EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY - PART 5

• Event Photography Part 5! –

In Part 1 we looked at the origins of modern event photography, then in Part 2 we examined what it is about kiosk printers that makes them so suited for event photography. In Part 3, PhotoWeek! continued by looking at what happened when some eventers realized they didn't have to chop the printer out of the kiosk. Just last week in Part 4 we told you about Portrait Printers, larger-format event printers on steroids! Now this week we conclude with Part 5, a note on HiTi printers, the unignorable phenomenon without mention of which no survey on event printing would be complete! Expand, and read on! [expand story >>>]

If you're a serious amateur, a semi-pro or a photo entrepreneur on a budget, and you need quality dye sub prints without paying hundreds of pounds per printer, then HiTi may well be for you.

Few issues divide event photographers so much as whether HiTi printers are event machines or not. On the one hand, there are respected professionals established in event photography who would say you shouldn't recommend HiTis in this role. On the other hand, there's always been a loyal contingent of photographers deploying numbers of HiTis at events and swearing by them. And numbers is the key here – HiTis make most sense in a commercial setting where a number of dye subs are needed. Plenty of successful event crews, Internet cafes and photo labs are using HiTis.



Eventing aside, the HiTi proposition is simply this: good dye sublimation prints on quality affordable media from excellent technology in a really affordable package! The casings of these little compact plastic wonders hide all kinds of bells and whistles, including (in some cases) media card slots and direct printing facilities, built-in feature rich software, detachable wired remote controls and the ability to output 4-up prints for ID photos! For the price, the technology and quality is amazing. (One of www.photomart.co.uk's photographers, George Bowdidge, is a well-known user of HiTi for his home printing needs.)

If you're a serious amateur, a semi-pro or a photo entrepreneur on a budget, and you need a number of printers to produce quality dye sub prints, without paying hundreds of pounds per machine, then HiTi may well be for you. (And if so, you've probably already got a brace of them in the back of your Skoda!)

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