Today, we’re interviewing Fred Blake, Business Partner and Manager of Foto care Rentals. Fred, having been in the photo industry for many years, has a particularly broad knowledge base incorporating both the shooting, manufacturing and retail sides of the photo industry. Fred has been with Foto Care for fifteen years. First off, why would a [...]

Open to all photographers! To celebrate 50 years of COMBITUBE, we are holding a competition to find the most creative uses of the COMBITUBE system. Judging will take place in Switzerland by an independent panel of judges comprising of  Frank Brüderli, photographer, Stallikon; Dennis Busch, project director, Jung von Matt/Limmat, Zurich; Denise Dill, de-signer, eclat, Erlenbach/Zurich; Ruth Küng, photography, Zurich; [...]

A few weeks ago I attended the National Society of Photographic Education (SPE)  conference in Dallas.  It was a great show.  Students and faculty from around the United States gathered to speak about all that is state-of-the-art in photographic equipment and education today.   Sinar Bron Imaging, along with several other vendors, had all their latest [...]

We recently brought about a dozen of our business partners from photo dealers and photo rental houses to Switzerland for a non-stop action-packed dealer trip. We zig-zagged back and forth across the tiny country of Switzerland for about a week visiting Bron Elektronik (makers of broncolor, Kobold, and Visatec), Sinar AG, and Foba AG. If [...]

FOBA recently celebrated its 70th birthday, which speaks volumes of the product line – Reliability, versatility, and longevity built-in. The COMBITUBE product line (which also celebrated its 50th birthday, it was introduced in 1959) continues to evolve as an essential grip and accessory collection  for professional studios.  It can be used in a virtuously endless series [...]