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.

Are Expensive Lenses a WASTE OF MONEY? Sigma 50mm vs Panasonic 50mm Lens Comparison!

February 20, 2020 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Today on the Slanted Lens we are taking a look at the Sigma 50mm 1.4 lens compared to the Panasonic Lumix s Pro 50mm 1.4 lens. Both of these lenses are L mount lenses, which is kind of becoming a bigger deal as time goes on – Panasonic has L mount cameras, Sigma has L […]

WHY Shoot with PRIME Lenses?! NEW Tamron 24mm and 35mm 2.8 PRIME LENSES!

February 18, 2020 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Under $350 each for a 24mm and a 35mm for a Sony mirrorless camera?! THIS SHARP?! That’s incredible! Hi this is Jay P Morgan and today on The Slanted Lens we’re going to take a look at the new 24mm and 35mm 2.8 lenses from Tamron! These are Sony lenses, small, compact – excellent for […]

Go Wide or Go Home! Get Creative New Tamron Sony 20mm Lens

February 13, 2020 By Morgan Leave a Comment

I’ve just arrived here in Yosemite and I’m going to shoot this entire weekend with nothing but this Tamron 20mm lens! We’re out here in Yosemite for a couple reasons. At this time of the year the full moon is going to be rising just as the sun goes down, but the main reason we’re […]

NEW FUJI X100V! THE BEST Everyday Camera! FULL REVIEW

February 6, 2020 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Fuji just announced the new X100V. Because Samy’s is a new sponsor here at TSL we had the opportunity to get this lens into our hands TODAY! This is going to be great for us because we can get cameras quicker from Samy’s and bring you the information on new gear faster than ever before! […]

WIDE, TIGHT & INTERESTING. How to get the BEST B-Roll

January 30, 2020 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Today on The Slanted Lens I’m here in the SKB factory just gliding around. I’m looking for good B-roll to add to the doc style shoot we did of the owners here at SKB. So what we’re going to do is talk about what B-roll is – how to get it and how to light […]

UPSIDE DOWN Ball Head!!! WILL IT WORK?! Platyball

January 23, 2020 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Hi this is Jay P Morgan and we’re out in the wilds of Los Angeles where we’ve discovered a new species of animal. It’s an upside-down ball called the Platyball. It’s completely upside down in comparison to the traditional ball head you might have seen before. This new upside-down ball head is migrating and it’s […]

Sigma FP VS Panasonic S1H – ULTIMATE CAMERA COMPARISON

January 16, 2020 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Today on The Slanted Lens we’ve got Shasta with us to help us take a look at the Sigma FP VS Panasonic S1H. Big thanks to Samy’s Camera for helping us get the lenses for this review. Also big thank you to B&H for providing the cameras for this lesson. Today we really want to […]

DANGEROUS Lighting – Capturing a Predator!!!

January 9, 2020 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Today on The Slanted Lens we’re deep in the jungles of Los Angeles! We’re going to do a female cosplay image from Predator with cosplayer Alicia Marie @aliciamariebody! We’re going to show you how we lit it, how we did the dry ice and smoke, and the colors we use to create this image. So […]

Why 2019 Was AMAZING! Video Recap!

January 2, 2020 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Thank you all for making TSL the best online photo/video community and for your constant support. You bring TSL to LIFE! It means the world being able to share my lifetime of experience and have fun while doing it! 2019 was great – here’s to an even bigger year in 2020! WATCH THE VIDEO HERE!

SIGMA FP vs SONY A7 III – Can SIGMA Change My Mind?

December 25, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Hi, this is Jay P Morgan, and Kenneth Merrill and today we have Anaya Harmony here to help us take a look at the Sony Alpha A7 III VS Sigma FP. So we have reviewed the A7 III a million times, well almost a million times, but you know what, it still holds up! It’s […]