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Sony a1, What Not To Do!

October 31, 2022 By Morgan

Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens I have to admit I screwed up when I shot the Sony A1 versus the Canon R5c. I saw a crop factor. I was confused by it. But I was getting it and consistently getting it. And of course I heard all the comments […]

Filed Under: Camera Review, Camera Settings, Equipment, Product Review, Quick Tip

Tamron 50-400mm Review – The Lens That Shoots It All!

October 24, 2022 By Morgan

Tamron 50-400mm Lens Review

 I love that this lens is so versatile! This 50-400mm F/4.5-6.3 Tamron lens is a great telephoto zoom that does it all: Wildlife, Sports, Landscapes, Portraits, Macro, Travel and Street Photography. It’s very compact and easy to travel with. We tested it out in a lot of different scenarios. It really does have an […]

Filed Under: Equipment, Lens Review, Product Review

Best Travel Tripod I Have Ever Used! Really!!!

October 17, 2022 By Morgan

Heipi Tripod Review

Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens we’re going to review, probably the most unique tripod I have ever seen. It’s like the Swiss army knife of tripods. At first when I got it I wasn’t sure about it. But as I’ve used it I realize that there’s a lot of […]

Filed Under: Equipment, Product Review, Travel Photography

Lighting Techniques for Product Photography With Shiny Metal

October 10, 2022 By Morgan

 Hi, this is Jay P Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens we bring you an episode of the Laws of Light. We’re going to look at how to light shiny metal in a still life. This is difficult because we have shiny metal that needs its own attention. But we also have a still […]

Filed Under: Advanced Lighting Tutorials, Behind the Scenes, Intermediate Lighting Tutorials, Laws of Light, Lighting Tutorials, Photography & Video Lighting Articles, Photography Tutorial

DIY RGB Portraits On A Budget

October 3, 2022 By Morgan

 Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens we’re going to take a look at DIY RGB lights. Not that these are lights you can change them from red, green and blue. But at Home Depot I noticed they’ve got these lights. They’re LED bulbs. They’re like nine bucks. And I […]

Filed Under: Advanced Lighting Tutorials, Behind the Scenes, DIY, Intermediate Lighting Tutorials, Laws of Light, Lighting Tutorials, Photography & Video Lighting Articles, Photography Tutorial, Portraits

How To Meter For Film

September 26, 2022 By Morgan

Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens I’m going to take a look at images I’ve shot and show you how I found the right light and how I metered correctly to give myself a great negative. A black and white negative that is going to give me a great scan so […]

Filed Under: Beginning Lighting Tutorials, Camera Settings, Film Photography, Photography & Video Lighting Articles, Photography Tutorial

How To Light & Photograph A Car

September 19, 2022 By Morgan

How To Photograph A Car

 Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens we’re going to take a look at how to light a car. There are some simple steps you can go through to get a beautiful image of a car every time. They’re not difficult and does not take a lot of equipment. It’s […]

Filed Under: Beginning Lighting Tutorials, Behind the Scenes, Intermediate Lighting Tutorials, Laws of Light, Lighting Tutorials, Photography & Video Lighting Articles, Photography Tutorial

How I Shoot Tri-X Black And White Film

September 5, 2022 By Morgan

 Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens I’m going to talk about my favorite black and white film to shoot and that is Tri-X, Tri-X 400 ISO film. You know, back in the day when you’re shooting film and you shot mostly 100 ISO film because you really wanted fine […]

Filed Under: Behind the Scenes, Camera Settings, Film Photography, Landscape, Photography Tutorial, Travel Photography

Landscape Photo Editing In Camera Raw

August 22, 2022 By Morgan

 Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens I’m going to show you how to take this image and turn into this image, using camera raw. So let’s get started and see what we can do. So in Iceland I really wanted to photograph this falls. And the way you say […]

Filed Under: Landscape, Photography Tutorial, Workflow

Portraits on Location with Portable Backdrops

August 15, 2022 By Morgan

 Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens we are traveling through small little towns way off from the beaten path going through Utah into Arizona and then Nevada. And our goal is just to find interesting people to photograph. We’re going to stop and ask at a restaurant or a […]

Filed Under: Beginning Lighting Tutorials, Behind the Scenes, Equipment, Intermediate Lighting Tutorials, Laws of Light, Lighting Tutorials, Photography & Video Lighting Articles, Photography Tutorial, Portraits

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