Ilford and Tetenal are exhibiting a range of products at the Focus on Imaging show at Stand C10. Both Ilford and Tetenal staff are on hand to answer any questions you may have as well as tell you about the companies’ new product offerings. In addition, you can purchase the full GALERIE range from both Jacobs Photographic (Stand L10) and Premier Ink (Stand L5), both of whom are running special promotions at the show.

Nikon and the Warner Music Group have unveiled details of their cooperation at the upcoming South by Southwest Music & Media Conference (SXSW) in Austin, Texas. “The Warner Sound Captured by Nikon” will make its home at Austin’s famed La Zona Rosa, with two days and three nights of performances slated for 13-15 March. Nikon’s activities at SXSW include an HD-SLR Workshop with The Bui Brothers on the 13th, Nikon Shooting Opportunities with Robert Knight and the Your 1 Shot contest, which gives up-and-coming bands an opportunity to play in front of WMG executives and win Nikon gear. Additionally, the whole event will be broadcast online with the help of Nikon’s latest video-enabled digital SLR cameras. Click through / scroll down for the detailed evening and daytime schedules.

Nikon UK has announced that it will be exhibiting its full professional line-up at Focus on Imaging, from 4th – 7th March. The products that will be on display at the show include the new Nikon D4 and D800 cameras and a range of lenses. Along with the chance to check out the new products, an exciting seminar schedule has been lined up to include well-known names such as wildlife photographer Andy Rouse, national sports photographer Mark Pain and fashion photographer John Wright, who will give some insight into his experience of shooting stills and movie with a new D800 camera. Plus, Nikon has scheduled 3 seminars every day covering the details of the new products.

Photographs by MacArthur Foundation “genius award” winner Camilo José Vergara, will be on display at the New-York Historical Society in two rotations — Harlem: The People on view February 17 through June 10 and Harlem: The Place, on June 13 through September 16. The photographs in both exhibitions show streetscapes that the photographer visited repeatedly over the course of thirty-eight years, so he could create a composite, time-lapse portrait of a vibrant, world-famous neighbpurhood seen as a place of ongoing transformation. Selected from the artist’s archive on the Invincible Cities website, the exhibition includes a sequence of photographs showing the evolution of Harlem, its buildings and its people. All of these photographs were donated to the New-York Historical Society by Camilo José Vergara in 2009.

Visitors to the Focus on Imaging trade show will have a chance to see the Olympus OM-D in the flesh and watch a performance by dancers James and Ola Jordan. The four days of the show (4-7 March) will also see a packed schedule including talks by a number of experienced Olympus photographers and the editorial teams of several of the leading photography magazines. Confirmed speakers include Neil Buchan-Grant, Gabrielle Motola, Nick Mason, Rob Spay, Steve Gosling and Jim Saunders. James and Ola will be performing Sunday, Monday Tuesday at 12 and 2pm.

Manfrotto will showcase a number of pioneering photographic products at the forthcoming Focus on Imaging trade show. These will include the full range of Manfrotto tripods, bags, clothing and LED lights, the Gitzo Systematic Tripod range, Kata and National Geographic Bags and Lastolite products. Visitors can take advantage of a range of exclusive promotional activities when purchasing Manfrotto products at the fair. These include the brand’s new Gitzo Scrappage Scheme, which offers a saving of up to £100 when scrapping an old camera support. Additionally, there will be the chance to win limited-edition Manfrotto products daily through a ‘Guess-N-Win’ competition and everyone can take advantage of a 15% discount online product voucher only available at the stand. Focus on Imaging is taking place from 4-7 March 2012, with Manfrotto occupying stand N10-11.

“Continental Drift” is an exhibition of new work - a video and a set of enlarged video stills - by Colin Snapp. Filmed entirely through the windows of tour buses, trains, taxis and rental cars in Morocco, the video “acts to highlight moments of collision between the observer and his cultural restrictions,” the organisers say. Derived from the video footage of Continental Drift, the stills, titled Latitudes, are described as “a visitor’s impressions of the landscape he himself inevitably imprints”. “Continental Drift” will be on display at The Journal Gallery (168 North 1st Street   Brooklyn NY 11211) from 6 March until 29 April.

Aurora Expeditions have announced that renowned photographer Martin Bailey will be running workshops on five of their wilderness voyages in 2012. Participants will travel to The High Arctic, Russian Arctic and Russian Far East, giving budding photographers the opportunity to hone their skills alongside one of the world’s leading experts. Russian Far East voyages include the spectacular Kuril Islands, Kamchatka Peninsula and Commander Islands, while the Russian Arctic voyage offers the rare chance to visit Novaya Zemlya and Franz Josef Land.  Russian Coast highlights include snow-capped volcanoes, deep fjords, pack ice and prolific wildlife such as whales, brown bears, rare birds, seals and even the illusive polar bear.  The Jewels of the Arctic voyages include Spitsbergen – the realm of the polar bear, the breathtaking mountain vistas of the East Greenland coast and a taste of Iceland. The 13 and 14 days voyages depart in June, July and August 2012.  Prices start at AU$8700 and include photography programme, ship accommodation, all meals on board, all shore excursions, lectures, medical services, port charges and taxes.

Manfrotto School of Xcellence will be present at the Focus On Imaging trade show, offering inspiring and informative talks and the chance to meet some of the UK’s top photographers. Drew Gardner, Michael Freeman, Phil Coates and Jacob James, will be among the photographers hosting one-to-one sessions to share their professional hints and tips. Budding photographers will also have the chance to bring their portfolios for more in depth tutorials with the experts. Meanwhile, Manfrotto itself will be showcasing a number of pioneering photographic products at Focus on Imaging including the Gitzo Systematic Tripod, Kata and National Geographic Bags and Lastolite products.

