MPEX Experience, Photography News, The Learning Studio!, Tips and Tricks

Prep Your Eyes (and Camera!) for the Great American Eclipse!

If you live in the United States, chances are that you’ve already heard about the Great American Eclipse, coming to a sky near you on August 21, 2017. The reason this eclipse has everyone so excited is that this total eclipse of the heart sun will span the U.S. from coast to coast – starting […]

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Hometown Heroes, MPEX Experience, Tips and Tricks

Photographing Luna and Neville: Two Adorable Squirrels Doing Human Things

As a photographer, it can be hard to come up with inspiration. It’s so easy to go online and see fantastic photos of exotic places, get complacent with our own surroundings and think, “What’s the point of shooting in my yard or neighborhood when there is nothing interesting to see?” Photographer Ashly Deskins has reminded us […]

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MPEX Experience, Photography News, Tips and Tricks

New FAA Rules Make Drone Registration Easy for Hobbyists

  Great news for drone lovers! After much speculation and confusion about the future of camera-equipped drones, new FAA rules and regulations have made the registration process easier and more transparent than ever before. The rules for hobbyists are much more lenient than the rules for commercial use, although the registration process has been streamlined for both. If your aircraft […]

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Gear Review, Hands-On Impressions, MPEX Experience, Tips and Tricks

Keep Your Images Safe With G-Tech’s All-Terrain Case Hard Drives

As photographers, we spend a lot of time planning, shooting, editing, and storing all of our photographs. One of the hidden challenges for most working and amateur photographers is protecting their data. Some people don’t realize the importance of keeping their data is secure until it’s too late. It seems obvious, but making sure your […]

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guest blog, MPEX Experience, Tips and Tricks

Guest Blog: Shooting Jewelry with Daniel T. Jester

This a guest blog by Daniel T. Jester. Check out more of his work on his website danieltjester.com One of my favorite things to do is leverage my skill set as a product photographer and help small businesses with their photographic presence. A business’s image identity ties directly in to their brand, but the challenge of […]

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MPEX Experience, Photography News, Tips and Tricks

How to create natural light with flash – Profoto

This article originally appeared on Profoto.com here: How to create natural light with flash – Profoto All photos by Adam Angelides How to Create Natural Light Using Flash with Profoto Lights One of the potential problems with using artificial light is that it can look just that- artificial. Check out this video on how photographer Adam Angelides uses flash […]

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Gear Review, guest blog, MPEX Experience, Tips and Tricks

Speedlight Teardown: Why Quality Matters

This is a guest blog post by Mike Bock, Product Specialist at LumoPro. Today’s flash market offers a wide variety of options for anyone looking to dip a toe in the off-camera flash pool. While there are plenty of things to consider while shopping for a speedlight, one factor that doesn’t always receive the most […]

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MPEX Experience, Tips and Tricks, TJ Hansen's Blog

TJ’s Daily Blog #65- Headshot Photobooth at the Clintonville Chamber Awards Dinner

The Daily Blog #65 Headshot Photobooth The Clintonville Chamber of Commerce had an awards dinner Friday night celebrating the Business of the Year, Business Person of the Year, and Volunteer of the year. Since the Chamber is all about supporting small businesses, we decided to set up a business-savvy ‘Headshot’ photobooth. I decided to use the projector screen that was already set […]

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Gear Review, MPEX Experience, Tips and Tricks

Wireless Pro Audio For All with Guest Blogger Erik Naso

This is a guest blog post by Erik Naso! When in the market for a wireless system you want to find a solid performing system with a good quality lavalier microphone. These two don’t usually come together but it does with the RodeLink Wireless Filmmaker Kit. It comes with a version of the proline Rode Lavalier! Same high quality […]

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guest blog, Hands-On Impressions, MPEX Experience, Tips and Tricks

Gear for a “Same-Day-Edit” Wedding Video by Brad Seidenfeld of Oceanwide Studios

Gear for a Same Day Wedding Edit by Oceanwide Studios This is a guest blog post by Brad Seidenfeld of Oceanwide Studios. Check out Oceanwide Studios website to see more of their work! Normally, we always are shooting our Canon C100s and C300s because of the wonderful images and great dynamic range. But, because we were delivering […]

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