsored by the world famous London-based Nikon-only shop Grays of Westminster and hosted by Britain’s highest decorated press photographer, Mike Maloney, with the permission of Black Rod – a senior officer in the House of Lords, responsible for security, controlling access to and maintaining order within the House and its precincts.

The photographers attending competed to win a Nikon D300s camera worth £1,600 – to be awarded to the attendee who takes the best shot of the day, and the opportunity for the top images to be used by the House of Lords Works of Art Committee.

The attendees submitted three of their favourite photographs and the judges, led by Mike Maloney – who were looking for those which displayed originality and which visualised a unique perspective, making their images stand out from the rest – then chose the winners:

1.    Andrew Downes
2.    David Blundell
3.    Diana Church
4.    Michael Curtis
5.    Susan Forester

The proceedings of the day came to a conclusion with a 3-course dinner at Elena’s Etoile Restaurant in Charlotte Street, London where there was a presentation of the winning images and awards which included a Nikon D300s for the winner, kindly donated by Nikon UK.

“To have been invited to work with Mike Maloney on this very special photographic occasion at the House of Lords was indeed an extraordinary honour during this, our 25th Anniversary Year,” said Gray Levett, founder of Grays of Westminster.

Mike Maloney also commented on the event: “This was an historic moment in photography. It had never happened before and it is unlikely that it will ever happen again.”

Over the years, Grays of Westminster has organized a number of similarly unique events and photo shoots including a 2-week tour of Japan with a visit to the Nikon factory, and a trip to Nikon Thailand and Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Grays of Westminster is currently celebrating its twenty-fifth year of business.

Mike Maloney has won over 100 major photographic awards and is the only “Fleet Street” photographer to have been awarded the OBE for services to photojournalism. Three times-voted Press Photographer of the year, he was Chief Photographer for Mirror Group Newspapers before turning freelance in 2002. He also has numerous Royal tours to his credit, as well as photographing world leaders like Clinton, Reagan, Gorbachev and Yeltsin with resulting invitations to dine at both The White House and the Kremlin.

A report on the workshop that includes photos of the event plus the winning shots can be seen in the Grays of Westminster blog here:
http://graysofwestminster.blogspot.com/2010/02/house-of-lords-photographic-shoot-with.html

About Grays of Westminster
The legendary award-winning Grays of Westminster, currently celebrating its twenty-fifth year of business, is a charming period shop, specialising exclusively in Nikon. It offers what is probably the widest range of new and second-hand Nikon in the world. It is situated in a quiet location in central London and offers a fast and reliable mail-order service on any Nikon item – available to all world-wide destinations. Tax free shopping to non-European Community residents is also available.

freshfacedandwildeyed2010

Exhibition Dates: 14 May – 6 June 2010
Press View: 10.00 – 12.00, 13 May 2010

Discover bright new talent at our annual exhibition of graduate photography.
See some of the most innovative new work from across the UK.

This exhibition marks the third year of this annual event showcasing specially selected graduate work. freshfacedandwildeyed2010 will present the best of UK student photography by graduate and postgraduate students who have completed their studies in the past year.

Twenty-nine photographers have now been selected by a panel of photography experts to have their work exhibited at The Photographers’ Gallery. This year’s panel is:
Kitty Anderson, The Common Guild, Glasgow; Stephen Gill, artist; Sean O’Hagan, writer on photography, The Observer and The Guardian Online; and Brett Rogers, Director, The Photographers’ Gallery.

The selected photographers have graduated from courses across the UK, including University of the Arts London, Swansea Metropolitan University and UCCA Farnham and demonstrate the quality and range of new photography practice. Their work will also be part of an online gallery to be viewed by those unable to visit The Photographers’ Gallery during the exhibition dates and will remain online once the exhibition ends (to view visit www.photonet.org.uk).

Submissions were made to our online micro-site between 15 February and 3 March 2010. Applicants needed to provide details of their course leader for verification of graduation, up to 100 words on their submission and eight images of their work. Submissions were accepted from students on any visual arts course across the UK whose primary practice is photography and who graduated in the past year.

The Photographers’ Gallery has always actively supported emerging photographic talent, also presenting The Photographers’ Gallery Graduate Award (1998 – ongoing), an annual award for students from the MA Course in Photography at the Royal College of Art. Building on the Gallery’s commitment to supporting new talent and in recognition of the remarkable quality and breadth of new and established photographic courses across the UK, freshfacedandwildeyed2010 provides a platform for those photographers and artists who are producing particularly innovative and creative work.

The Photographers’ Gallery is dedicated to exhibiting, educating and engaging people with photography. Events such as freshfacedandwildeyed2010 reflect our dedication to recognising, nurturing and supporting photographic talent in the UK.

Version 5.0.3 includes added raw support to the Canon EOS 550D and the Olympus E-PL1, and lens aberration correction for the Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM, the Zoom-Nikkor 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S and the Zoom-Nikkor 14-24mm f/2.8G ED AF-S lenses.

“Every delegate leaves ‘High School’ with a unique and entirely bespoke business plan. No one else is offering that”, states James Derbyshire, MD at the Wimbledon-based Julia Boggio Studios.

