Orchard Studios open day

The other week Brian and myself hopped along to an open day organised by Canon at a new studio location near Reading called Orchard Studios.
Orchard Studios is part of the RGB UK setup and is designed to compliment their large format printer sales, printing and mounting services by creating a studio space for photographers to use.

The concept of the day was to get a small group of photographers into the studio where they could try the whole process from capture, with EOS digital cameras, through to output using the Canon LFP printers and then finish off the session by learning how to mount prints onto MDF block or make canvas wraps, so the printed image could become something saleable.

With a small group of 20 or so people through the day, everyone got chance to use the studio under the guidance of Andy Kruczek with the wonderful Holly aka Ivory Flame available as a model for the day. As well as printing some of the images taken on the day, everyone got to have one of their own images printed to A2 on the Canon iPF 6300.

Jump to the video below to see what went on and to get the views of both Josh Parkins from Canon UK and Ben Randall, owner of RGB UK.

We’re told Canon UK will be looking at more small events like this around the country, so keep your ear to the ground – or keep in touch with EOS Network – and we’ll let you know as and when anything is going on!

Canon Pro Photo Solutions 2011

Looking for your next fix of Canon kit to get your hands on and drool over? Then don’t fear, because Canon Pro Photo Solutions 2011 is fast approaching!

Scheduled for the 25/26th October at the Business Design Centre in Islington, London, the show is Canon’s own trade show where you get to see the complete range of Canon kit, talk to Canon staff and also look around solutions from other manufacturers that compliment the Canon system. This means that if you’re interested in cameras, printers, projectors, video, software, and accessories, there will be something there for you to get your teeth into.

As if that isn’t enough, there will be a range of talks and presentations from a wide range of professionals to help you better understand your kit and improve your results. Last year both Brian and I presented seminars, Brian covering software in one of the seminar rooms while I took the main stage to run through Canon workflow from capture to output.

To register, visit the following link and click “Register” http://www.canon.co.uk/prosolutions2011/

See you there

Orchard studio open day with Canon

Canon’s large format printers deliver larger than life prints from your digital images, and while not everyone has the space for a printer capable or printing A2 or larger, it’s always great to see your best work printed large.

Canon UK is teaming up with Orchard Studio in Hurst near Reading for a special open day aimed at photographers and print workers to celebrate the new Orchard Studio facility. Orchard Studio is a new professional workflow suite created by Canon large format print accredited partner RGB UK.

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Canon wins four prestigious TIPA awards

Canon has picked up four TIPA awards for it’s products from the 40 awards given out by the Technical Image Press Association. The TIPA jury of European photo editors gathered in Istanbul on the 9th of April to vote on the best of the latest products.

Canon’s winning products were:

Best D-SLR entry level – EOS 600D

EOS 600D

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