Pop, Pop, Power To Spare, Anywhere – First Look, Profoto B1X 500 AirTTL Monolight
As destination workshop providers, instructors and guides, we don't get to shoot nearly enough studio images. So when an opportunity comes along to break out the studio strobes and craft some well thought lighting and imagery, we get excited. When Profoto sends us their new flagship portable strobe we get downright ecstatic. As we both love landscape images, what better product to test out, in the great outdoors and put it through its paces.
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Gone Fishing
Written by: Tim Neumann and Lorie McQuirt We have been doing a lot of street photography lately. It’s the in thing to do when the weather starts to get nicer out and the locals come out of their self imposed hibernation and explore the warrens right outside of their Winter dens. If you are like […]
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The Long And Short Of Macro Lenses
Written by: Tim Neumann and Lorie McQuirt You may have noticed, macro lenses come in a variety of focal lengths, a few of the more popular from Nikon and Canon listed below: ~60mm Focal Lengths Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM Lens Nikon AF-S Micro-NIKKOR 60mm f/2.8G ED Lens ~100mm Focal Lengths Canon EF 100mm […]
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Q&A: When Is Enough, Enough?
Written by: Tim Neumann and Lorie McQuirt Question: One of our followers asks, “When shooting long exposure images of waterfalls, how do I know when the exposure time is just right?” Introduction: This question could be interpreted more than one way. Are we thinking about “exposure time as the right amount of light?”, or are […]
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Squirrel on the Set! You’ll go nuts over this social media gold!
Our friend and photographer behind some social media sensational squirrels, Luna and Neville, Ashly Deskins is back with new furry photos! Ashly and her squirrel friends took over social media this winter with her photographs featuring the adorable furry crew. She captured the squirrels interacting with various human-centric scenes such as watching the Superbowl and voting. Deskins […]
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Panasonic Aims for Top Spot in 4K Video with New Lumix GH5
Introducing the Panasonic GH5… Back in 2009, I learning to shoot video on the now-classic Panasonic HVX200. At that time shooting HD video to memory cards was pretty new in the video world. The HVX was released just a couple of years before the Canon 5d Mark II changed the whole video market. The HVX200 […]
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Flexing the FujiFilm GFX 50S: From the street to the moon!
Columbus-based photographer and our friend, Aaron Sheldon, took the new Fujifilm GFX 50S for a test drive around town while capturing images with astronaut extraordinaire, Harrison, for their ongoing photography project, Small Steps are Giant Leaps. A few weeks ago, Midwest Photo offered me the chance to try out the brand new Fujifilm GFX 50S for 24 […]
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The Fujifilm X100F – Is it the perfect pocket camera for serious and casual shooters?
There’s no doubt that Fuji has been making some serious waves these past few months with their newest camera releases. The X-T2 has proved to be a worthy contender to the high end options of Canon and Nikon and the new X-T20 is solidifying Fuji’s commitment to improving their video features. In addition, the GFX has […]
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Hands On With the New Tamron 70-200mm G2
If you’ve read any photography website or stopped into our store recently, you probably know that the creative options available to photographers are as numerous as ever. One aspect of photographic gear that has seen the most rapid expansion in quality options as of late, is lens selection. With brands like Tamron leading the way in […]
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Traveling to tell a Visual Story with Leonardo Carrizo
Our friend and local Columbus Photographer, Leonardo Carrizo, checks-in and takes our blog on a visual journey through Peru! “The following images are from the Peru expedition and convey how traveling can take your photography to the next level.” I am approaching eight years of teaching at The Ohio State University and I love it. […]
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