He adds: “This programme is far more than just another set of training courses for photographers – it’s really a school for ambitious fledgling entrepreneurs. At Julia Boggio High we help photographers remove the stress of running a photography business, allowing them to focus fully on what they do best – capturing exceptional images. Additionally we limit the number of delegates on each course to a maximum of eight, and guarantee geographic exclusivity. No two photographers who compete in the same area will be part of the same seminar.”

Delegates at Julia Boggio High will comprise:
* Enthusiastic amateurs looking to take the leap into owning their own business.
* Excited start-ups who have had a business for a year or less and need strong guidance for the second year of operation.
*Passionate photographers who have been running their own businesses for a number of years and are ready for the next step in the growth paradigm.

DATES FOR THE BOGGIO HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 2010:
The photographic entrepreneur (two day course)
April 12-13; June 7-8; August 16-17; October 11-12
Location: Julia Boggio Studios, Wimbledon
Cost: £550 (+VAT)
The ultimate sales and marketing workshop (two day course):
April 14-15; June 9-10; August 18-19; October 13-14.
Location: Julia Boggio Studios, Wimbledon:
Cost: £550 + VAT (includes lunch and teas/coffees)
Shooting Day with Julia Boggio
April 16; June 11; August 20; October 15
Location: Julia Boggio Studios, Wimbledon
Cost: £275 + VAT (includes lunch/teas/coffees)
Introduction to wedding photography:
May 10: September 20
Location: Julia Boggio Studios
Cost: £300 + VAT (includes, lunch, teas/coffees)
The business plan refresher (for JB High Alumni)
November 22:
Location: Julia Boggio Studios
Cost: £250 + VAT

Julia Boggio has become an international brand in just five years with her uniquely themed wedding shoots and compelling portraiture.
Says Boggio: “At JB High School we don’t just tell photographers what they need to know. We show them. Our only criterion for a successful application is that each photographer has to be very serious about their desire for success in this business.”
More information: www.juliaboggiophotography.com.

The recent Focus-on-Imaging trade show proved to be a real winner for Kenro, with the company reporting record levels of sales enquiries.

As Kenro Managing Director, Paul Kench says, they were delighted with the show: “We invested heavily in a new stand for Focus and this investment has certainly paid off. Our stand was busy all day, every day and we’ve never taken as many sales enquires at a trade show. A particular triumph for us was our range of Benro tripods that we launched at Focus – they went down really well with visitors.”

Focus organisers backed up Kenro’s positive response to the event, recording a biggest-ever attendance of over 34,000 over the four day show.

In addition to Benro tripods, the company is also the official UK distributor for Tokina lenses, Nissin flash equipment and the Marumi range of filters, flash guns and camera accessories. Kenro also produces its own ranges of photo frames, photo albums and accessories including the legendary Kenair.

To view Kenro’s full range, or for details of your nearest stockist please visit www.kenro.co.uk. Alternatively call Kenro’s head office on 01793 615836 for further information. All products are displayed in Kenro’s showroom at the company’s Swindon Head Office, trade customers are welcome to make an appointment to visit.

12M CCD, 3x Zoom lens, 2.7” LCD, Smart Features

EUROPE, March 9, 2010 – BenQ announced today the release of their latest digital cameras in Europe– the C1250. Equipped with a 12-megapixel sensor, smart scene detection technology, 3X optical zoom and a bright 2.7” LCD display, the C1250 combines chic design with smart technologies, making taking crisp photos with ease and style.

Capably chic
With the bigger and brighter LCD with is equipped with 2 LED modules for backlighting, the 2.7” LCD display displays pictures clearly even in the mid afternoon sun. Moreover, with ISO up to 6400 (VGA and HD 16:9), you can be confident when shooting in low light, pictures will come out blur-free and sharp, looking natural with the mood of the scene preserved. Also, you never have to worry about low-battery situations and missing out on previous moments as this reasonable priced camera is powered by 2x AA batteries.

Encased in a stylish exterior, the 12 megapixels C1250 comes in black and silver, giving you a 3x zoom lens, making it easy to take crisply detailed shots whether your subject is near or far-off. Designed for the fashion-conscious, the stylish exterior features an elegant anti-slip metal ornament, has the chic style of a designer accessory, making it the perfect accessory for any events at any time.
Smart on Scenes, Smart on Faces
C1250 uses Scene Detection Technology to analyze the scene to be shot in detail: Subject brightness; Contrast; Distance and Overall hue. The camera then immediately chooses one of eight possible modes, to ensure perfect settings for your shot: Landscape, Night scene, Night Portrait, Sunset, Macro, Portrait, Backlight, and Backlight Portrait.

The C1250 is especially adept at photos of people, drawing on advanced technology to automatically track faces, capture smiles, detect blinks, and beautify skin tones. The Smile Catch & Blink Detector functions help to capture the perfect spontaneous smile by automatically shooting in rapid succession – ideal for candid moments. The Blink Detector alerts you when a subject has blinked, allowing the shot to be retaken immediately or saved according to your preference. Moreover, “Beauty Enhancer” is a pre-processing feature, which beautifies your subject’s skin tone, getting rid of unwanted blemishes.

The C1250 digital camera will be available in Europe in April.

For more information about the BenQ C1250 digital camera please visit BenQ.eu.