Fujifilm launched the S3 Pro digital SLR in a Nottinghill hotel – more details to be added
Host
Adrian Clarke
Peter Bargh
Sights & SoundsArchive for the ‘Press Events’ Category
Samsung held their European Press Launch in Reykjavik, Iceland. We flew over on Iceland Air Flight FI-451, London to Reykjavik. I was in Seat 19C. We stopped in the Radisson SAS Saga Hotel Hagatorg
Several events were organised including a Snowmobile Tour, Glacier by Jeep and an excursion into to see Gullfoss, the Geysir area, Hveragerdi and Hellisheidi Mountain Plateau
Host
Juan Ramlill, Lucas Lee, Jake Kim
Press
Peter Bargh, Matt Gallagher, Gavin Stoker, Terry Hope, Alistair Forest, Michael Roscoe
Book launch for Grays of Westminster – In The Company of legends.
With Guest speakers David Suchet (below) and Gary Coward Williams.
I also got to meet one of my photography heroes, the late Sir Simon Marsden (below)
The event was held in the Private dining room of Quaglino’s in Bury Street London
We were all given a copy of the book. I managed to get mine autographed by just about everyone who was at the event who’d had a quote in the book.
Colab arranged for a few journalists to go up in a Lockheed Hercules with the RAF Falcons Parachute Air Display Team.
We flew from Brize Norton and watched them jump out to do one of their displays.
I no longer have the date of this event but know it was 2004
Epson invited journalists to The QUOD, 57 Haymarket, Piccadilly, London, SQ1Y 4QX to demonstrate their Pigment inks within a new premium photo printer
Hosts
Janice Gibson, Shelley Byfield
Olympus flew us out to Bologna for a Ferrari race day at the Mugello circuit
The day is a celebration of Ferrari, when all the team’s F1 drivers – Schumacher, Barrichello and the 2 test drivers, Massa and Badoer, drive the F1 cars as well as spectacular drives from current Ferrari road cars and vintage Ferraris through the ages.
Hosts
Hannah Sheppard, Andy Parker and Sara Cubitt
Press
Peter Bargh
An email from Olympus:
We would like you to be among the first to gain hands-on experience of the revolutionary E-1 digital system. During 3 days in the Majorca sunshine you will have the opportunity to extensively review the camera and accessories in a number of creative environments, both inside and outside. The emphasis during this time will be very much geared towards giving you every opportunity to test all the systems’ capabilities. Technical experts will be on hand at all times.
The venue for this exclusive event is the Hotel Port Adriano in Calvia/El Toro, south west of Palma. Flights will leave London on the morning of Friday 29th August and return on the afternoon of Monday 1st September.
Hosts
Sarah Parker, Andy Parker
Press
Peter Bargh, Ian Burley, Steve Hindes,
Canon held a press event at Sketch, Conduit Street, London W1. The invite was a large perspex thing!
They had celeb guests including Mica Paris and Chris Eubank
We then stayed over in a hotel and presentations and demonstrations ran on Thursday 21st from 10am to 3pm
The launch was for the Canon digital SLR and the Powershot A80. We had to get up at 7am and go by boat down the Thames. I had a hangover!
Hosts
Ashley Ollett, Hayley Buery
The Olympus Press Challenge 2003, was hosted at Goodwood Park, England where a series of task were set including Skid Pad, Lightening Kart, 2CV jigsaw (build and race)
Hosts
Sara Cubitt, Milly Hill