Epson were sponsoring Robbie Williams so they got tickets, and they gave them to us. I went to see him at London Arena. Highly entertaining.Hosts
Janice Gibson
Press
Dan Lezano, Shaun Hargreaves
Peter Bargh
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Epson were sponsoring Robbie Williams so they got tickets, and they gave them to us. I went to see him at London Arena. Highly entertaining.Lawn Tennis Championships 2000 Wimbledon No 1 Court Stand.
After a champagne dinner courtesy of Nikon (I think) – I fell asleep watching the tennis. Sorry to all those tennis fans.
TIPA – not sure which year, but we were in Madrid. Myself and William Cheung stayed on for an extra and popped round to Spanish Publisher and TIPA president, Juan Varela, for dinner. We had traditional Tapas and wine and spent a very enjoyable evening living like the Spaniards.
TIPA organised a visit to the Monastery of El Escorial and a trip by train to Sergovia
And in the evening we ate at Casa Patas and were then entertained by traditional flamenco dancers
I dragged Will off to find a Spanish Cash Converters and bought a couple of CDs
The Olympus C-840L was launched at the Bluebird (Private Dining room), Kings Road London, England.
As part of the event a Helicopter flight over London from Battersea Heliport was arranged, and gave us chance to try the cameras from a height.
The helicopter was a Squirrel AS355F and flew 1000feet over the River Thames following the river at 90 knots over to Tower Bridge on a 10min excursion.
I attended as editor of Digital PhotoFX
Hosts
Ian Dickens, Sara Cubitt, Nikki Gordon
Press
Peter Bargh
Canon whisked us off to France to watch the Champions League Final at Stade de France. The game was between Real Madrid and Valencia. I was in seat Porte E Terrasse 110.
We travelled by Eurostar and stayed in the Paris Hilton Hotel.
Hosts
Ashley Ollett, Angela Mason
Press
Peter Bargh, William Cheung, John Clements, Terry Hope, Chris Cheeseman
Press event with Canon to Paris to the 2000 UEFA Champions League final where Real Madrid vs Valencia played at State de France in Saint-Denis. This was the first time in the Champions League or the European Cup that two clubs from the same country competed in a final.
We also had a trip to Paris to see L’Arc de Triomphe de l’Etoile and a church but I cant remember which one!
Hosts
Angela Warnes
Press
William Cheung, Terry Hope, Chris Cheesman, John Clements (and many more that I cant remember)
Nikon Europe arranged a product launch in Stockholm, Sweden for the pro spec F5
We flew from London to Stockholm on BA 107 . I was in Seat 17D.
We stayed in the Grand Hotel which is a luxurious five star hotel right on the waterfront.
Part of the trip included a boat trip to one of the many Islands
We ended up in a nightclub in Stockholm…and that was the night of the legendary fiiish! We even got in Panorama trade magazine (see pic right)
Oh and the 36 frame test that Martyn and I did which gave Simon something to worry about as he considered what the Japanese might have been thinking about the UK press. We were simply proving a point. No matter how fast the camera was it couldn’t keep up with us pulling faces.
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- Martyn Moore, Steve Bavister and me in Stockholm.
Hosts
Simon Coleman, Jeremy Gilbert
Press
Peter Bargh, Roger Payne, Martyn Moore, Eileen Martin, Steve Bavister
I was one of the judges for a HP photo competition. The prize was a safari trip to South Africa and I was invited along to help the winners take better photos. An incredible adventure!
We flew with South African Airlines SA229 from London to Johannesburg. I was in seat 49G. And then on SA0040 from Johannesburg to Victoria Falls Seat 17F
We stayed in Elephant Hills Inter-Continental at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe
And Mowana Safari Lodge on the Chobe River in Botswana
Several trips were organised to go into the Chobe Game Reserve including a sunrise adventure and a nocturnal visit
The we went on a coach trip to Victoria Falls.
Hosts
Lindsay Baldwin, Peter Bargh, Sarah Lambe, Mark Killingley, Andreas Lakeberg, Gerog Bons, Anita Pongratz
Guests
Malcolm and Diana Downes, Geoff and Hazel Hampshire, John and Sylvia Dinham, Mark Henning, Jamie Mackay, Simon Lane, Michael Rickets, Carol and Ian Moore, Marian Andreas Lisius, Anna Klingenberg, Uhland and Bettina Goebel, Joop Wever, Ann Van Rooij, Martin Reijgersberg, Vasilis Van Gemert, Jean and Patricia Dufresne, Gerard Delvecchio, Jacques Joffre, Lyn Try, Natalie Bohlin, Jean Sebastian Rousseau Piot, Nathalie Scohier, Eugenio Oller and Monica De Toores.
Up at 4.00am to go on Samsung ‘s 2000 European Conference centred around the launch of the Samsung Digimax 210SE.
We flew over on BA349 and stopped in the Hotel Ambassadeur at Cote D’azur
We ate at Central Plaza Seafood Restaurant with a Provence meal and entertainment of local dancing
One of the events was a photographic rally around Nice.
Host
Gary Banks
Press
Peter Bargh
