The last weekend in February is the weekend of the UK’s biggest trade show for Professional Photographys - FOCUS. It’s held at National Exhibition Centre (NEC) Birmingham.

On Wednesday, Mark drove up to the NEC, to meet up and see some of the new products to the photographic industry.

One of the first stops was the Master Photographers Association (MPA) stand. The MPA is the only fully qualified organisation for full time professional photographers in the United Kingdom.

Throughout the exhibiton Apple were hosting numerous seminars and providing “hands on” training for many of thier excellent products.

FOCUS Is great opportunity to see lots of suppliers and all thier new products pretty much in one day and allows you to make direct comparsions between similar products.

Border frames had a some great new moulding on display.

Graphi Studios stand, one supplier of the increasingly popular coffee table books.

Klaidiscope frames, who will be supplying many of our new frames this year.

The round trip is about 5-6 hours drive - but it’s certainly worth the effort.