IIDEX/NeoCon Canada 2009: Covering the Tayco booth.

Once again, I was assigned to shoot the booth for Tayco at the IIDEX show. What a difference a year makes. The 2008 show wrapped up right before the world economy was thrown into chaos, and the 09 show is taking place as economists are daring to say that we might be turning the corner. Well, a few of the big names were absent from the show, and the ones that were there had downsized their booths considerably. The Tayco booth was probably one of the biggest there this year, and fortunately I was there to shoot it.

This shot looks a lot better in Large This pano shot is composed of five (5) shots taken with the Nikkor 85mm f1.4 and stitched up together in Photoshop.

Toronto Event Photography - ASID CEU Educational Seminar Series at The Gladstone Hotel on Queen St. West. Hosted by Tayco

Last night I had the pleasure of photographing the first event of Tayco's Educational Seminar Series. Penny Bonda, FASID, LEED AP, and Eco Editor for Interior Design magazine was the featured speaker. The presentation was titled The Green Materials Maze and it was certainly an eye-opener for me. However, the emphasis was on which materials to choose from for interior design projects and how to tell the real deal from hype. You can visit Penny's blog by CLICKING HERE

Here are some shots from the event. The room at The Gladstone was quite interesting on its own. The lighting was quite mixed, with gelled stage lights, natural light coming through the windows and overhead lamps throughout the room. Needless to say, it made post-processing quite interesting.

The shots of the podium were taken using a custom WB from my ExpoDisc






This is when things started to get tricky and I opted to set the WB to Auto and then fiddle with it in post.






Door prizes for the attendees


While the lighting was a bit challenging, the room at The Gladstone had a lot of character and one that I wouldn't mind going back to again and again.


This is the lamp that was hanging on top of the bar.


Since I was on Queen St. West, I decided to grab a few shots on my way back to the car but I was so tired that I literally just took a couple: