Henry's Photo Show

Today, on May 13, 2011, I went to the Henry's Photo Show held at the International Centre in Missassauga. The show was intended for photography enthusiasts. There were alot of things to do there. Follow the link below for a more complete coverage of the event (not very).

The show was held for 3 days, Friday May 13, to Sunday May 15. However I only went on Friday. The show was similar to the other events that I've been to (Anime and Car).

There were a list of things to do there, like in the other conventions. They include;
- Buying photography tools such as cameras, lenses, bags, tripods, photo paper, picture frames, and many more
- Testing out lenses and cameras brought by vendors such as Canon, Nikon, Sony, etc
- Listen in on lectures from professionals on photography techniques
- Inquire about products of the new (coming soon) and old (present)
- Communicate with other photography enthusiasts

I'm not too much of a photography person but I won't say I don't appreciate nice photos. Im especially intrigued with light painting images or empowering landscapes and scenery. I think photography terms and ideas are kind of flowing into me now. I can kind of follow people's talk over at booths about whats a good lens or what material makes a good tripod, and etc. Though from what I could see, photography is an expensive hobby ;-; Probably worse than collecting figurines like I do. Except they can be used... darn it...

Basically all of the event was summarized up above. The atmosphere is very similar to the other conventions I've been to, lots of people, shops and booths of enthusiasts and vendors. Unlike anime conventions, no cosplayers. Also, not as crowded as the car show or Anime North either. The space was not too large, just hall 6 at the international centre, but the space was well used and laid out to prevent congestion. Needless to say, there was no chaos. And there were security officers and checkpoints to make sure no stealing.

Some photos included below, since this is a post in a long time, I'll mention a little bit about how I've been doing. Also, all pictures are taken with a Blackberry Playbook.

An overview picture of the event hall (excluding some lecture rooms).

The checkout desk, since this event was sponsored by Henry's, you see their logo in alot of places.

Discounted stuff, there were tons of it.

Woah, crazy lens from Sigma, 200-500x zoom O_O

My brother trying out expensive, hard to obtain lenses on his Canon 5D Mark II.

One of the several lecture areas, this was one of the smaller ones.

Lecture room. this one we went to was a talk about techniques to take pictures at night.

Of course we can't forget the eating area. Can't have people starving.

Gallery: Here.

I just graduated from University of Waterloo and now job hunting for a chemist position at some company, preferably for a research position or assistant. My field of work had been in the GC or gas chromatography field and hope to get a job there to present what I know and expand on my knowledge in the topic. If any employer manages to read this, I have my resume which I can email to you if you are in search of an employee. I can be contacted at pakhinlaw@gmail.com

Thank you.

PS. I haven't had much news to write about hence the lack of updates. I should be getting some anime figurines soon. I'll try to write a review about them when I get it in and taken some pictures (with some tips from this show) =D