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Last thursday I had the pleasure to visit photokina in Köln, Germany.
Of course I was drooling over all the new gear and stuff like the Nikon D7000 etc. I was also one of the lucky ones to win a Blackrapid RS7. I’ll write you a review once I have used it a bit more. I also found a great solution for geotagging, unfortunately my own camera, the nikon d60, can’t handle gps input. But once I upgrade I’ll give it a shot. It simple adds a tiny bluetooth device to the camera which can be combined with any Bluetooth gps module. It  enters the geolocation directly in the image. Check it out at www.foolography.com
The best experience for me however was the ability to hear some top of the notch photographers talk about photography. I had the pleasure to watch a presentation by Jonathan and Angela Scott at the Canon booth and Vincent Versace at the Nikon booth.
One thing complete me baffled me. When, at the end of their presentations, they asked the audience for questions, hardly anybody did! I mean what on earth are you doing at a photography event with a camera around your neck if you think there is nothing you can learn from these great photographers. All the better for me as I could ask multiple questions. After the presentations I stayed behind and had the opportunity to talk to them and even to have Johnathan Scott look at my animal photos and give me some advice on how to improve. Having an iPad with your photos on it, is a great help here. I’ll share the lessons I learned In another post.

So if you are listening to a presentation by a world renowned photographer and he is asking if there are any questions, ask! Anything. They don’t bite and you might learn something.
I had a great time at Photokina and could have easily stayed more days.

Happy shooting!