Last week I spent a few days in New York City at the PDN Photo Plus Expo. This show is held each year at the Javits Convention Center and attracts not only professionals but avid photographers who are interested in seeing, touching and feeling the newest equipment, speaking to major camera, lens, lighting and accessory makers, watching the many live picture-taking demos given by industry pros and sitting in on dozens of informative “how-to” seminars.

Many thanks to the folks at Lowepro. They generously provided these convenient camera backpacks to all of the members of the press.

I was somewhat surprised at the size of the crowds. With so many attendees, it was slow-moving traffic in the aisles. Lou Desiderio of the PDN Photo Plus Expo management confirmed that more than 24,000 visitors passed through the turnstyles to attend the show. In an otherwise “down” economic environment, this is good news to the many vendors who were exhibiting.
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For better or for worse, travel has been part of my life for many years. My best guess is that I’ve spent two months out of each of the last 30 years away from home. To help ease the pain and drudgery of travel, I’m always prepared to record my travels with a camera.

About 25% of my travel involves photo assignments. For this kind of travel my equipment list varies widely based on the specifics of the assignment. The other 75% of my travel has me tending to other aspects of our business. For this kind of travel I keep myself photographically ready for whatever interesting or unexpected I might encounter.

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Many know that one of my passions (besides Abacus) is training for and racing in triathlons (swim bike run athletic events). Over the past few years I’ve been fortunate to participate in dozens of organized runs and marathons and Ironman-distance triathlons.

During all of these sanctioned races, photographers are contracted by the race organizers to be stationed at ‘strategic’ locales along the race course to photograph athletes at their best (or worst). I can remember my first race, I was so caught up in the moment that I didn’t even see the photographers until I saw one past the finish line! It’s pretty cool getting your photo taken during the races.

These professional sports photographers that contract with race organizers throughout the US have photographed me (as well as thousands of others!) from the beginning of a race to the climatic end.

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