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Total Eclipse 2017 Print Giveaway

On August 21, 2017 the residents and visitors to Columbia, SC were treated to the spectacle of a rare Total Solar Eclipse. During this once in a lifetime event I setup a camera with the perfect view of the Totality from Jim Spence Island on Lake Murray, one of my favorite places to spend time. This is your opportunity to own an 11×14 print of this photograph, a $61.00 value, by participating in the giveaway below or liking, sharing and commenting on the Flashnick Visuals Facebook Page.

You can also purchase other print sizes or even digital downloads of the file in the online store.

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The Best Travel Camera for a Middle East Adventure

I recently received a message on facebook from a friend looking for advice on a travel camera. She wants to photograph her 4-week journey/adventure to the middle east to visit family, with a follow-up week at The Cochella Music and Arts Festival. To be completely honest I’m a tad jealous, but as a professional travel photographer I do have some pretty well tested thoughts and to help her (and possibly you) out in this matter.

 

Question about the best way to photograph and video travel economically

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Published Editorial Photography

Published Editorial Photography

I wanted to take the opportunity to share some of my published editorial photography from the past 18-years. As a photojournalist I have completed editorial photography assignments in more than a dozen US states and half-a-dozen countries around the world for some of the largest publications on the planet. My clients have included The Associated Press, Newsweek, USA Today, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Army Times, Der Spiegel, Science et Vie, Dealernews. Additionally, my work has been broadcast and published online and in print by National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, Time, People, ESPN, CNN, The Weather Channel and countless other local and regional media outlets.

If you haven any questions about licensing any of my work that can be found in my online archive or would like to hire me for a photo assignment for your publication or company my contact information can be found at http://flashnickvisuals.com/contact/

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Saying Goodbye to a 300 Year Old Friend

As far back as anyone can remember the massive Oak tree stood over the back of the home on my family’s farm in Lexington, South Carolina. This majestic tree filtered the morning light like none other I have ever seen, it shaded our family cookouts and fish fries during the summer, played host to many of my childhood fantasies of fighting villains, and many occasions drew my ire in the fall as it dropped an unprecedented amount of leaves that required my young arms to rake, as it did for countless generations before me.

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Remembering Pearl Harbor at 75

Just one day after the Empire of Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, Franklin D. Roosevelt stood before a joint session of congress and delivered a speech on December 8, 1941 that would come to be one of the most infamous in our nation’s history. At the outset of that seven minute message to the nation President Roosevelt referred to December 7, 1941 as  “a date which will live in infamy.”  Today, December 7, 2016, 75-years later, those words bounce around my mind as I contemplate the sacrifice of the 2,403 killed and 1,178 wounded, Sailors, Marines and civilians.

The USS Arizona Memorial, at Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii, marks the resting place of 1,102 of the 1,177 sailors and Marines killed on USS Arizona (BB-39) during the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Built in 1962, it straddles the sunken hull of the battleship without touching it and is visited by more than two million people annually. © Copyright 2016, Brett Flashnick – All Rights Reserved.

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Published Travel and Tourism Photography

Travel and Tourism Photography

 

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Tourism Photography and Video for a #FamouslyFast NASCAR Partnership

Last week felt like I was doing tourism photography and video production at the speed of a NASCAR pit crew. Between a portrait shoot in downtown Columbia, SC, behind the scenes photography, producing an announcement video, and documenting the announcement of the partnership between NASCAR Camping World Truck Series Driver Jordan Anderson, His new team Bolen Motorsports, and the The Midlands Authority for Conventions, Sports & Tourism.
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Product Photography Innovative Arms 2016 9mm Lineup

I had the opportunity to spend a few days in the studio during the fall of 2015 to produce some product photography of several new products being released by Innovative Arms (an Elgin, SC based designer and manufacturer of NFA firearms and silencers) at the 2016 SHOT Show®. Thankfully that wait is now over and we can share some of the images we created to help them launch and market their new products. Over the next few days as SHOT Show goes on we will share some of the product photos we created for the launch.

Today, lets take a look at their new 9SX 9mm silencer as well as their new Sig Sauer MPX Integral.

Innovative Arms 9mm Suppressors and Integral MPX
The Innovative Arms 9SX provides the 9mm performance you’ve been looking for in a compact size. Accommodating both rifle and pistol the 9SX is rated for full auto 9mm fire and is user serviceable for cleaning. The 9SX includes a booster piston, fixed barrel spacer and a tool for disassembly.

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Product Photography Innovative Arms Interceptor Silencers

We had the opportunity to spend a few days in the studio during the fall of 2015 to do some product photography of several new products being released by Innovative Arms (an Elgin, SC based designer and manufacturer of NFA firearms and silencers) at the 2016 Shooting, Hunting, and Outdoor Trade Show (SHOT Show®). Thankfully that wait is now over and we can share some of the images we created to help them launch and market their new products. Over the next few days as SHOT Show goes on we will share some of the product photos we created for the launch.

The Innovative Arms INTERCEPTOR™ 5.56 gives excellent sound suppression, recoil reduction and precision accuracy in a compact package. Seen here mounted to a Custom 12” AR-15 SBR. All INTERCEPTORS are full auto rated on barrels down to 10″ and are available with or without our patented Exoskeleton Shroud and in colors: Black, OD Green, Flat Dark Earth or Brushed Stainless.

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Product Launch: Innovative Arms Slingshot Rimfire Suppressor

I had the opportunity to spend a few days in the studio during the fall of 2015 to photograph several new products being released by Innovative Arms a South Carolina based manufacturer of firearm silencers including their new Slingshot Rimfire Suppressor.

The Innovative Arms, LLC Slingshot Micro, Multi-Caliber suppressor pictured on a Smith & Wesson Corp. M&P® 22 host. Flashnick Visuals had the opportunity to photograph this product in studio on October 20, 2015 for the SHOT Show 2016 product launch.The Slingshot Micro consists of a patented 3-piece design, measures 3.9″ in length, weighs in at 5.7oz, and is rated for 35-38 Db of sound suppression (dry) when firing .22 LR (full auto), .17HMR, .17 Mach II, .22 Magnum, and 5.7×28.

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