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Top 10 Tools Photographers Need for Photographing Food

September 19, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

10 items that Anna has in her food styling kit! You’re not going to want to miss this! If you’re a wedding photographer, you shoot food. if you don’t think so, that’s why your food looks so bad. Head to TheSlantedLens.com/courses and buy that food styling kit. Hi, this is Jay P Morgan and today […]

Tamron 35mm Lens – Best Contextual Portrait Lens + GIVEAWAY

September 12, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Today on The Slanted Lens we’ve got the very talented model Breanna White helping us test out the Tamron 35mm 1.4 lens! We are giving away this lens through the month of September, so CLICK HERE to enter! This is the new SP lens from Tamron. It’s a 40 year anniversary lens because they’ve […]

ARRI Amira VS Blackmagic Pocket Compact Camera 4K! REALLY?!

September 10, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Today we really compare the David and Goliath of cameras with the Blackmagic Pocket 4K going up against the ARRI Amira to see if the Blackmagic Pocket cam could be a decent steady cam shot when on set using the Amira! Though these are drastically different cameras, when you’re on set with the Amira and […]

Event Photography! How to Make Money!

September 5, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

We’re on location at the Avalon where our friend Paul from Kobra Modifiers is going to teach us everything he knows about event photography; from his camera settings, to what to bring, how to use it, how to carry it, everything you need to know so when we are done, you can do event photography! […]

3 Amazing Cinematic Lighting Techniques

August 29, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Today on The Slanted Lens we’re going to take a look at 3 cinematic lighting setups using LEDs from F&V! Let’s get started! Watch the video by clicking here! Fire Effect The fire effect is one of my favorite effects! I’ve done it in fireplaces, I’ve done it in stoves, I’ve done it in rooms, […]

Best Camera Slider for Cinematic Moves!

August 22, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

We’re going to take a look at the history of pot pie from the 1800s to the 50s to today by blending 3 different moves on our SliderPLUS Pro with our HeadPLUS from edelkrone! We’re going to put these 3 moves together seamlessly to create 1 shot that changes eras as we move through. Check […]

Tamron 17-28mm Lens. Best Wide Angle Lens for Sony on the Market!

August 15, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Today on The Slanted Lens, we’re going WIDE and reviewing the Tamron 17-28mm lens on the Sony mount! I want to see if it’s as good as the 28-75mm which I love and use just about every day. I’ve got here with me, Leah Kim @gogoleah to help us test our this lens. So what […]

Blackmagic URSA Mini G2 vs ARRI Amira!

August 8, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Today we are taking a look at the Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro G2 vs the ARRI Amira. It’s like $6000 vs $45,000! Both of these cameras have been out for a while now and we’re going to finally put them to the test, looking at picture quality, looking at it in RAW. There are some […]

Top 10 Ways for Photographers to Stay Inspired

July 31, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Today on The Slanted Lens I’m going to answer a question I get asked all the time, and that is “how do I stay inspired?” I struggle with this question all the time myself! It’s something I really have to overcome when I’m trying to come up with an idea for a new shot, when […]

Incredible Tamron 35-150mm Lens! Hands-On Review

July 30, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

We hit the streets of New York City to do a full hands-on review of the new incredible Tamron 35-150mm Lens. So we are here in NYC and it’s awfully noisy, but we are going to talk about the Tamron 35-150mm lens. This is an f/2.8-4 Di VC OSD Lens and I think it’s an […]