A Little Twirl | Photoshop Image Twirling | Soft Lite Studios
Twirling Images In Photoshop – A Tutorial So the Photoshop twirling craze is once again taking the photography world by storm. About two years ago this twirling thing was all the rage and droves of people were spinning their images out of control. Well, the look is back once again, and this time it would […]
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Shooting In The Dark | Introduction To The Histogram | Soft Lite Studios
Part one in a series on the mighty Histogram.
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Hasselblad X1D | Medium Format Redux | Soft Lite Studios
Go West Young Man (And Take A Hasselblad X1D With You) Introduction: A while back, ok a long while back, I had a medium format camera, a Mamiya to be exact. I had this medium format camera because if you were a professional, you had one. Now mind you I wasn’t a professional, I just […]
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A Triumph of Triangles – A Magazine-Style Photo Shoot with a 1957 Triumph TR3
Our friend, Leonardo Carrizo, is a multi-media storyteller who travels around the world capturing the story behind the destination. In this stateside 2-part blog entry, Carrizo take us behind the scenes of a vintage car photo shoot with Fuji and Lumopro gear! It’s Sunday June 11, 2017. Instead of packing for Monday, when I’ll be […]
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Home for the Holidays: The New Sigma 16mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary Lens with Sony E Mount Crashes Thanksgiving.
As mirrorless cameras continue to grow in popularity and become more capable, increasing numbers of people are wanting to make the switch from their bulky traditional DSLR’s. However, one thing that is holding many of us back is the lack of options of quality lenses. With the release of the new 16mm f/1.4 DC DN […]
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First Fleet: NASA’s Space Shuttle Program 1981-1986
Local Artist John Chakeres has been working in Photography as an image builder for over 40 years. From exhibiting his work at numerous galleries to teaching photography, printmaking, and digital imaging at Ohio University, Columbus College of Art and Design, and Columbus State Community College, his art records reflected light. He is currently working on, […]
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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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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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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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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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