Ultimate Tethered Photography Workstation: Manfrotto Magic Arm & Super Clamp Kit

The Manfrotto Magic Arm & Super Clamp Kit is designed to hold fixtures and devices securely in place in a variety of situations. The rotating elbow arm, with a locking lever control at the pivot, means you can position a fixture at just the right height and angle.

In our tethering setups, we use it to attach the Tether Tools Wallee Connect Kit, which we included last Friday. You can attach the Connect to the MagicArm and SuperClamp, then adhere it to a tripod or lightstand so the iPad is always nearby when shooting.

Whether you’re viewing images you’ve just shot, or using the iPad for lighting set ups, shot list, model release forms, or so many other uses, having an iPad nearby comes in handy in so many situations.

Finding ways to incorporate new technology – like the iPad – into your work can be an exciting process. Can you remember the first “gadget” you added to your workflow when you first started out in photography? What was it? How did you learn about it? Do you still use it today? Why or why not?

Want the Manfrotto Magic Arm & Super Clamp Kit? You can win it, and all of the other gear we’ll be adding to the Ultimate Tethered Photography Workstation in our Tether Tools Top 20: Start the New Year off Right Facebook Campaign. Just like the Tether Tools Facebook page and enter the sweepstakes via the form. Then, share the photo we posted of the Manfrotto Magic Arm & Super Clamp Kit, and in the comments section, tell us about the first gadget you added to your photography workflow. Full terms & conditions.

Ultimate Tethered Photography Workstation: Animoto Pro Membership

By now you’ve probably realized that Tether Tools really loves supporting photographers’ needs. We’re always looking for ways to make your life easier. So, when we find other companies with the same goal, we admittedly geek out a little! Animoto is definitely one of those tools that will make your life easier. It’ll help you secure new clients and sell more of your photos to existing ones.

There are lots of slideshow and video editing tools out there. The main challenge with most of them is making a video look really nice. It typically takes hours of editing, cutting, timing images with music, and building interesting transitions.  Animoto has brilliantly come up with a tool that does all of that challenging and time-consuming work for you!

You simply upload your images, put them in the right order, pick your music and, within seconds, Animoto creates your video for you. Yes, it is really that easy. And yes, it will help you sell more of your images. Whether working with brides, families, kids or event producers, seeing the special images from your shoot set to music, just hours or days after they are taken, makes clients feel great.

Music and imagery evoke such emotion. Your clients will treasure the video and be compelled to buy the images.  The ease with which Animoto allows you to create video means you can focus more of your time taking pictures and making your clients happy.

If you were to use Animoto to create a video, what’s the one song you’d put in it to really help close the sale? We want a song that you feel really gives clients insight into your personal shooting style. Get creative!

Want the Animoto membership? You can win it, and all of the other gear we’ll be adding to the Ultimate Tethered Photography Workstation in our Tether Tools Top 20: Start the New Year off Right Facebook Campaign. Just like the Tether Tools Facebook page and enter the sweepstakes via the form. Then, share the screenshot we posted of Animoto and, in the comments section, tell us what’s the one song you’d add to your video to help close the sale. Full terms & conditions.

Ultimate Tethered Photography Workstation: Wallee iPad Case & Connect Bracket

There has been a lot of talk lately about integrating the iPad into the photography workflow. Photographers are using the iPad in so many creative ways to improve their work, set-up process and client interaction. But the challenge still remains – where do you mount the iPad while you’re working or while your clients are viewing their images? On the Tether Tools Wallee iPad Connect, of course!

The Connect bracket is the most versatile and durable iPad mounting solution available for photographers and cinematographers. So today, we’re adding the Wallee iPad Case in either black, white or clear for iPad or iPad 2. It’s your choice! Along with the case, the winner will get a Tether Tools Wallee iPad Connect Bracket.

This kit allows you to mount the iPad or iPad 2 to any tripod, light stand, SuperClamp, arm or other versatile support attachments utilized in photography or film. The Wallee Case secures to the back of your iPad and the Connect bracket locks into the case, allowing you to mount your iPad on various photography stands.

In today’s post, tell us if and how you are incorporating the iPad into your photography.

Watch this video for a demo on how to use the Tether Tools Wallee Connect.

Want the Connect kit? You can win it, and all of the other gear we’ll be adding to the Ultimate Tethered Photography Workstation in our Tether Tools Top 20: Start the New Year off Right Facebook Campaign. Just like the Tether Tools Facebook page and enter the sweepstakes via the form. Then, share the photo we posted of the Connect kit with your friends and, in the comments section, tell us how you are incorporating the iPad into your photography. Full terms & conditions.