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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Hometown Heroes, MPEX Experience, Photography News

Interview: Discover “Small Steps Are Giant Leaps” with Photographer Aaron Sheldon

Columbus Photographer, Aaron Sheldon and his new photography project has inspired anyone that has seen it. What started as a simple bus ride turned into a beautiful exploration of the special relationship that children have with the world. Aaron also realized that parents and adults play a major role in how our children discover and explore. I had the chance to ask […]

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MPEX Experience, New To You

Buy A Canon 6D Infrared! Amazing Photo Gallery by MPEX’s Scott S.

The Canon 6D is an amazing camera. It has Wi-Fi, a full frame sensor, and fantastic image quality. That makes it a great camera for IR shots, allowing you to capture high-res, crisp images that can really take your landscape photography to another level. Learning the techniques for this style of shooting is important being that it is […]

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MPEX Experience

A Shot in the Dark

This past week I had the opportunity to go on the Columbus Night’s Photo Walk led by Aaron Sheldon. For having rained all day, it was a surprisingly great turn out with about 10-15 people or so. I was excited and nervous to be shooting long exposures with a 10-stop ND Lee Big Stopper filter […]

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MPEX Experience

Ohio Statehouse Photowalk

Last weekend, we held our first ever Ohio Statehouse Photowalk. The turnout was great and so were the photos (which you can check out at our Flickr page). I personally brought a Canon 5D Mark III and an EF 16-35mm F/2.8L lens. I knew there would be some low-light situations (without a tripod, which was […]

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MPEX Experience

Photowalkin’ with the Rokinon 8mm Fisheye

Aaron Sheldon is our favorite photowalk leader and a great photographer. He recently came into a Fuji X-E2 and asked us if he could take the Rokinon 8mm Fisheye for a test run of our upcoming photowalks. We were more than happy to oblige. Here, Aaron writes about why the fisheye lens is an invaluable […]

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MPEX Experience

Holiday Lights Photo Walk with the Nikon Df

This week, we were lucky to have Aaron Sheldon set up a photo walk at Easton Town Center to capture their holiday lights display. The walk began at 6pm, and despite it feeling like -100 degrees that night (which was why I brought Freehands Photographer Gloves), the twenty or so photographers who showed up were enthusiastic […]

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MPEX Experience

Scott Kelby’s Worldwide Photowalk 2013: Columbus Edition

We were lucky that this year’s Scott Kelby Worldwide Photowalk coincided with our Midwest Photography Expo. On Saturday, October 4, dozens of Columbus photographers followed Aaron Sheldon around our fair city, capturing the sights of Short North during a pleasantly temperate Saturday morning. Here are some of those images. Want to capture some amazing fall […]

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MPEX Experience

Gearing Up: Photowalkin’ at the Expo with Aaron Sheldon

Today, Aaron Sheldon shares what gear he brings when he leads photo walks to help you prepare for the Midwest Photography Expo, which kicks off this Friday night. Sign up for photo walks, classes, and speaker events here! For more insight into street photography, check out Aaron’s previous tips & tricks. We look forward to […]

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MPEX Experience

Tips & Tricks: Street Photography with Aaron Sheldon

Our Tips & Tricks series aims to give beginners, amateurs and professionals alike more ways to approach different aspects of photography and videography. For each installment, we’ve enlisted the expertise of our staff and have received their feedback on method and equipment. Today’s post is courtesy of Aaron Sheldon, photo walk leader extraordinaire, who will be leading our upcoming […]

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