Better Than A Soft Box, Inexpensive Product Lighting Solution

November 29, 2021 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. You know what, when you’re doing product photography soft boxes are not always the solution. There’s a technique that product photographers have been using for years that gives them beautiful highlights. Highlights they can scale to what they’re photographing. And the ability to really create things in tight […]

Simple Corporate Portraits – What To Charge And How To Light

September 27, 2021 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens, we’re going to take a look at how to set up a corporate portrait, a simple corporate portrait in a tight space. Really, it’s about working professionals like dentists, doctors, lawyers, that kind of group. It’s a great place to make money. A […]

Best Product Lighting – Top Back Lighting – Laws of Light Tutorial

August 30, 2021 By Morgan Leave a Comment

The Best Approach to Product Photography Lighting is Top Back Lighting. It is the foundation for all product photography. Learn how to get impressive images from this photography tutorial about top back lighting. This is one of the best ways to light your product shots or food photography. This is my favorite lighting when […]

5 One Light Portrait Set-ups – Interactive Lighting Tutorial in 360

June 7, 2021 By Morgan Leave a Comment

5 One Light Portrait Set-ups – Interactive Lighting Tutorial in 360 Hi, this is Jay P Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens we’re going to do five portrait lighting positions in 360. We want you to be able to slip into the scene and to be able to scroll around and see exactly what we’re […]

5 Easy Golden Hour Lighting Steps With Strobes

May 31, 2021 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Lighting outside with strobes while the sun is setting is a balancing act. In this photography tutorial I go through five steps on how to integrate strobe light better during the golden hour and improve your images so they don’t look strobe lit. Strobes allow you to adjust the light up and down to balance […]

How To Determine Power Output For Strobes In Daylight

March 8, 2021 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Three easy ways to determine the power output for your strobes when shooting in daylight. Learn how to match the aperture you’ve chosen when balancing strobes with sunlight. Any of these 3 effective ways will help determine the power output of your strobes or flash when you’re outside working with strobes and daylight on location. […]

5 Window Light Portrait Positions

January 11, 2021 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Hi this Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens I’ve got Rai here with me. Rai is from London. We’re going to show you how to set up the five lighting portrait positions using the window and how to control the light. The first thing we did in this room is we got […]

Laws of Light: How to Light a Product

September 26, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Today on The Slanted Lens we dive into easy product lighting with 1 and 2 lights! It’s amazing the different effects you can get with just 2 lights! In this new episode of The Laws of Light we’re going to move from the ball and cylinder to subject matter. Objects that you photograph all relate […]

Laws of Light: How to Light Glass

March 21, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

What is the best way to light glass? Glass doesn’t look good when you shine light directly at it. It soaks up the light it doesn’t define it. It just gives you specular highlights little pinpoints that don’t photograph well. Glass looks the best when you look through it and shine something bright behind it. […]

Laws of Light: Placing a Softbox

March 7, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Today we are going to talk about placing a softbox, not the positions that you would use like a Rembrandt, a butterfly, or a loop, but how to place it once it’s in position. Let’s talk about how to finesse the look that you want to achieve while using a softbox. We have our model […]