Equipment Archives - The Slanted Lens

How to Shoot a Timelapse of the Milky Way

July 18, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

I am out in the Mojave National Preserve in this beautiful area between Vegas and Los Angeles. It’s full of Joshua trees and amazing rock formations, but I decided to come here to shoot the Milky Way! In June the Milky Way comes up and sits right on the horizon for almost 8 hours. It’s […]

6 Steps for Shooting Greenscreen!

July 11, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Today on The Slanted Lens we’re going to talk about 2 effective green screens, and then how to light them. But first, I’m going to be joined by my brother Kay P! He’s going to help us look at the Valera Creator 95 and the Valera Explorer 90. Kay P – Hi, this is Kay […]

How to Light and Color Correct Vintage Portraits – Forgotten Artists

June 18, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

We’re starting a new series here on The Slanted Lens called “Forgotten Artists”. We’re going to talk about artists and imitate their work. . Our first artist is Edna Crompton (1882-1952) who is an incredible artist from the 1920s. She specialized in illustrations and did some for Saturday Evening Post, Redbook, and Metropolitan, all in […]

13 Affordable LEDs: What to BUY and What’s BRIGHTEST!

May 23, 2019 By Morgan 2 Comments

So today we are comparing 13 different LED Lights that come in at under $1000. We compare the brightest to a 1k and see which one is the most bang for your buck. We are giving away 4 of lights from below: Savage Fresnel 1000 LED Light Mivitar Menik Bi-Color LED Fresnel Light Genaray Powerhouse […]

CRAZY!! Time-Lapse with Green Screen using edelkrone SliderONE v2

May 16, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

We are working with edelkrone today as we create a time-lapse piece using a green screen! We are using their SliderONE v2 and HeadONE to film the time-lapse, but then we are going to composite that piece with a live-action green screen scene. So what I love about this SliderONE is that it is a […]

Which LEDs are the brightest?…LED Comparison Test!

February 7, 2019 By Morgan 1 Comment

Today on The Slanted Lens, we are going to be testing some great big LED lights! I’m curious about the intensity of different LEDs. I’ve had people ask me all the time what how powerful a light, how bright is it, so we are just going to look straight at a 1k and an HMI […]

Clamps for Product and Food Photography

January 24, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Ed Rudolph is back again to show us his favorite clamps and gizmos when shooting product and food photography! Let’s dive right into it! “A” or Spring Clamp These are great for holding small things and come in a variety of shapes and sizes. You can use it to stand up mirrors to reflect the […]

One Light Portrait: Creating Contrast

January 10, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Today’s lesson is creating contrast and depth with values in one light portraits. It’s interesting because lights and darks are opposites. Whites come forward in the image, whereas blacks will recede in the back. Now we have Michael here and his hair is white so if I put him on a white background, his hair […]

8 Cinematic Gimbal Moves

January 3, 2019 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Gimbals are slowly taking the place of many large, heavy dollies, sliders, and other cinematic tools. So we are going to show you 8 cinematic gimbal moves to use in your narrative or doc-style videos! The gimbal is a fast, simple, inexpensive tool for you to get a wide variety of different angles for your […]

10 CINEMATIC Rigging Smartphone Solutions

December 13, 2018 By Morgan Leave a Comment

“There is a 5th dimension, that which is unknown to most filmmakers. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as a film camera. It is a middle grey between light and shadow, between science and creativity. It lies in the pit between man’s production fears and the summit of his image […]