New Products and Services Make Debut at WPPI 2018, Help Wedding and Portrait Photographers Build Their Business and Expand Creative Vision
New
Cameras and Lenses, Albums, Papers, and Software Technologies Small
Sampling of Dozens of Innovative Products and Services on Display at
Annual Expo
More than 200 leading manufacturers of photographic, video, and other
visual communication hardware and software will demonstrate their latest
products and services to thousands of photographers and filmmakers
during the annual Wedding and Portrait Photography International (WPPI) Conference + Expo at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, from February 25-28. Combined with more than 150 educational seminars, photo walks, and special events, WPPI
has become the largest and most anticipated educational and networking
event for wedding and portrait photographers in North America.
During the WPPI
Expo, attendees will have the opportunity to experiment with many new
imaging hardware and software products designed to help photographers
improve their workflow, expand their skill sets, generate additional
revenue, and increase their business and profits.
“WPPI
continues to be the most anticipated event and destination for wedding
and portrait photographers to be inspired by new creative techniques,
business practices, and innovative technologies,” said Mike Gangel, WPPI
Show Director. “Attendees can expect to see new products and services
that are either being introduced at the show or are making their public
debut here and have the ability touch, try and compare everything that’s
new all in one place.”
Photographers interested in attending WPPI 2018 can register online now. All PHOTO+ members receive a free Full Platform Pass to WPPI.
The pass includes access to all platform classes, the 3-day Expo,
Launch Pad and the Live Print, Album, and Filmmaking Judging event.
Non-members can sign up for PHOTO+ membership ($199.99) during the WPPI registration process.
The
Expo will be located at the Conference Center at Mandalay Bay (Level 1,
Bayside C). Onsite registration will be open to all wishing to attend,
throughout the conference and expo.
A Selection of New Products and Services Debuting at WPPI
3XM Solution – Booth #373
Combine the beauty of wall art with the functionality of a folio box. The patented Premium Window Box
by 3XM frames your image perfectly in the lid of the folio box and is
easily interchangeable, making it the perfect display piece for your
clients’ home.
Photographers can also save lots of time and frustration with 3XM’s patented and easy-to-load Ultimate Mat,
which is designed to “lock” prints in place without the need for tape
or glue...guaranteed. And it’s all re-usable, including the mats!
Simply “unlock” and slide the print out.
Album Design Store – Booth #564
The Album Design Store offers photographers one
stop solution by providing a single platform for Culling, Editing,
Artistic Effects, Specialized Image Touch Ups, Custom Album Designing,
Printing and Binding. And they do it with quick turnaround times, high
quality and reasonable pricing.
Album
Design Store also provides easy, step-by-step album creation processes
directly from their website. Photographers can choose any number of
album design styles including covers, page options, sizes, and
packaging. Album Design Store will handle the rest.
They also have new albums in their Gifting Series with pen drive, pen, and mini book that are included in the packaging.
Hahnemuhle – Booth #439
Stop by Hahnemühle to see their new Cézanne 430gsm Canvas.
The natural white cotton canvas contains no OBA’s and features a finely
woven, elegant surface structure. They are also anxious to present
Hahnemühle Photo, a universally usable inkjet paper assortment, combined
with an optimized inkjet coating for photographic applications.
Attendees can learn more about the range of Hahnemühle Photo papers to
ensure the best results.
Attendees who stop by the Hahnemuhle booth on Monday and Tuesday
can receive limited edition autographed prints from Lindsay Adler,
Roberto Valenzuela, Eddie Tapp, Hiram Trillo, Bob and Dawn Davis and
Salvador Carmona. All photographs are printed on Hahnemühle Fine Art and
Photo papers. Quantities of signed prints are very limited so get there
early!
Iris Works – Booth #1062
Three
years after their initial launch, Iris Works, a cloud-based business
management application for photographers, is announcing the upcoming
release of their new software. The new release of Iris Works,
estimated to be available in Spring 2018, provides photographers with
software that is simple and intelligent, yet continues to provide all of
the benefits.
