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5 Window Light Portrait Positions

January 11, 2021 By Morgan

5 Window Light Portrait Positions

 Hi this Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens I’ve got Rai here with me. Rai is from London. We’re going to show you how to set up the five lighting portrait positions using the window and how to control the light. The first thing we did in this room is we got […]

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4 Steps Every Photographer Should Know To Master Strobe and Sunlight

September 24, 2020 By Morgan

Balancing Strobes With Sunlight Four easy steps for balancing strobes with ambient light. Follow this formula. Today on The Slanted Lens I’m out here with Chanda AM, and Chanda is going to help me illustrate how to balance ambient light with strobes. I love shooting in this situation with ambient light and strobe light. I […]

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How To Use LED Lights For Portraits In Still Photography And Video

August 20, 2020 By Morgan

Portrait Lighting with LED lights Stop putting the light in the wrong place. Understand these simple basic principles of a three light setup. It’ll save you every single time. Today on The Slanted Lens I have Camila here with me. Camila is going to help us look at a three light setup using LEDs. The […]

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Softbox Comparison – Which one should you buy? Laws of Light

July 16, 2020 By Morgan

Soft box Comparison: <iframe width=”700″ height=”400″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/2DXF1kHVUKg” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture” allowfullscreen></iframe> Thinking about buying a soft box? Let’s take a look at all of the different sizes and interior colors and see which one is best for you. We want to thank Westcott for providing all of our soft boxes that we […]

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How To Look Your Best On A Webcam Video Call

June 24, 2020 By Morgan

 Learn the do’s and don’ts of how to light your video Zoom, FaceTime or Skype calls. Jay P demonstrates how to improve your lighting so you can look professional and make a better impression in your video conference calls. Today I am going to talk about a Zoom, Skype or FaceTime call that will […]

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Camera Basics: Understanding Shutter Speed

April 2, 2020 By Morgan

Do you know your camera basics? Today we dive into shutter speed and teach you all the ways you can use shutter speed to unlock your creativity and expand your photography style. Learn how to show fluid movement or capture a split second and what styles of photography these shutters speed options are best for. […]

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Laws of Light: Mastering the Beauty Dish

March 26, 2020 By Morgan

Learn how to use a beauty dish INSIDE and OUT in our latest video in the Laws of Light series! We take this amazing collapsible beauty dish from Westcott from our studio setup to an epic sunset to show you how to truly master the beauty dish.

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Creating Emotion with DRAMATIC Camera Moves – DEAD or ALIVE!!!

March 19, 2020 By Morgan

It’s amazing the tension and emotion you can create with a couple simple, yet DRAMATIC camera moves. We used the new edelkrone jib to bring this little storyline to life.

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Laws of Light: How Lighting Diagrams can IMPROVE Your Images

March 12, 2020 By Morgan

It’s about time we go over lighting diagrams and see how I’ve used them for 35 years and see how they’ll help you in the next 35 years of your lighting. Let’s take a look! I’ve been shooting commercially for almost 40 years, and in the beginning of that process, I just became completely obsessed […]

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Nikon D780 VS Canon 5D Mark IV VS Sony A7 III! Could the Nikon D780 be the BEST DSLR Video?

March 5, 2020 By Morgan

Today we are very excited to be reviewing the Nikon D780 and comparing it to the Sony A7 III and Canon 5D Mark VI! This Nikon update has all of the top of the line for the entry-level camera, It’s not the D850 – so it’s 24 megapixels but it has a really nice processor, […]

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