If you are from Dubai and happened to visit Dubai Media City around DMC Bldg 14, you have probably seen a mini cooper in middle of a roundabout enclosed in a wooden and glass box. I liked the Idea, its something different, or at least I haven’t seen this before. But something similar was done by Samsung or Sony Ericsson on roundabouts in DMC.
But I wonder what would be their budgets for such a campaign. I am not an expert on advertising but a simple google search on “mini cooper dubai” doesn’t even bring up the dealer website in first 3 result pages (didn’t check the 4th page though). Haven’t seen any ads supporting this campaign on any of the middle east portals as well. An online campaign which highlights the power and features of this tiny thing should have been there to support the offline campaign.
Nikon SB-600 Speedlight
Back in school days I would always draw and sketch the charts for science class as my teachers thought I was good at it. But as the time passed I never improved my drawing/painting skills because I never painted except for some school competition and would end up with a second prize. I have always been fascinated with photography. After moving to Dubai in 2003, got my first camera which was a Canon PowerShot A80, it is a simple point n shoot camera with some “Manual” options. So I played around with it for a while.
Last year at gitex I got a good deal on Nikon D40x which is an entry level Digital SLR which was bundled with a 70-300mm lens for AED 3,500. But still I have not been doing much with it. I think now its high time I spared some time for my hobbies as well.
Last friday I attended couple of great sessions at Gulf Photo Plus 2009. One was by Bobbi Lane on “Portraits Tips, Tricks & Lighting Ideas” and the other was by Cliff Mautner on “Learning how to use your (external) flash or speedlite”. The rooms were packed with enthusiasts, amateurs and professionals. I never really knew the power of speedlights before.
So yesterday I went to Grand Stores at The Dubai Mall and got a Nikon SB 600 speedlight. Nikon SB 800 was not in my budget, so had to settle for this one. My Nikon D40x does not have the commander mode by which I could trigger the flash off camera wirelessly, so I wanted an off camera TTL cord and the best one for me would be Nikon SC-29. But Grand Stores does not have it. Anyone knows from where I can get this in Dubai?.
