Images

Some 2007 Miami convention photos by Lawrence Liang. Click on the sample above to go the gallery page.

Michael on the Island Queen Cruise ready to explore Biscayne Bay. Not quite his usual exotic adventure.

Cheryl works to get the bunny ears on Michael.

Our fearless leader Paul on the cruise. No attempts at conch shell blowing this year.

The Miami skyline as most vessels were motoring a bit faster than us.

Kuni works his overseas photo skills, or at least photos on the sea.

Okay, our skipper said this home belongs to Gloria Estefan but we didn’t see her for the paparazzi moment.

At the Gala Banquet, as you can see everyone likes to hang with the photographers.

The beauty table at the silent auction.

Why is Eugene smiling? Because he won a prize and what happens where he’s going, stays where he’s going.

Students were in the hot-seat with live photo critiques during the opening of the Friday photo session. Photographers were able to talk to photo editors during the convention about their images.

Michael, right, talks to photographers after giving his presentation on his project for National Geographic of world explorer Zheng He.

Therese, center, goes over some of her images in the photo room at the convention.

Kuni takes questions regarding photography overseas.

Therese takes in the sights of South Beach.

More South Beach explorers who braved the humidity.

Andrew and Dai give their multimedia sessions Thursday at the AAJA convention. Video, slideshows, hybrid packages. Lots of great information.

You can find some of the great information they talked about on

• New York Times – http://www.nytimes.com/pages/multimedia/
• San Jose Mercury News – http://www.mercurynewsphoto.com
• News University – http://www.newsu.org
• Sound Dogs royalty free music – http://www.sounddogs.com
• Netvibes – http://www.netvibes.com
• del.icio.us – http://del.icio.us/
• MultimediaShooter – http://multimediashooter.com/
• Lightstalkers – http://www.lightstalkers.org

The photographer’s dinner at Versailles Restaurant.

Some mojitos around the table.

Eugene, Marc and Stan talk photojournalism at Versailles Restaurant.

Cheryl and Eugene in the photo room during auction photo set-up.

Prints framed for the photo auciton.

AAJA members take a tour of the Knight Concert Hall in Miami before the opening reception.

Eugene shoots the concert hall

Taiko drummers open the AAJA convention.

The opening night crowd at the Carnival Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, Florida.

Corky, Leah, James and Baron at the Carnival Center for the Performing Arts for the AAJA opening night reception. I think Corky is begging for more appetizers to be sent our way.

After dinner at the Mambo Restaurant. Great cuban food and great mojitos at Bayside.

It’s coming folks. Here’s the convention info.