Gear Review, guest blog, MPEX Experience

A Big Zoom at the Best Zoo. The new Tamron 100-400mm exceeds expectations.

Tom Wright is the latest addition to our ever-growing staff here at Midwest Photo. Tom, just like all our associates, is a photographer and loves to get his hands on the latest and greatest gear so he can provide the best advice to our customers. Here is Tom’s zoo-look at the new Tamron 100-400mm lens! […]

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guest blog, MPEX Experience

Barcelona – Out Of My Comfort Zone

Our friend, Leonardo Carrizo, is a multi-media storyteller who travels around the world capturing the story behind the destination. Read about his journey to break out of his photographic comfort zone in Barcelona! In addition to leading a National Geographic Student Expedition in Ecuador this summer, I also taught a Travel Photography seminar with Putney Student […]

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guest blog, MPEX Experience

A tour of Quito with Fujifilm X-Pro2

Our friend, Leonardo Carrizo, is a multi-media storyteller who travels around the world capturing the story behind the destination. Recently, he took the Fujifilm X-Pro2 on a photographic journey to Ecuador. Ecuador feels like a second home to me by now, I traveled to Ecuador over seven times covering most of its diverse regions and cultures. Even […]

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guest blog, MPEX Experience

Streets, shadows and stars. The Fujifilm GFX 50S goes to New York.

Columbus-based photographer and our friend, Aaron Sheldon, took the Fujifilm GFX 50S on a working vacation to New York for his new photography project, Small Steps 2.0. Hey, want to see pictures from my Summer vacation?  How about if I tell you they were all taken with the Fujifilm GFX 50S and it was a working vacation?  I […]

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Gear Review, guest blog, Hands-On Impressions, MPEX Experience

Newly Released GoPro HERO6 Black: An Even Better Action Camera

  With the release of the new HERO6 Black, GoPro continues to advance and refine what we can expect out of an action camera. Released just one year after the HERO5 Black, the HERO6 Black has all the right upgrades in all the right places. First, let’s look at what hasn’t changed. The HERO6 retains […]

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guest blog, MPEX Experience

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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Gear Review, guest blog, Hands-On Impressions, MPEX Experience

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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guest blog, MPEX Experience

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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guest blog, Hometown Heroes, MPEX Experience, The Learning Studio!

Visual Storytelling with Leonardo Carrizo

Leonardo Carrizo is a multimedia photojournalist who specializes in visual storytelling for a wide range of publications, individuals and organizations including non-profits and NGOs. He also teaches multimedia journalism, photojournalism, user experience design and visual communication design at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. During the summers, he is a National Geographic Student Expeditions photography trip […]

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guest blog, MPEX Experience, Photography News

Awesome Images from the Tamron SP 85mm f/1.8 VC by Thomas Kettner

All images by ©Thomas Kettner (on Facebook @ThomasKettnerPhotographer). Styling: Kat Klug Models: Michelle Benas, Aad van der Linden, Remco Vanderlinden Agency: Gloss Artist Management Hair, Make-up & Special Effects: Julia Heiermann The Tamron SP 85mm f/1.8 VC is a new-comer to the highly competitive “portrait lens” section of the market! What these images show are two important […]

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