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Tamron 70-200mm F/2.8 G2 Lens Review

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Have you heard about the new 70-200mm F/2.8 G2 lens, from Tamron? It’s a great lens! I’ll fill you in, today on The Slanted Lens. (Please shop our affiliate links with Amazon and B&H- we’ll get a small kickback which helps support new content on the channel. Thank you!) Tamron 70-200mm F/2.8 G2 Lens I […]

Photographing Background Plates- Quick Tip

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Photographic background plates. They’ll make your photography post-process life so much easier. Ensure You Get the Shot When I’m shooting a photograph, I shoot my subject matter and initial image. Then just to cover myself, I’ll take my subject out and shoot a plate of the background. For example, when I was out shooting my […]

Daylight Balanced LED Review

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Sorry your browser does not support iFrame Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens we’re looking at the new, powerful, daylight balanced LED from Aputure, the 120d. You may remember the tungsten version of these lights from this lesson. I liked the 120t’s so much that I asked Aputure if I could […]

Laws of Light: Separation

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Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens we’re continuing our exploration of The Laws of Light with our next segment- separation. Today on The Slanted Lens we’re looking at a fundamental principle of lighting, and that is how to separate your subject from your background. We create that separation using light. […]

Fishing Line Effects Box Quick Tip

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Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on the Slanted Lens we’re talking about another kit that we have on our truck. It’s full of fishing line and the accouterments you need to be able to make it work. So let’s take a look and see what we’ve got. (And please be sure to shop […]

Studio Workflow for Photo and Video

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Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens we’re going to walk you through our studio workflow. I’ll show you how we organize and back up our media, once we get back to the studio after we’ve been out shooting. Let’s get started and see what we can do. And make sure […]

Panasonic GH5 Camera Review

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Special thanks to Rosco, makers of lighting, background and flooring products designed to meet the demands of film and broadcast professionals, for sponsoring our camera reviews.   Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan and Kenneth Merrill, back with another camera review. Today we have the new Panasonic GH5 in house. It’s the first mirrorless DSLR-style camera […]

Teleconverter Pros and Cons

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Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens, we’re here at a great swamp in Houston. We’re photographing alligators and birds with a 150-600mm Tamron lens, plus a couple of teleconverters from Tamron. What do you get when you add a teleconverter to a 150-600mm lens? Let’s check it out and see. […]

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