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SLR Lounge Partners with DVLOP to Make the BEST Lightroom Presets!

October 29, 2019 By Morgan

An extremely exciting update from our friends at SLR Lounge; they have teamed up with DVLOP to form Visual Flow, a preset development company with a patent-pending approach to image development called “lighting condition-based processing.”  We were so blown away by these presets and the amount of control you still have to create stunning images […]

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Laws of Light: DRAMATIC Lighting for Character Movement!

October 9, 2019 By Morgan

With the help of our Platypod stands, we were able to light this ally way and demonstrate how to create dramatic pools of light for subjects to move through, making for a cinematic look that gives the scene much more depth and intention. Characters don’t stand still, they move through the scene, and you want […]

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Laws of Light: How to Light a Product

September 26, 2019 By Morgan

Today on The Slanted Lens we dive into easy product lighting with 1 and 2 lights! It’s amazing the different effects you can get with just 2 lights! In this new episode of The Laws of Light we’re going to move from the ball and cylinder to subject matter. Objects that you photograph all relate […]

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Tamron 17-28mm Lens. Best Wide Angle Lens for Sony on the Market!

August 15, 2019 By Morgan

Today on The Slanted Lens, we’re going WIDE and reviewing the Tamron 17-28mm lens on the Sony mount! I want to see if it’s as good as the 28-75mm which I love and use just about every day. I’ve got here with me, Leah Kim @gogoleah to help us test our this lens. So what […]

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Blackmagic URSA Mini G2 vs ARRI Amira!

August 8, 2019 By Morgan

Today we are taking a look at the Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro G2 vs the ARRI Amira. It’s like $6000 vs $45,000! Both of these cameras have been out for a while now and we’re going to finally put them to the test, looking at picture quality, looking at it in RAW. There are some […]

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Incredible Tamron 35-150mm Lens! Hands-On Review

July 30, 2019 By Morgan

We hit the streets of New York City to do a full hands-on review of the new incredible Tamron 35-150mm Lens. So we are here in NYC and it’s awfully noisy, but we are going to talk about the Tamron 35-150mm lens. This is an f/2.8-4 Di VC OSD Lens and I think it’s an […]

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The BEST Sony a7 R IV Camera Review!

July 24, 2019 By Morgan

We got to be one of the first to make an in-depth hands-on review of the just-announced Sony a7 R IV!

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How to Shoot a Timelapse of the Milky Way

July 18, 2019 By Morgan

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 […]

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Canon EOS R vs Sony A7 iii: Which One Should You Buy?!

July 3, 2019 By Morgan

Time to put both a Canon EOS R and a Sony A7 iii to the test! Which one will come out on top in this ultimate camera comparison?! Watch the whole video by CLICKING HERE!  Today on The Slanted Lens I’ve got Danielle Maddox with me. She’s going to help me look at these 2 […]

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One Light Portrait: What Lens to Choose?

November 15, 2018 By Morgan

Hi, this is Jay P! We’re starting a new series on The Slanted Lens called “One Light Portraits” where I take my black background out on location and capture portraits of real people while teaching a single principle at a time, so you can understand the portrait process. Today our principle is the lens! We shot […]

Filed Under: Beginning Lighting Tutorials, Equipment, Laws of Light, Lighting Tutorials, Photography & Video Lighting Articles, Photography Tutorial, Portraits, Uncategorized

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