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Mauro’s Moments – DSLR Shoulder Mount – Mauromedia Tech

Want to get decent looking video with your DSLR? Take a look at the new shoulder mount rig that we put together here at Mauromedia. Just recently we purchased several items to make a quality shoulder mount rig for our Canon 5D Mark II's and the new Canon 1D Mark IV's. Read More

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Photo Of The Day – Bull Elk

"The Rut" - Bull Elk - Colorado

Mature bull elk photographed in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.  Canon 5D Mark II – Canon 500mm F4 IS lens – Gitzo Tripod and Sachtler video head.  No the lens wasn’t dirty…it’s actually…

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Rocky Mountain National Park – Photographing the Annual Elk Rut

Bull Elk – Rocky Mountain National Park

There are four weeks I look forward to each year, roughly from the middle of September to the middle of October.  As the temperatures become cooler and daylight decreases, the season signals the elk…

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Mauro’s Moments – Episode 16

I've been playing with the 5D mark II for several months now and I continue to be impressed with the video quality. This footage was shot in about a 3 hour time span using a canon 500mm f4 lens and sachtler video head and gitzo tripod. I edited the footage in the field on a Mac Book Pro using Final Cut Pro.  Read More

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Wildlife Photography Gear – Part 2 – Vimeo Video

Accessories - You've seen our commercial shoot camera bag...now we show what we take when we are out shooting wildlife. Comments and or questions send us an email. Cheers, Michael Read More

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HDR – High Dynamic Range Photography

What about HDR?  At first, I thought it won’t work for me…I tend to be to “pure” and really never manipulate any of the images I shoot, heck I don’t even crop…what I shot is what you see.  But after…

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Wildlife Photography Gear – Part 1 of 2

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Wildlife Camera Kit


A few weeks ago we produced a short video/podcast about what we take on the road to shoot a commercial/corporate project.  You all really liked it…Thanks…but most of you really wanted to see what we take on a wildlife shoot. …

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Canon 5D Mark 2 Video Aperture Manipulation Demo

http://www.vimeo.com/2530166by Mark Fong

A quick demo of a reliable and sound method of manipulating the aperture for recording videos on the new Canon 5D Mark 2.

Update: as I mention in the video the lowest aperture my lens could get to was…

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What’s in the Camera Bag?

  We take a look into one of our commercial/corporate camera kits.

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