Sony a1, What Not To Do!

October 31, 2022 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens I have to admit I screwed up when I shot the Sony A1 versus the Canon R5c. I saw a crop factor. I was confused by it. But I was getting it and consistently getting it. And of course I heard all the comments […]

Tamron 50-400mm Review – The Lens That Shoots It All!

October 24, 2022 By Morgan Leave a Comment

I love that this lens is so versatile! This 50-400mm F/4.5-6.3 Tamron lens is a great telephoto zoom that does it all: Wildlife, Sports, Landscapes, Portraits, Macro, Travel and Street Photography. It’s very compact and easy to travel with. We tested it out in a lot of different scenarios. It really does have an […]

Best Travel Tripod I Have Ever Used! Really!!!

October 17, 2022 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens we’re going to review, probably the most unique tripod I have ever seen. It’s like the Swiss army knife of tripods. At first when I got it I wasn’t sure about it. But as I’ve used it I realize that there’s a lot of […]

DIY RGB Portraits On A Budget

October 3, 2022 By Morgan Leave a Comment

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 […]

How To Light & Photograph A Car

September 19, 2022 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens we’re going to take a look at how to light a car. There are some simple steps you can go through to get a beautiful image of a car every time. They’re not difficult and does not take a lot of equipment. It’s […]

How to Shoot, Edit and Stitch a Panoramic Landscape

September 12, 2022 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Hi, this is Jay P Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens we’re here in Iceland. Yes, we’re in Iceland. We’ve been having a wonderful time here the last few days. We’re on the Golden Circle going to several different places here in Iceland. This is a falls and I’m going to butcher it but […]

How I Shoot Tri-X Black And White Film

September 5, 2022 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens I’m going to talk about my favorite black and white film to shoot and that is Tri-X, Tri-X 400 ISO film. You know, back in the day when you’re shooting film and you shot mostly 100 ISO film because you really wanted fine […]

Landscape Photo Editing In Camera Raw

August 22, 2022 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens I’m going to show you how to take this image and turn into this image, using camera raw. So let’s get started and see what we can do. So in Iceland I really wanted to photograph this falls. And the way you say […]

Portraits on Location with Portable Backdrops

August 15, 2022 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens we are traveling through small little towns way off from the beaten path going through Utah into Arizona and then Nevada. And our goal is just to find interesting people to photograph. We’re going to stop and ask at a restaurant or a […]

Natural Light Portraits Made Easy With The Sun and Umbrella

August 8, 2022 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens I’m going to show you something that I do often when I’m shooting outside in direct sun and I don’t want to have to use my strobe, my FJ400, or I don’t have my FJ400. Then I go directly to a shoot through […]

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