MPEX Experience, MPEX Photo Contests, Photography News

We are giving away a complete on-location lighting kit – DIY Photography

via We are giving away a complete on-location lighting kit – DIY Photography Hey everyone! Just wanted to let you know about an awesome contest that Midwest Photo is offering over at DIY photography. We love DIY photography and we definitely love LumoPro. Click the link above to enter the contest and a chance to win […]

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Hometown Heroes, MPEX Experience, The Learning Studio!

TEDx Portraits Gallery Show March 18th with Spencer Lookabaugh and Angela Smith

Editor’s Note: The MPEX Learning Studio is proud to present an evening with the artists, Spencer Lookabaugh and Angela Smith.  Click here to register for the free open house, Friday, March 18th to hear the artists talk about the work and the process of getting these large format portraits produced. Written by Spencer Lookabaugh Through November of 2015 […]

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guest blog, MPEX Experience

On-Location Speed with the Phottix Indra 500! Guest Blog from Marc Lebryk

This a guest blog post from freelance photographer Marc Lebryk. After a while any photographer learns that it’s not only difficult to make your vision 100% reality, but it’s almost impossible.  That’s not meant to be a discouraging statement as much as it is meant to be a reality in the sense that even the […]

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MPEX Experience, TJ Hansen's Blog

The Daily Photo #3- Big Man Japan

Big Man Japan This was a pretty simple setup, but he key was High Speed Sync. High Speed Sync allows you to use a shutter speed that is higher than your camera’s stated flash sync speed. The 5d Mark III that I used can sync with flash at 1/200th of a second. Using HSS, I […]

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MPEX Experience, MPEX Photo Contests

Winners of the Environmental Portraiture Contest Sponsored by Phottix and Ilford Paper

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MPEX Experience

Using the Light You Have

Many photographers and customers in our store wonder what the best way to light their subject is without spending a huge stack of cash.  I wanted to write a blog post on this particular topic because there are so many ways to shoot professional looking images without forking over hundreds, even thousands of dollars. Before […]

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MPEX Experience

No Studio? No Problem: Using Rogue Products Anywhere

Many photographers today do a lot of their photography work on location. This can get tricky with bulky, expensive equipment.  Rogue came up with a few videos on how a few speedlights and their products can help transform your photography! If you’re a photographer on a budget, this is a great alternative to buying strobes.  […]

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MPEX Experience, Tips and Tricks

The Power of a Small Flash

I’ve been delving into the photography world ever since my photo class in high school. Like most photographers, I too, would like to develop it into a business of my own, but for now I just do some photography sessions on the side of my internship at Midwest. Being a college student, I don’t have […]

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