Smoke, A Creative Tool: A Lighting Tutorial

March 23, 2012 By Morgan Leave a Comment

In this Slanted Lens lighting tutorial we take a look at using smoke as a creative tool. I’m going to concentrate on using smoke to create a silhouette and to show sun-rays.
When I shoot I often have a smoke machine on hand. When I shoot on location I always have one.

HDSLR Basics Part 2 of 2: Camera Setup!

February 24, 2012 By Morgan Leave a Comment

This tutorial covers the camera setup for dslr video. It talked about color correction, frames per second, and more.

Shooting Digital Black & White: A Lighting Tutorial

January 26, 2012 By Morgan Leave a Comment

The art of shooting Black and White Photography has changed with the introduction of digital cameras. Many people convert their images to Black and White in the post process but very few shoot with Black and White in mind from the beginning

Combining Artificial Lights and An Evening Sky: A Lighting Lesson

October 26, 2011 By Morgan Leave a Comment

In this Slanted Lens video we look at a simple process to shoot an evening sky and balance it with the artificial lighting from city lights.

Softboxes Applied: A lighting Lesson

August 10, 2011 By Morgan Leave a Comment

This Video is part two in a three part series about softboxes. It’s showing how to create a simple three light set up to shoot a model. Part two shows how to apply the science of part one to a real life situation.

Creating Time Lapse Photography: A Lighting Lesson

July 13, 2011 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Shooting time–lapse is one of the great adventures of still photography. In this lesson I will show how to shoot and light a simple time-lapse sequence.

Understanding the Beauty Dish

June 10, 2011 By Morgan Leave a Comment

I will break down the images form Liz’s shoot to help gain a better understanding of how to use a Beauty Dish.

Shooting Video and Stills with the 5D: Electra Bike

December 9, 2010 By Morgan Leave a Comment

This is a Video Piece we shot on the 5D showing how we produced a single image of a woman on an Electra Bike. Its part of a DVD series that I produced about still lighting and camera basics.

50’s Shot Using a Beauty Dish and OctoDome

December 7, 2010 By Morgan Leave a Comment

I did a shot on location of a woman dressed in fifties clothing at a 50’s style gas station. It was fun to work with the make-up and styling.

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