Photography & Video Business Tips Archives

Traveling with Lithium Ion Batteries – What Can You Take?

March 29, 2021 By Morgan Leave a Comment

What are the restrictions for flying with Lithium Ion batteries? We take a look at what you can fly with, what you can check in your bags, what you should carry on with you and what you shouldn’t take with you. What are the TSA and FAA Regulations for Traveling with Lithium Ion Batteries? Hi, […]

Photo Shoot Fraud! Don’t Get Taken!

February 8, 2021 By Morgan Leave a Comment

In this video Jay P shares with you an actual photo shoot fraud case and what to look for so that you don’t get taken by a fraudulent scam like this! Florida man, almost defrauds us here at The Slanted Lens. They even sent us a check. I got an email early in November saying, […]

Handling Rejection in the Photo Video World

September 15, 2016 By Morgan 6 Comments

Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Everyone in business will, at some point or another, deal with rejection. We tend to take rejection very personally in the creative photo and video industries, because often times we’re connected to our work emotionally. We feel like when someone rejects our work they are rejecting us. But today on The […]

5 Ways to Get a Video Photo Mentor and 6 Reasons You Need One

May 5, 2016 By Morgan 2 Comments

Hi this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens we’re gonna talk about mentors. How to get one, and why you need one. There are several reasons you need a mentor. If you look at a lot of the great successful people in history they’ve had someone that they’ve patterned their lives after. […]

TSL Flying with Your Equipment For a Photo Shoot – Headed to Gettysburg

November 17, 2015 By Morgan 6 Comments

Hi this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens we are headed to Gettysburg. I’m going to show you the things that we’re packing to take with us on our shoot. This shoot is unusual because it’s just Julene and I. So I packed accordingly. Julene doesn’t like to carry a lot of […]

Combining Time-lapse and Video at Sunset

September 17, 2015 By Judy 3 Comments

Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens we’re looking at combining three things: two axis motion, time-lapse, and live action footage to give us a unique shot. We’re shooting on the 3rd Street bridge in Los Angeles, using our Genie, Genie Mini and Magic Carpet from Syrp. This is […]

8 Questions to Ask Before Estimating a Photo Shoot

June 5, 2015 By Morgan 3 Comments

The phone rings. It’s a client! They want an estimate … now what do you do? Today on The Slanted Lens, I am going to give you eight simple questions, or line of questions, to ask to make sure you can create a great estimate for any client that will earn money.

Step 2: A Photographer’s Steps to Working in Advertising

February 14, 2013 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Part 2 on a photographers’s steps to working in advertising. Now that you have a non-photography hobby, it is time to have fun with it!

Step 1: A Photographer’s Steps to Working in Advertising

November 29, 2012 By Morgan Leave a Comment

A Photographer’s Steps to Working in Advertising Step 1: Find a Hobby By Jay P Morgan If you’re a photographer and you want to get started in the advertising industry, one way to start is to get a hobby. Nice try: not photography! It’s not a hobby. It’s your profession. So branch outside the world […]