Here is a sample of things to see and do in the Pro Centre:

• Meet pro representatives from the major small and medium format digital manufacturers including Nikon, Canon and Hasselblad.
• Use a variety of cameras, lenses, and lighting systems in a series of live sets.
• Experience the difference and advantage that the Jones House team can bring to post-capture image handling, from simple processing techniques to advanced retouching.
• See some of the latest pro video solutions from the major players, and try the gear out for yourself.
• Take in a variety of free, unique seminars tailored to professionals, presented by industry leaders, on topics that you will not find elsewhere.

Click here to view the Pro Centre Presentation Schedule.

Featuring Guest Speakers Tony Corbell and Bobbi Lane

Tony L. Corbell Sr. Mgr. Product Education and Planning Nik Software, Inc.

In his high energy career, Tony has photographed three U.S. presidents, 185 World Leaders, 65 Nigerian Heads
of State, about 600 brides and grooms, a couple of NASA astronauts and lots of famous and not so famous
faces since he began in 1979.

He has spoken at over 350 seminars and workshops nationally and internationally. He is the recipient of the
highest honor from the Wedding and Portrait Photographers International with their Lifetime Achievement Award and achieved the status of
Photographic Craftsman from the Professional Photographers of America.  In 2005, Tony received the “Photographer of the Year” Award from the International Photographic Council of the United Nations at a ceremony in New York at the U.N. and the PPA National Award from the Professional Photographers of California.

Tony was also invited to join the prestigious Camera Craftsmen Of America in 2007, one of only 40 members worldwide. In 2007/08, Tony spoke to over 8,000 photographers in 36 cities including London, Glasgow, Dublin, Toronto, Mexico City, Sydney and many more U.S. cities. 2009 will again be busy with Tony traveling to London, Germany and many other cities discussing lighting and image editing.

Tony has always been active as a student and a teacher of photographic education and his Basic Studio Lighting book from publisher AmPhoto has been popular worldwide and is the basis for numerous photographic college lighting courses.  His new Location Lighting DVD produced by Software Cinema has received great reviews and is available on-line.  He has written articles in every major photographic magazine in the U.S., Japan, the U.K.  and China. He is currently one of a select few Approved Photographic Instructors from the Professional Photographers of America…and he’s the biggest Beatles fan alive.

Bobbi Lane

Bobbi Lane is a commercial photographer specializing in creative portraits in studio and on location.
Lane's multi-faceted approach to photography incorporates over 30 years of technical experience with innovative
artistic interpretation. Lane shoots primarily people for editorial, corporate, and advertising accounts as well as
photographing "real people" and travel for stock. Her stock photography has sold worldwide for ads, posters,
and billboards.

Bobbi's clients include: Charles Schwab, GE, Warner Bros., PricewaterhouseCoopers, Samsung, Bose Corp.,
Neutrogena, Mattel, Maui Music Festival, McDonnell/Douglas, Sears' Tower Skydeck, and the Morro Bay Natural History Museum.

As a dedicated photo educator, she brings insight and enthusiasm to her fun-filled workshops. Bobbi's excellent rapport and communication with her students inspires and motivates, while her straight-forward teaching style reaches students of many different skill levels. Her students nicknamed her “Mistress of Light.”

Bobbi teaches her own Bobbi Lane Workshops in Connecticut, at the Santa Fe Workshops, the Maine Workshops, the Julia Dean Workshops, and the International Center for Photography in New York City. She also teaches internationally for Gulf Photo Plus in Dubai. She is the Chair of the Education Committee for Advertising Photographers of America, and the creator of their Successful Emerging Photographer’s program.
Bobbi is a Contributing Editor to Photo Techniques magazine, and author of the book, Creative Techniques for Color Photography, published by Amherst Media. Her new book, co-authored with fashion photographer Lou Lesko, is “Advertising Photography; A Straightforward Guide to a Complex Industry ”, and was released in the fall of 2007 by Thomson Course Technology. She developed the content and filmed two instructional DVDs, Portrait Lighting Techniques and Portraits Unplugged, which are available through Calumet Photographic.
Her web site is www.bobbilane.com .

In short, if you are a working or aspiring professional photographer, you need to make a point of visiting the Pro Centre at this Fall's 2009 Photographic & Digital Imaging Show. Please use the email link below to contact us if you have not received your personal pro invitation, which will allow you access to this restricted area on Friday, October 16. General access is available both Saturday and Sunday, but some presentation content may change.

Vendors who will be present at the Pro Centre include:

• Canon - Pro Video, DSLR & Large Format Printing
• Nikon - Pro DSLR
• Panasonic - Pro Video
• Hasselblad
• JVC - Pro Video
• Olympus
• Broncolor

Click here to view the Pro Centre Presentation Schedule.