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6 Stunning Portrait Techniques Using The Handheld SmokeNINJA Pro

January 21, 2025 By Morgan

(If you want to watch the tutorial go to The Slanted Lens on YouTube!) Handheld smoke machines like the SmokeNINJA Pro have revolutionized smoke on set. You know, they’re small enough you can get a little steam in a cup of coffee but powerful enough you can haze this entire room and give you great […]

Filed Under: Advanced Lighting Tutorials, Intermediate Lighting Tutorials, Photography & Video Lighting Articles, Photography Tutorial, Portraits, Product Review, Special Effects for Photo and Video

9 Cinematic Camera Moves To Improve Your Videos

December 3, 2024 By Morgan

(If you want to watch the video go to The Slanted Lens on YouTube!) Let’s look at nine camera moves that will improve your cinematic and your doc style shooting. We’ve got the C-PAN Arm here from 9.Solutions. The C-PAN Arm II is going to help us to look at nine different camera moves to […]

Filed Under: Behind the Scenes, Equipment, Special Effects for Photo and Video, Videography

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

How To Create A Fantasy Photoshoot With Unique Lighting & A7R 5 – Photography Tutorial

January 23, 2023 By Morgan

(If you want to watch the video go here!) Hey everybody what happens when you mix a Sony a7R V with a Westcott Optical Spot and you throw in wings from Mother Pluckers? That’s got to be amazing! Let’s do a portrait on set. I’m super excited to be on set again here today. So […]

Filed Under: Behind the Scenes, Intermediate Lighting Tutorials, Laws of Light, lighting diagram, Lighting Tutorials, Photography & Video Lighting Articles, Photography Tutorial, Portraits, Special Effects for Photo and Video

Variable ND Filters – How, Why and When to Use Them For Video and Photography

March 7, 2022 By Morgan

Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens we’re going to take a look at ND filters. How you set them up and why you use them. But first, our segment today is sponsored by Nisi Optics. They make great filters. But let’s get to why you use an ND filter. Because […]

Filed Under: Behind the Scenes, Camera Settings, Equipment, Landscape, Photography & Video Articles, Photography Tutorial, Product Review, Special Effects for Photo and Video, Stop Motion Photography, Time-lapse, Videography

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

How To Capture Stunning Water Drop Photos – New Splash Kit

May 10, 2021 By Morgan

The New Miops Water Drop Kit will help you create and capture stunning Splash Photos. In this video Jay P demonstrates step by step how to use the Miops Splash Kit to create stunning splash images from water drops. WATCH IT HERE: Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens we’re going […]

Filed Under: Behind the Scenes, Equipment, Photography Tutorial, Product Review, Special Effects for Photo and Video

Spacing Out: Lighting Small Spaces With Rosco LED Light Tape

November 9, 2017 By Morgan

Today on The Slanted Lens I’m showing you how to light and shoot in small spaces. I’m using Rosco’s LED Tape VariWhite Gaffer Kit to light the inside of a space helmet- you won’t want to miss it!  Rosco’s LED Tape VariWhite Gaffer Kit This LED Tape is fabulous because it’s just small strips of  […]

Filed Under: Behind the Scenes, Equipment, Lighting Tutorials, Photography Tutorial, Portraits, Special Effects for Photo and Video

Killer-Clown Makeup

October 19, 2017 By Morgan

Today on The Slanted Lens, Teri Groves, an amazing Hollywood makeup artist, is walking us through applying killer-clown makeup. If you want to know how to channel your inner Pennywise, check out this lesson and make sure you and/or your subjects look the part this Halloween. So what did you think? Will you be dressing […]

Filed Under: Behind the Scenes, Special Effects for Photo and Video

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