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Lighting a Kitchen Disaster on Set, with Jodie Sweetin

January 7, 2016 By Morgan

Lighting a Kitchen Disaster on Location, with Jodie Sweetin

Hi this is Jay P. Morgan, and today on The Slanted Lens we’re lighting a kitchen disaster on set, with Jodie Sweetin. Jodie’s getting ready for the premiere of her new show, Fuller House. Jodie enjoys photographs with opposition, so we went with the ‘glamorous girl upfront with a kitchen disaster behind her’. This was not one of […]

Filed Under: Advanced Lighting Tutorials, Behind the Scenes, Celebrity, lighting diagram, Photography Tutorial, Uncategorized, Working with Talent

Clamps for Photo and Video: the Basics

December 17, 2015 By Morgan

Clamps

Download “How to Estimate a Shoot” today and start making more money. Hi this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens we’re going to talk about clamps- the basic clamps and the ones that I love. Now this is not super glamorous stuff to talk about. But it’s the basics that we use […]

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Using Sound to Fire Your Strobes

December 10, 2015 By Morgan

Using Sound to Fire Strobes

Visit our store to buy your Keep on Clickin’ t-shirts! Hi I’m Jay P. Morgan and today on The Slanted Lens I’m going to teach you how to fire your strobes using sound. Today’s lesson comes to you through a lot of trial and error. That’s just the nature of the beast when you’re triggering […]

Filed Under: Advanced Lighting Tutorials, Lighting Tutorials, Photography Tutorial, Uncategorized

Hernan Rodriguez – Meet the Photographer

November 23, 2015 By Morgan

Meet the Photographer - Hernan Rodriguez

Shop our affiliate link at Samys.com to help support new content from The Slanted Lens. Hi this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens in the second of my new series “Meet the Photographer,” I’m profiling international award winning photographer Hernan Rodriguez. I got a chance to sit down with Hernan while I was […]

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Make Your Own Reflector DIY Tutorial

September 3, 2015 By Morgan

Reflectors are a great entry point into the world of lighting so today on The Slanted Lens, I am going to show you how to make one of your own. Let’s get started! Bead foam reflectors have been used on photography and movie sets for years because they are cheap to make, easy to use […]

Filed Under: DIY, Lighting Tutorials

The Ninja Assassin, New Atomos 4K Recorder

September 1, 2015 By Morgan

The Ninja Assassin

Atomos has introduced a new 4K Recorder that will open the door wide for 4K. The Shogun is a great recording device but expensive. The new Ninja Assassin by Atomos has stripped away the things that you can do without, like SDI recording, and left you with a great 7 inch monitor that will record 4K to the A7s and the Panasonic GH4. I have heard it’s under 1500 dollars.

Filed Under: Product Review

High Speed Sync and How It Works

July 16, 2015 By Morgan

Why High Speed Sync? To understand high speed sync, we need to understand how shutters work. Most camera shutters are two curtains that open and close. I know there are some cameras with a leaf shutter but that is for a different lesson. At speeds slower than 1/125th, or 1/60th depending on your camera, the […]

Filed Under: Lighting Tutorials

Freezing Action with Strobes

July 2, 2015 By Morgan

Today on the Slanted Lens, we’re going to show you how to freeze action with strobes, not high speed sync, but freezing action with monoblocks in normal flash mode.

Filed Under: Lighting Tutorials

Learning How to Feather Soft Boxes

June 18, 2015 By Morgan

Today on the Slanted Lens we are going to look at how to gain more control of your light and more specifically, your soft box, by using a technique called feathering.

Filed Under: Lighting Tutorials

8 Questions to Ask Before Estimating a Photo Shoot

June 5, 2015 By Morgan

The phone rings. It’s a client! They want an estimate … now what do you do? Today on The Slanted Lens, I am going to give you eight simple questions, or line of questions, to ask to make sure you can create a great estimate for any client that will earn money.

Filed Under: Business Tips, Photography & Video Business Tips

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