every year ADA organize an event (seminar) for their distributors. we missed this year, but this is one of the most interesting event that i have seen in planted aquarium stuffs.
the images you pasted in is one of the earlier event.
the seminars are usually a few days long and happens right after the ADA IAPLC event.
just imagine a few days in the NA Gallery. Amano drives you trought on their tank the first day.
Then the upcoming days he teach you how to install a planted tank from zero. this year they built 2 great tanks.
attenders also learn how to maintain the tanks. actually they had to do all of them in a day. trimming, WC, glass replacement. they have an iwagumi competition too. Nice to see how country dealers racing with each other.
And one day dedicated to the pro photographing. Mark you would enjoy this part i am sure
just like we all.
This year they photographed a giant tank in the gallery. Added 5 lamps above the tank guess each with 1000 watt. black frame and graded background to have the right shot. And at the end Amano photographed the tank with his spec machine. The result..... god trully amazing.
http://naacademy.pl/Galerie/JAPAN-2009- ... ?photo=393
So the seminars helps to distributors to have an overview on the pro tanks. got many greaat tips from the master, they get a certificate after fay days and their officially belong to the ADA family. With an Amano Design Group t-shirt.
this year a polland ADA Dealer NAAcademy did a great photo tour on the seminars:
http://naacademy.pl/Galerie/JAPAN-2009- ... 10,450.htm
one of the tank they built. on day one:
http://naacademy.pl/Galerie/JAPAN-2009- ... ?photo=358
other on day 1:
http://naacademy.pl/Galerie/JAPAN-2009- ... ?photo=192
since this is really an internal event you can see many photos here which is never published before. and of course the gallery when it is closed and under maintenance....
i was shocked by the thousands of photos. even for a skilled aquascaper there are many great shot to analyze. sso have a beer and enjoy
i'll be there next year for sure.
Thanks to the photos NAAcademy.