Multiblitz USA has added Florida fashion photographer Anthony Neste to the Multiblitz Professional Team. At this year?s WPPI 2012, Anthony Neste will be joining the Multiblitz team for daily photo shoots and product demonstration of the newly introduced Multiblitz GLAMKIT and the rest of the Multilbitz product line. “We are honored to have Anthony Neste on our Multiblitz Professional team. It is the next logical step to increase brand awareness in North America.” said Veit Wulms, president of Multiblitz USA. “Anthony?s style, experience, stunning images and his exceptional character perfectly fit the company?s brand and image. He is the perfect addition to the Multiblitz Team.” The daily photo shoots will be held at Multiblitz USA?s booth #1426 at the MGM Grand, Marquee Ballroom.

X-Rite has announced a four free webinars for the month of February. The first online seminar, starting Thursday at 11am EST and hosted by Joe Brady, is entitled “Editing Portraits in Photoshop & Getting Prints Back that Match Your Display!” In this webinar, Joe will share some of his favourite techniques, tips and tricks for adding shape, direction and finish to portraits. Other topics for February include “Image Edits and Enhancements in Lightroom 3”, “For the Birds! Nature Photography with Maxis Gamez” and “Edit & Enhance Landscape Images in Photoshop.” Click through / read on for the exact webinar dates and times.

The fifth International Garden Photographer of the Year (IGPOTY) exhibition will launch at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew on 3rd March. The display showcases the best garden, nature and outdoor photography from around the world, illustrated through the new competition categories that were introduced last year. Over 90 stunning images will feature in the exhibition, which is open daily until 9th April.

Travel Photographer of the Year award winner Lorne Resnick has announced additional dates for his Art of Travel photography workshop series. These workshops provide photographers with an opportunity to expand their knowledge in some of the most beautiful places on Earth. Workshop locations include Cuba, Kenya, Monument Valley and Death Valley. For more information, visit the website below.

From 17th February until 31st March, Daniel Blau’s London gallery will host an exhibition entitled, Photographer’s Own - Paper Negatives from the 1850s. “The paper negative had its heyday for a brief period in the early days of photography until c. 1860,” the organisers say. “For their beauty, zeitgeist, rarity and provenance they rank amongst the greatest treasures of photography.” The Daniel Blau gallery is located at 51 Hoxton Square, London N1 6BP and is open from Tuesday to Saturday 11 to 6pm.

Tomorrow sees the opening of the exhibition, “No Place Like Home - Photographs by Judah Passow” in London’s Jewish Museum. The 98 black-and-white images by the four-time World Press Photo award winning photographer - which will become part of the Jewish Museum’s permanent photographic collection - explore issues surrounding themes of community, charity, social action, humour, faith and identity. The Museum is located at 129-131 Albert Street, Camden Town, London NW1 7NB.

Celebrity photographer Nick Saglimbeni has announced the return of his PhotoKamp workshop to Los Angeles. Taking place from 20-22 April, PhotoKamp is a two-and-a-half-day intensive learning workshop, with special emphasis on both studio and location lighting as well as the business of photography. The studio lighting sessions will be held at the world famous SlickforceStudio in downtown LA. The photoshoots will take place on location in the city. By the end of the weekend, participants will have the chance to light and photograph their own photoshoot with professional models, with the supervision of Nick and his team. The full price is $2,699. Early registration pricing is available for students who register by 15 February. For more pricing and information, visit the website below.

The Trafalgar Sun is a new public art installation in central London. The Trafalgar Sun, which took six months to create, is 30,000 times bigger than a football, has a surface area of 200m2 and weighs over 2,500kgs. Its internal light source produces 4-million lumens of light, the equivalent of 60,000 light bulbs, making the artwork visible from space. Photography Blog was there to witness this impressive spectacle - Londoners can see it for themselves until 7.33pm this evening.

‘An Age of Confidence: Photographs by Bedford Lemere & Co’ is a new exhibition hosted by Wirral’s Lady Lever Art Gallery, showcasing the work of a leading English firm of architectural photographers between 1870 and 1930. Opening on 27th January and running until 7th May, the exhibition features 43 fascinating framed images giving a deep insight into a vanished world. The Lady Lever Art Gallery is located in Port Sunlight Village, Wirral, England.

This February, East London photo gallery theprintspace will open its doors for Sample 12, an exhibition showcasing a cross-section of images by photographers and artists who have printed at theprintspace in 2011. The exhibition was compiled by Sample 12 curator, award-winning reportage photographer Toby Smith. “Curating a themed exhibition from such a diverse collection of images was always going to be difficult. Instead, I have picked work that is strong on both technical and aesthetic grounds as single images or diptychs. Dislocated from their context the shots can become even more mysterious and hopefully encourage the audience to track down other works in the same series.” Sample 12 opens at theprintspace gallery at 74 Kingsland Road on 3rd February and runs until the 28th.

Tamron USA has announced a series of photography seminars for 2012. Targeted at beginners and enthusiasts, the 2-day “Beyond the Kit Lens” seminars are focused on the choices that can be made when shooting. Topics that will be discussed include lens choice, focal length, distance to your subject, aperture and shutter speed. The cost of the seminar is only $59. Click through / scroll down for a list of participating retailers as well as a “Beyond the Kit Lens” video released by Tamron.