Hometown Heroes, MPEX Experience

Hometown Heroes: Leonardo Carrizo

Hometown Heroes profiles some of the best photographers from the Columbus area, showcasing the photographic talent of our city.  One of the most interesting things about working in a camera shop is that at any given moment you could be speaking to an absolutely amazing photographer. One of those photographers that you might run into […]

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guest blog, Hands-On Impressions, MPEX Experience, Photography News

Guest Blog: Backyard Bokeh with the Fujifilm X-Pro2

This is a guest blog is by Seth K. Hughes. Connect with Seth on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter! As someone who has traveled 50,000 miles in the past couple of years, I’ve come to realize you don’t have to go far to have fun and make great photos. Truth is, no matter where you live, all […]

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MPEX Experience, TJ Hansen's Blog

TJ’s Daily Blog #54- The Order in the Chaos

The Daily Blog #54 The Order in the Chaos Texture and pattern with the Tamron 60mm f/2 DiII Macro lens Macro lenses offer a unique view into the small, sometimes unnoticed parts of life. The close focus distance and 1:1 reproduction ratio make it capable of capturing much smaller subjects than regular lenses. The flat field of […]

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MPEX Experience, TJ Hansen's Blog

TJ’s Daily Photo #12- Komura 135mm f/2.8 Screw-Mount

The Daily Photo #12- January 12th 2016 Komura 135 f/2.8 Screw Mount Lens All the shots in the gallery were taken at 1/200 sec, and ISO 200. Aperture settings ranged from f/4 to f/11 depending on  the shot and the flash power. I really wanted to shoot with the Nikon D750, and I wanted to stay […]

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MPEX Experience, The Learning Studio!

Have you heard? We’re having a macro workshop, yo.

On June 5, Midwest is having David Guy Maynard give a lecture on macro photography in our learning studio and we don’t want you to miss it! So who is David Guy Maynard?  I recently got the chance to interview him, and wanted to show our customers, and you bloggers out there his macro photography […]

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Gear Review, Hands-On Impressions, MPEX Experience

A Look at Nikon’s 20mm, 58mm, and 105mm Lens

Nikkor lenses have always been known for their sharpness and quality throughout their history. I started my photography on a Nikon 35mm film camera in high school and stuck with the camera system and lenses over the years. With the photo walk at the North Market and a free weekend, I wanted to take out […]

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Hometown Heroes, MPEX Experience

Hometown Heroes: Jon Cowley

Jon Cowley isn’t a professional photographer. Taking photos isn’t his day job. He’s just a guy with a hobby and a passion who happens to make amazing images. Ken first introduced me to Jon one day when Jon was shopping in the store for some lighting equipment. Jon took out his iPad and showed me […]

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MPEX Experience

This Week in the World: Photo Series

This Week in the World looks at tips & tricks, photo news, product releases, and other interesting stories we stumbled across this week. This week we wanted to do something different and take a look at some photo series that really caught our attention. Surreal Farmland Landscapes by Lisa Wood Being from Idaho, it makes sense […]

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MPEX Experience

Gearing Up: Easy Mac(ro)

Summer is a perfect time to flex your macro photography muscles. The bugs are crawling around. The flowers are blooming. Doesn’t it just make you want to get out that macro lens and start shooting? Our lighting expert Steve happens to be a killer macro photographer. Oftentimes he’ll simply go out to his backyard and capture […]

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