今年是我第一次參加PDN Photo Plus EXPO, 此展每年十月底在紐約舉行.
週五早上從Missoula, Montana開車到Portland, Oregon過二夜, 週日晚上才到家, 週三晚上又馬上搭紅眼班機飛往紐約, 早上七點抵達, 先進旅館放下行李, 就馬上趕往會場, 開始第一場8:45am的座談, 連續三場到下午五點半才結束第一天行程, 其實體力上很累, 但是很慶幸我有參加, 因為精神上收穫滿滿, 比我最後六週花在RMSP要值得的多, 我和此次同行的同學已經決定明年還要再來.
參加Photography Conference & EXPO的好處是各項產品提供很優的折扣, 且一網打盡, 你一次就可以看完各種Printers & Printing Papers, Lighting Equipments, Photo Editing Software, Album & Framing Companies, Publish-on-Demand Companies, 有Demo, 有樣品, 有實品可觸摸, 實在太方便了. 加上無意中的交談, 還讓我認識了幾位很有意思的攝影廠商, 誰知道這一次簡短的會面, 會帶給我甚麼樣的未來呢? Networking, Shaking hands, Exchanging Business Cards are all very important other than shooting images.
我和我同行的同學都各註冊七場座談會 (僅最後一場因為要趕飛機而提前離開), 刻意不重複, 我們交換錄音機, 將對方的七場座談會錄下, 雖然無法親眼看到Slideshow上的相片, 但是從講談中還是很有收穫.
我將分幾篇介紹此行我覺得很棒的Speakers, Vendors 和我同學覺得很棒的Speakers, 還有一些產品折扣優惠Code, 讓你也能享受優惠.
先貼出產品優惠折扣密碼吧, 因為這些都有時效性.
01. Adorama's
Prints and Photobooks – Enter code "PXPDN09P" for prints (8×10 for
$0.99/11×14 for $1.99/16×20 for $4.99), "PXPDN09B" for 25% off on
photobooks. Offer ends 10/31/09.
02. National Photo Lab – Use "PP99" to receive a $25 off on your order. Offer ends 11/07/2009.
03. Buy a Epson R1900 or R2880 printer between 10/22-11/8 from B&H, download this form (Download Epson) to receive an extra $50 rebate on top of B&H's current rebate. It would be two separate forms and mail it to two different P.O.Box.
04. Digital Silver Imaging – Use "PPE09" to receive a $10 off B&W printing. Offer ends 11/30/2009; $5 off any P&S, $10 off any DSLR for Infrared Camera Conversions plus buy 1 get 1 free B&W printing service. Offer ends 11/15/2009.
05. Clear Bags – Use "CBPDN2" to receive a 15% off on all Premium protective closure bags. Offer ends 11/22/2009.
06. Allworth Press for all your Photography Books need – Use "09EXPO" to receive 30% off. Expires 12/31/2009.
07. Pikto Photobooks – Use "1010PPLUS" to receive a 50% off on a 10×10 photobook through the Book:it software. Valid until 3/31/2010
08. Unified Color HDR Software – Use "PMA09" to receive a 20% off ($119.99) the regular price $149.99 (Buy before November 10, 2009 they take an additional $10 off the price so it would be $109.99).PC version for now, the Mac version will be out in December.
09. Flash Drive as a promotion gift – 30% Off, no minimum, no set-up fee, free engraving, 3-5 days turn-around.
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