Encourage your children to play the piccolo. Your son’s may get beat up a lot at school but it will be much quieter at home. This set was massive. We had shot for Lever brothers and had the set up for a couple of months. This was the last shot we did before it came […]
Shooting Zombies Through a Car: A Photography & Video Lighting Tutorial
Camera movement is one of the most exciting, time consuming, and difficult aspects of working in video. See how we light this zombie shoot.
Understanding Ring Lights / Ring Flashes: A Photography Lighting Tutorial
A great lighting tool is the Ring Light or Ring Flash. The Ring Light was invented in the 1950’s as a light source to capture medical images.
I Lost My Keys!
We shot this image of Andy Dick for Comedy Central. It was part of a print and video campaign. It was a very simple set up. We welded a metal structure with a cross beam. Andy put on a pair of gravity boots and hung upside down. He was a little freaked out at first […]
Ernie’s Whale Watching: No One Gets You Closer!
https://theslantedlens.com/wordpress/wp-admin/post-new.php Ernie’s Whale Watching: No One Gets You Closer. I shot in these water tanks all the time. In this shot, the whale was made out of green foam and painted. The backdrop was hung and lit with 3 heads. The heads on background had diffusion and blue gels. The water was sprayed form large […]
Creating Fire: A Special Effects Lighting Tutorial
I shot a commercial for Los Gringos Loco on the Red using one of my favorite special effects…Fire! In this back yard barbecue we see everything go up in flames.
Plastic Shark Attack
This set was built for Disneyland. We shot Mickey Mouse surfing on the wave. It was funny because when Mickey walked out of the dressing room in his costume ready to go I suggested that they take Mickey’s head off so we could get him into place. There was panic in the room. I was […]
Octodomes Ping Pong and Fire at the beach: A Lighting Tutorial
This lighting tutorial was shot at a Malibu beach location and the information that we learned about Octodomes lighting in our last lesson.
Hit Me Like a Ton of Bricks!
This image was shot for Kodak. The copy line was, “When an image hits you like a ton of bricks.” It took an elaborate setup to make it happen. The set was built with holes for the man to wiggle his arms and hands out of under the bricks. I was in a crow’s nest, […]
Understanding Octodomes/Octo Boxes: A Lighting Tutorial
In this Slanted Lens lesson we are going to take an in-depth look at 8 sided soft boxes or Octodomes. Each manufacturer has its own name; Octobox, OctaBox, Octa Softbox, Octa Bank, or Octodomes.
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