NYIP On Location: 2009 PDN PhotoPlus Expo

PhotoPlus Expo is the annual autumn photography show held in New York’s Javits Center. Unlike the mid-winter Photo Manufacturing Association show that caters to photo retailers and industry insiders, PhotoPlus is the biggest show for photographers — professionals and serious amateurs — to attend seminars and see what’s new on the trade show floor.

With the recession still affecting the economy, and ongoing turmoil in the photo industry as digital technology causes many film-based companies to either reinvent themselves or become obsolete, this year’s show was a bit smaller than prior years. Those looking for negatives — “Adobe’s not here. Hasselblad isn’t here.” — found plenty of talking points.

Still, most of the major players were on the show floor, and there are always new booths with excited entrepreneurs happy to show their wares to interested photographers. The NYI On Location crew surveyed the show and selected a dozen players to interview. Watching these videos you’ll learn about new products, new releases, and people who make the photography industry the exciting place that it is.

NYIP On Location Interviews

Miriam Leuchter, the new editor-in-chief of Popular Photography, tells us about the recent redesign of the world’s largest photography magazine.

Sam Pardue shows us what’s new at Lensbaby.

Looking for portable storage that does it all and does it fast? Anthony Link shows us the brand-new Memory Kick.

Arlene Evans previews the annual Wedding and Portrait Photographers International convention in Las Vegas.

Looking for a new way to promote your work? Lisa Rodwell shows us what’s new at Moo.

Kim Myers of LaCie shows off the latest backup storage drives and talks about their newest cloud storage solution, Wuala.

Want to put some motion in your work? Erik Bjornard from Animoto shows us what they can do to make it cheap and easy.

Color management still a challenge? Josh Fischer from DataColor demonstrates how to calibrate your monitor in no time.

Wonder what the gearheads and gurus see in the future? We have a chat with Dave Etchells, the guy behind imaging-resource.com.

Looking for a better camera backpack for on the go? Dan Bigos details Lowepro's Fastpack before our very eyes.

Steven Ho from Newcomer Eyelead hopes to break into the US market with their LED lighting systems.

Need some intuitive filters for your digital darkroom? Kevin La Rue from Nik Software shows some of their filter plug-ins in action.