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Andy Biggs, Wildlife & Outdoor Photographer and Founder of Gura Gear joins host Scott Sheppard to discuss his work and share the details of his newly launched company - Gura Gear - and photo gear bag, the "Kiboko". Andy is best known for his African Photographic Safaris and Photographic Workshops and plans at least a dozen field trips a year taking photographers through some of the most scenic areas throughout Africa. Andy explains how his passion for this continent inspired him to develop these popular tours to educate and assist other photographers in getting the most out of their experiences there.

Andy describes his favorite equipment and lenses, tips on his hybrid workflows, and configurations he prefers when shooting in the wild and tips on how he captures his amazing images of the incredible assortment of game, landscape, and scenery found on his safaris. Andy also licenses a number of his images for commercial work and stock, and his gallery features. He recently won a BBC Wildlife Photographer award for an aerial image of Namibia’s Skeleton Coast.

Andy’s experiences traveling to remote locations, often in small planes helped him develop his new photo gear bag. The result of his many years of hands-on testing is the versatile Kiboko bag which is extremely lightweight, expandable, easy to travel with and most importantly fully designed to conform to your body. It fits all international carry-on requirements, including the restrictive limits of smaller planes so you never have to leave any critical component behind. Upon arrival, the unique configuration and butterfly opening provides easy access to your gear leaving you ready to shoot on location. To get an idea of just how much this unique bag can handle, check out the Travel Strategist, Steven Frischling’s recent review here.

For more information about Andy visit his site: http://www.andybiggs.com, or his blog at: http://www.theglobalphotographer.com. See details and order the Kiboko bag at: http://www.guragear.com

The McNamara Report on Inside Digital Photo with Michael J. McNamara
This week’s topic: Is merger mania gripping the photo industry?

Recently, Panasonic merged with Sanyo to become the largest electronics firm in Japan, while Sigma bought out its imaging-sensor partner Foveon (there probably weren’t any other bidders on the latter purchase). In this segment, Mike discusses the impact these mergers might have on pro and consumer photographers, then peers through his crystal ball to predict what companies might benefit from mergers in the near future.

Listen in on the McNamara Report segment or get more photo insights and analysis on a variety of topics from Mike McNamara at: http://www.mcnamarareport.com

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Paul Warren, Product Management Specialist at Epson America, Inc. joins host Scott Sheppard to share some tips on how the latest versions of the Epson Multimedia Photo Viewers, the P-6000 and the P-7000 are fast becoming a pro photographers favorite travel companion. Paul explains the specifications and capabilities of these unique devices that let you download, backup, store, and view your images without having to lug around your laptop.

Featuring a 4-inch Photo Fine® Premia LCD display supporting over 16.7 million colors and encompasses 94% of Adobe® RGB color space, the Epson Multimedia Photo Viewers will showcase your images beautifully. Scott and Paul also share some tips on how you can use the viewer to market your images and gain additional business through referrals if you use your Photo Viewer while shooting for weddings or events.

Available in 80GB or 160GB models, you’ll be able to backup thousands of native RAW or JPEG images on-site and even connect the viewer to an external monitor, TV, or projector for instant presentations. The Photo Viewer includes both Compact Flash and Secure Digital Card slots, transfer images directly from your camera or USB and load them directly to your computer. It also supports video in a range of formats so you can take your slideshows with you to client meetings. The entire handheld device weighs just about 1lbs.

For more information click HERE or visit: http://www.proimaging.epson.com

The McNamara Report on Inside Digital Photo with Michael J. McNamara
This week’s topic: DXOmark.com levels the playing field for camera tests

How objective are the camera tests you read in magazines and on web sites? That depends on who’s interpreting the test data as much as it depends on the accuracy of the test data itself. In some cases, “expert” evaluators have little background in color science, imaging processing, or even as working photographers. They get by with writing skills (and a touch of blarney) and rely heavily on the old adage: a one-eyed man can always lead the blind. But that could change with the launch of the new DXOmark.com website. On it you’ll find in depth analysis and test data on the RAW files produced by nearly every major digital SLR, and even a few new medium format models. Data includes color accuracy, noise and dynamic range at a variety of ISOs, true ISO sensitivity, and interactive tools that make side-by-side comparisons easier than ever.

Listen in on the McNamara Report segment or get more photo insights and analysis on a variety of topics from Mike McNamara at: http://www.mcnamarareport.com.