Unlike
business management systems that require hours of time and in-depth
thought, Iris Works’ new release will provide photographers with tools
and features needed to save time and revolutionize the client’s
experience. Iris will be showing a preview of the new system at WPPI.
Leica Camera – Booth #1415
Leica Camera, known for a long tradition of excellence and craftsmanship in the photography world,
presents two additions to the SL prime lens line, as well as a new
addition to the revolutionary Noctilux-M lens portfolio. First, the premiere of a new line of high-performance Summicron-SL lenses for the Leica SL-System, the APO-Summicron-SL 75 mm f/2 ASPH, and the APO-Summicron-SL 90 mm f/2 ASPH, work seamlessly with the SL-System’s lightning-fast autofocus.
Their
incredible wide-open sharpness is perfect for portraiture, and their
compact size with lightweight handling make them easy to take when the
job is on the go. Meanwhile, the Leica Noctilux-M 75 mm f/1.25 ASPH combines
exceptional imaging performance and unique bokeh, along with its
hair-thin depth of field to isolate subjects with extreme precision, to
create that unmistakable “Leica look”.
LumiQuest – Booth #1072
The LumiQuest LASTAND is
the game changer “Swiss Army Knife” item that every photographer will
want - the ONLY all-in-one light stand, tripod and monopod featuring the
EXCLUSIVE LumiQuest Quick-Connect that accepts cameras, flash and LED
lights. The patent pending octagonal self-aligning base features a
built-in umbrella receiver. The kit includes a convertible umbrella with
case/ballast holder. LASTAND’s maximum seven-foot height collapses to 7
inches for ultra-portability. A handheld grip for mobile OCF
photography rounds out this exciting kit.
The LumiQuest STR Kit includes
a Fresnel Lens to extend the range of your flash, a grid to focus
light, a wide variety of color correction and creative colored gels as
well as preprinted and custom Gobo’s to cast light patterns onto your
subjects and backgrounds for creative and dramatic effects.
The LumiQuest StripBox LTp is
the latest evolution of our popular SoftBox LTp refined to create a
portable SoftBox and StripBox all in one. With a surface area 40 times
that of the flash itself, this StripBox LTp creates the softest shadows
of any LumiQuest SoftBox. Close the doors on either side and create a
StripBox that works great as a dramatic portrait light, rim light or
hair light.
Miller’s Professional Imaging – Booth #533
Rooted in the belief that everyone deserves to see their story in print, Miller’s Professional Imaging is excited to introduce Companion Albums. When photographers create a Miller's Signature Album in ROES, they can quickly create a duplicate Companion Album
with a 25% discount. And the best part – it’s super easy. Just click
‘Add-On Products’ in the Shopping Cart and Miller’s creates the
Companion Album for you. Perfect for your client’s loved ones, this new
feature makes it easier and more affordable than ever to offer printed
keepsakes and grow your in-person sales.
Nikon – Booth #921
The versatile Nikon D850
offers the ultimate combination of resolution and speed. Incorporating a
backside illuminated (BSI) 45.7-megapixel CMOS sensor, the D850 forgoes
an optical low pass filter (OLPF) delivering incredible fidelity,
tonality and clarity.
The
D850 offers superior performance such as 7 fps capture or 9 fps with an
optional battery pack. It has a wide ISO range from 64 to 25,600, a 153
point focus system and full frame 4K UHD video. The D850 includes
user-friendly features including a tilting touchscreen LCD, silent
shooting option, illuminated buttons and built-in connectivity.
nPhoto – Booth #173
nPhoto is introducing its sleek and stylish Folio Boxes
which are perfect for presenting, preserving, and accentuating
individual prints. Hand-crafted with the choice of either high-quality
textiles or leatherette, their Folio box has over 60 different design
options, including Laser Etching, UV Printing, and Embossed text. The
images are printed on Fujicolor Crystal Archive Digital Silk Paper and
preserved on state-of-the-art image mats designed to allow your artwork
to last a lifetime. Or if preferred, photographers can have their images
mounted on durable foam prints. Sizes vary to safely fit 5, 10, 15, or
20 images per box.
OmegaBrandess – Booth #1143
The highly anticipated Cactus X-TTL
firmware version for Micro Four Thirds camera systems – Olympus and
Panasonic, is now available and can be seen at the OmegaBrandess booth
during WPPI 2018. In addition to retaining the
revolutionary cross-brand abilities of remote power control and wireless
HSS of Canon, Fujifilm, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic and Pentax flashes
simultaneously, the new system-specific X-TTL firmware adds cross-brand
wireless TTL capabilities on and off-camera.
Seagate – Booth #757
LaCie® DJI Copilot
is a complete backup on-set solution – enabling drone users to quickly
ingest and review their content in full resolution without a PC.
Creative professionals and consumers can playback, copy and manage their
drone footage from their mobile device without the hassle of leaving
the field or booting up a computer. Users can quickly connect and
reference the built-in screen to initiate direct file transfer from an
SD card to LaCie DJI Copilot. With 2TB of storage, the LaCie DJI Copilot
enables users to easily store up to 65 hours of 4K 30fps video footage
and 20K+ RAW photos.
Built
to withstand all-terrain extreme conditions from photo shoots in
sub-zero temperatures to repeated drops on hard studio floors, the Rugged Secure
is the first Rugged drive to include hardware encryption using Seagate
Secure™ technology. This new drive gives creative professionals and
other users peace of mind that they can control access to their content.
A simple disconnection of Rugged Secure from a computer will
automatically lock the drive and access to the data stored and will
remain password-protected via new Toolkit software.
On-the-go consumers worldwide can keep their files and lives in motion with the new Seagate® Fast SSD
– an ultra-portable flash drive that teams fast performance of up to
540MB/s transfer rates, with shock-resistance and USB-C connectivity.
Users can backup or sync their content using Seagate’s new Toolkit
software. The Seagate Fast SSD is available in 250GB, 500GB and 1TB
capacities.
Skylum Software – Booth #462
Skylum Software is introducing Luminar 2018
for Mac and Windows. Luminar 2018 is a universal all-in-one photo app
designed to offer everything a modern photographer needs for photo
editing. With intelligent filters and over 100in-built presets, Luminar
speeds up the photo editing workflow to deliver great results in less
time. It also features some advanced tools like layers, masking and
blending, lens correction and transform tools — to name just a few —
that take image editing to the next level.
Tether Tools – Booth #1233
Tether Tools is excited to introduce a line of TetherPro
USB-C cables for photographers shooting tethered with cameras or
computers that feature a USB-C connection. To date, adapters and
frustratingly short connections have hindered the USB-C tethering
experience for photographers.
TetherPro
USB-C cables provide, for the first time, a solution for photographers
to shoot tethered directly from their camera to a computer or laptop
that utilizes a USB-C port. The TetherPro USB-C cable product line will
feature 12 cables for each camera data port, all available in either
black or high-visibility orange, specifically designed for tethered
photography and image transfer.
The WPPI
Wedding and Portrait Photography Conference + Expo is the premier
industry event for photographers and now, filmmakers, specializing in
the creative and business aspects of wedding, portrait photography and
filmmaking. Each year, over 13,000 professional and imaging
professionals attend WPPI to learn new
techniques from industry leaders, build new relationships to help grow
their business, experiment with new products from major manufacturers to
improve productivity, and to use Vegas as a backdrop while expanding
skillsets and portfolios.
The WPPI Wedding and Portrait Photography Conference + Expo is owned by Emerald Expositions,
the largest operator of business-to-business trade shows in the United
States, with most of our shows dating back several decades. We currently
operate more than 50 trade shows, including 31 of the top 250 trade
shows in the country as ranked by TSNN, as well as numerous other
events. Our events connect over 500,000 global attendees and exhibitors
and occupy more than 6.9 million NSF of exhibition space. We have been
recognized with many awards and accolades that reflect our industry
leadership as well as the importance of our shows to the exhibitors and
attendees we serve.
Onsite registration will be open throughout the conference and expo. More information about WPPI can be found at http://www.wppionline.com
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