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Make It or Buy It Photography Reflector Challenge

February 5, 2025 By Morgan

  (If you want to watch the video go to The Slanted Lens on YouTube!) Make it or Buy it! This 5-in-1 pop-up reflector from Westcott cost me $37.50. My homemade 2-in-1 reflector cost me $10.50. So the question is, can I match the light quality of a pop-up reflector with a homemade reflector?This is […]

Filed Under: Beginning Lighting Tutorials, DIY, Equipment, Photography & Video Lighting Articles, Photography Tutorial, Portraits

All-in-one Shot – No Retouching – DIY In Camera Special Effects

November 14, 2023 By Morgan

(If you want to watch the video go here!) Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens I’m going to take you back to the days when we used to do all of our images in one shot. No Photoshop, no AI, none of that business. Everything had to be composed in […]

Filed Under: DIY, Lighting Tutorials, Photography Tutorial, Special Effects for Photo and Video

3 DIY Camera Rigs For Under $10

March 13, 2023 By Morgan

(If you want to watch the video go here!) Hey, I’m heading to a local hardware store to get the materials to show you how to make three DIY low camera rigs. Rigs that’ll get your camera right down on the ground as low as possible or go in really tight spaces. Each of these […]

Filed Under: DIY, Equipment, Photography Tutorial

DIY RGB Portraits On A Budget

October 3, 2022 By Morgan

 Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens we’re going to take a look at DIY RGB lights. Not that these are lights you can change them from red, green and blue. But at Home Depot I noticed they’ve got these lights. They’re LED bulbs. They’re like nine bucks. And I […]

Filed Under: Advanced Lighting Tutorials, Behind the Scenes, DIY, Intermediate Lighting Tutorials, Laws of Light, Lighting Tutorials, Photography & Video Lighting Articles, Photography Tutorial, Portraits

3 DIY Reflectors, Easy & Inexpensive Solutions & How To Use Them

April 15, 2022 By Morgan

 Hi, this is Jay P Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens I’m going to show you my three favorite DIY solutions for reflectors. Then how to use them and the quality of light that they give. Number one from the Dollar Store, $1.35. $1.65 here in California. The Dollar Store here is $1.65 now. […]

Filed Under: Beginning Lighting Tutorials, Behind the Scenes, DIY, Equipment, Laws of Light, Lighting Tutorials, Photography & Video Lighting Articles, Photography Tutorial

How to do Long Term Time-lapse

January 10, 2022 By Morgan

 Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens we’re going to take a look at how to get great long-term time-lapse. What do I mean by long-term time-lapse? Things that take longer than a couple hours to accomplish. Things that take months or weeks to accomplish like building a building or […]

Filed Under: Behind the Scenes, Camera Settings, DIY, Equipment, Photography Tutorial, Product Review, Time-lapse

Better Than A Soft Box, Inexpensive Product Lighting Solution

November 29, 2021 By Morgan

 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 […]

Filed Under: Beginning Lighting Tutorials, Behind the Scenes, DIY, Intermediate Lighting Tutorials, Laws of Light, Lighting Tutorials, Photography & Video Lighting Articles, Photography Tutorial

How To Make Your Videos Interesting With Unique Camera Angles And DIY Rigs

August 23, 2021 By Morgan

 Using 120 frames a second and some speed ramping in post, plus some physical effects, to make a really boring subject matter super engaging and exciting to watch. Let’s take a look at how we did each one of these shots. As a filmmaker, and especially as a commercial filmmaker, you’re faced with the […]

Filed Under: Behind the Scenes, DIY, Equipment, Photography & Video Articles, Quick Tip, Special Effects for Photo and Video, Videography

DIY Probe Lens – Inexpensive Alternative!

August 16, 2021 By Morgan

 Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens I’m going to show you how I made a rig that gives you a very similar look to a probe lens. There’s several things I like about this and I think are very successful. It certainly has some limitations. But let’s take a […]

Filed Under: Behind the Scenes, DIY, Equipment, Photography & Video Articles, Photography Tutorial, Special Effects for Photo and Video, Uncategorized, Videography

Stop Motion Photography! How to Make Money!

May 7, 2020 By Morgan

Stop Motion Photography! How To Make Money!

How to make money in Stop Motion Photography. There are 3 things we want to talk about to give you good information on this subject. What equipment do you really need to have? What do you charge to do Stop Motion? How to get clients? We will cover these 3 things and give you a […]

Filed Under: Behind the Scenes, Business Tips, DIY, Equipment, Gear Sweepstakes, Photography Tutorial, Stop Motion Photography, Uncategorized

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