About Morgan

With more than two decades of experience Jay P. Morgan brings to his commercial studio two special qualities: a keen appreciation of the bizarre and a knack for flawlessly executing elaborate shots. Through The Slanted Lens, Jay P. shares his knowledge about photography and videography.

Nikon Z6 vs Sony a7III | 2019 Mirrorless Camera Comparison

February 14, 2019 By Morgan 2 Comments

On paper, these two cameras look very similar in terms of specs, but we wanted to test out the results for both of these cameras. Picture Quality We are going to take a look at her face and skin tone. When we take a look at the color tones, I prefer the warmer tones on […]

Which LEDs are the brightest?…LED Comparison Test!

February 7, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Today on The Slanted Lens, we are going to be testing some great big LED lights! I’m curious about the intensity of different LEDs. I’ve had people ask me all the time what how powerful a light, how bright is it, so we are just going to look straight at a 1k and an HMI […]

Shooting Speedlight Street Photography

January 31, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

I’m doing something today that I always tell photographers never to do, shooting with on-camera flash! I’m in NYC with Jamie and Marissa, a creative team and we are going to shoot some fun street photography! It’s just a fun challenge to see what kind of images you can get using your on-camera flash. Camera […]

Clamps for Product and Food Photography

January 24, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Ed Rudolph is back again to show us his favorite clamps and gizmos when shooting product and food photography! Let’s dive right into it! “A” or Spring Clamp These are great for holding small things and come in a variety of shapes and sizes. You can use it to stand up mirrors to reflect the […]

Sony a6400 Hands On Camera Review

January 17, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

We are here today at the Sony Event down in San Diego where they just released the new a6400. It’s a new mid-level vlogging style camera with an APS-C sensor. It has auto eye tracking and animal eye tracking, which are also new firmware updates they are adding to the a9 and the a7s, and […]

One Light Portrait: Creating Contrast

January 10, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Today’s lesson is creating contrast and depth with values in one light portraits. It’s interesting because lights and darks are opposites. Whites come forward in the image, whereas blacks will recede in the back. Now we have Michael here and his hair is white so if I put him on a white background, his hair […]

8 Cinematic Gimbal Moves

January 3, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Gimbals are slowly taking the place of many large, heavy dollies, sliders, and other cinematic tools. So we are going to show you 8 cinematic gimbal moves to use in your narrative or doc-style videos! The gimbal is a fast, simple, inexpensive tool for you to get a wide variety of different angles for your […]

Canon 70-200 vs. Zeiss 70-200 Lens Comparison

December 27, 2018 By Morgan 2 Comments

We are here today comparing David and Goliath! We have the Canon 70-200mm lens that is a staple on for many photo and video shoots and we have the new candidate here, the Zeiss 70-200mm. Thanks to our Lezl Gonzales @lezlkoe for helping us out with this comparison! Photo lenses are designed to be lightweight, easy […]

How to Push and Pull Film

December 20, 2018 By Morgan Leave a Comment

We are here today to learn how to push and pull film. For those of you who are unfamiliar with that term, it’s really simple! Let’s take a Portra 800, and set the box speed at 1600 instead, we are underexposing the film by 1 stop. So when we are processing the film, we have […]

10 CINEMATIC Rigging Smartphone Solutions

December 13, 2018 By Morgan Leave a Comment

“There is a 5th dimension, that which is unknown to most filmmakers. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as a film camera. It is a middle grey between light and shadow, between science and creativity. It lies in the pit between man’s production fears and the summit of his image […]