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.

Sony 6400 vs Fuji X-T30 | Hands-on Mirrorless Camera Comparison

March 14, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

We are going to be comparing the Sony a6400 with the Fuji X-T30 in this video. They are both pretty new starting level mirrorless cameras with pretty good specs for how small the body is. So let’s put these two cameras to the test! Picture Quality Test These two shots look very similar next to […]

What to Expect from the Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 4.6k G2!

March 13, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

We are talking about the Black Magic Ursa Mini Pro G2 today! Now we have shot on the Ursa Mini and the Ursa Mini Pro and the Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera 4k as well. You can check out those videos here. The Ursa Mini Pro was a small step up for them, but this […]

Laws of Light: Placing a Softbox

March 7, 2019 By Morgan 3 Comments

Today we are going to talk about placing a softbox, not the positions that you would use like a Rembrandt, a butterfly, or a loop, but how to place it once it’s in position. Let’s talk about how to finesse the look that you want to achieve while using a softbox. We have our model […]

Panasonic‘s New Full-Frame Mirrorless Cameras

March 2, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

We are going to look at the specs for their new full-frame mirrorless cameras. They have really been doing well in the micro-four-thirds spectrum with the GH5. Panasonic is known for its great color in the EVA-1 and also in the GH5. So they are releasing two of their cameras at the same time, one […]

Laws of Light: How to Light Metal

February 28, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

We are going to show you how to light metal while shooting video and photos. So we are using the example of this teapot as our first object to light. It’s interesting you see around the teapot. Metal doesn’t like a light shined directly at it, it reflects a harsh heavy light. We have our […]

Canon RP: Cheapest Full Frame Mirrorless Camera EVER?

February 26, 2019 By Morgan 1 Comment

We are going to be talking about the Canon EOS RP today, which is Canon’s newest release of their mirrorless line. Currently, they haven’t released anything, but the specs so we are going to chat about that today. Kenneth is pretty excited about the Canon EOS RP because he’s just a big Canon fan, but […]

6 Tips on How to Get GREAT Film Scans!

February 21, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

We are out at Richard Photo Lab today talking about different scanners and 6 different ways you can get great scans at your local Photo Lab. We have Bill Pines here with us, who is the general manager at Richard Photo Lab. #1 Scanners So we are looking the Fujifilm Frontier SP3000 scanner here and […]

Tamron Announces 3 NEW FULL-FRAME Lenses for 2019!

February 21, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

We have some great news from Tamron, who just released their brand new full-frame lenses set to release in mid-2019. We have the 17-28mm fast wide angle mirrorless lens for the Sony, two full-frame DSLR lenses: the 35mm f1.4 prime for Nikon and Canon, and the 35-150mm portrait zoom lens! Let’s take a look at […]

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 […]