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Mark Wallace Rides with the PlusX

Mark Wallace demonstrates a fun setup he used to take portraits of himself riding a motorcycle in this quick video. Originally part of a Webinar we aired in March to help intro the features of the PlusX, you can get the entire 49 minute video in the PocketWizard Webinar archive. With his 1DS Mark II [...]

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Plus III vs. PlusX Comparison on SOSKIphoto

SOSKIphoto poses the question that I’m sure more than a few photographers have been asking: “Does the new PlusX offer enough bang-for-the-buck or is the Plus III a better buy?” Helpfully, they offer a side by side comparison of the features of the two triggers and suggest target users for each. They write, “With the [...]

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James Quantz Jr. Behind the Scenes, Hut Hut Hike!

When James Quantz Jr. was asked to create a number of promotional images for the University of South Carolina’s 2013 football season, he approached the project from a fan’s perspective. “If I think it would look cool on my wall,” he says of the concept, “I’m hoping I’m hitting on where the fans are coming [...]

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Boom! Dan Bailey on the PlusX

“The PlusX is a trigger,” adventure photographer Dan Bailey writes, “No more, no less. One button, knob. Connect to flash/camera, turn it on, set the channel and boom. You’re ready to fire. Boundless creative options.” Dan recommends our newest trigger for two types of photographers. “At $99 each,” he writes, “the new PlusX is by [...]

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Taking a Street Studio to (Literally) Extreme Lengths

MUMUȘ Photo Hub, for the sheer joy of doing something new, different, and just a little bit crazy, set up a mini photography studio on the street… and then banished their photographer to a terrace 200 feet away and five stories up. He communicated with this assistants using walkie talkies and a couple of PocketWizard [...]

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Adam Bronkhorst Recommends the PlusX

Adam Bronkhorst is a Brighton-based portrait photographer who also offers workshops on a variety of topics, from toy cameras to wedding photography. As a teacher, Adam always recommended PocketWizard radio triggers to his students saying that “I’ve tried most things on the market and I’ve found what works and more importantly what doesn’t work, so [...]

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Scott Kelby Answers all Your Remote Camera Questions

Scott Kelby has been doing a lot with remote camera triggering lately, with some great results using remote cameras at Atlanta Falcons games. We’ve posted a few previous stories about his exploits, and now he’s back with the definitive guide to remote camera triggering. He goes over what you need, how to set up it, [...]

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The Phoblographer’s First Impressions of the PlusX

The Phoblographer’s Chris Gampat is out of the gate and running with the new PocketWizard PlusX. He’s written up his first impressions of the just-announced trigger and says “so far they’re quite tempting — especially at the $99 price point.” In the couple of hours he spent with them, Chris managed to trigger studio strobes [...]

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Behind the Shot: Lisa and Gunnar’s First Dance

Wes Craft Photography is a husband and wife wedding photography team working out of Chicago, priding themselves on capturing “bold, beautiful, editorial wedding photography.” Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at one prime example of their work. On the wedding day we strive to capture all the emotional moments in vivid and dynamic ways. It’s part of [...]

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Erik Isakson Mixes Sports, Water, and Flash

Erik Isakson is a sports lifestyle photographer working out of southern California. Along with filmmaker Jason Maughan, he recently produced this behind-the-scenes video of a shoot he did with athletes and dramatic splashes of water. For the shoot, he used his PocketWizard FlexTT5 to trigger a couple of Profoto 8a strobes, which were placed behind [...]

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