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How Camera Angle Affects Body Shape – A Video Lighting Tutorial

April 2, 2013 By Morgan Leave a Comment

How Camera Angle Affects the Body Shape

In today’s Slanted Lens video lighting tutorial, we are at the Bonneville Slat Flats in Utah and we will be exploring how camera height affects body shape .

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The Basics of a One Light Setup: A Lighting Tutorial

February 15, 2013 By Morgan Leave a Comment

one light setup | lighting-tutorial | Tiffany Taylor

In today’s Slanted Lens lighting tutorial, we are going way back to the very basics of a one light setup to light a face.

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Creating Bokeh: A Lighting Tutorial

January 11, 2013 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Creating bokeh in New York

We are back in New York City shooting in Times Square. I wanted to explore creating Bokeh with all the intense lighting of Times Square.

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Using Grid Spots: A Lighting Tutorial

December 17, 2012 By Morgan Leave a Comment

grid spots lighting tutorial

In this lighting tutorial, we will be looking at the area of coverage of the different grid spots and how to pan grids in order to flag the light.

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How to Shoot Simple Corporate Portraits – Lighting Article

November 12, 2012 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Corporate Portraits Photography Tutorial

. Our first light is a Dynalite Pack (MP800) and a studio head with a large Photoflex soft box. I add a grid to the soft box because the room is small, and I need to keep all of the light off the surrounding walls and ceiling.

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Simple Corporate Portraits: A Lighting Tutorial

September 28, 2012 By Morgan Leave a Comment

This is a simple look at how to shoot basic corporate portraits. When you take a job on to shoot an office full of people where doyou start?

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How Lens Focal Length Shapes the Face & Controls Perspective: A Lighting Tutorial

August 6, 2012 By Morgan Leave a Comment

The lens or focal length of the lens you choose has a profound impact on the image. It effects the perspective, background and features of the subject.

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Understanding Octodomes/Octo Boxes: A Lighting Tutorial

May 11, 2012 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Octodome softbox photography lighting

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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Natural Window Light Portraits for Stills & Video: A Lighting Tutorial

April 30, 2012 By Morgan Leave a Comment

adelaide lawren & brooke taylor window light modeling

In this video we will look at how to use natural window light as an effective light source to create portraits.

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DSLR Basics: Part 1 of 2 Camera Support

February 7, 2012 By Morgan Leave a Comment

All the basics are covered to get you started shooting video on a the Canon 5D or 7D dslr cameras.

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