ExpoImaging "innovates innovative innovations" since 2004, selling their products through photo specialty dealers nationwide.  Under the Rogue Photographic Design brand, they create lighting equipment for speedlights.  Their professional-quality Rogue FlashBenders are "more durable and versatile than any other speedlight modifiers," CEO Erik Sowder says.  The Large Reflector with Large Diffusion Panel is ExpoImaging's most popular offering.  Designed with flexible rods to make it formable, the Large Reflector can be used as a shapeable bounce card, as a flag to control light on the background or as a snoot.  When combined with the Diffusion Panel, the two products form a small soft box.  New this year are Rogue Lighting Kits, of which the Portrait variety tops the bestsellers.  "It helps us to feel like we're making their (photographer's) lives easier," says Sowder, "by coming up with cool new ideas." - Focus on Weddings 2013

In building a space for himself four years ago in Beijing, Ben McMillan realized an opportunity to serve a much broader community by making an international studio. A former BBC news producer and experienced photographer working in China, McMillan now provides a new service taking away the stress of organizing a shoot in a foreign country. While welcoming work on local projects, Beijing Photospace is ideal for out-of-town shooters. They offer full production services including studio space, Profoto lighting, prop sourcing and building, location scouting, permits, casting, crew coordination, transport, catering and retouching, and other equipment that otherwise isn't available in China. Located close to the airport, ten minutes from the 798 Art Zone and surrounded by green fields, Beijing Photospace has unique connectivity to transport and locations. The studio itself is flexible and large enough for car work, and McMillan designed the space so cars can drive directly into...