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Camera Basics: Understanding Shutter Speed

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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. […]

Laws of Light: How Lighting Diagrams can IMPROVE Your Images

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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 […]

How to do STOP MOTION with Your PHONE!

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Today we are going to learn Trisha’s trips and tricks in order to make great stop motion with your phone! So I’m going to turn it over to Trisha to walk us through all of her tips. A lot of these tips apply whether you are using your camera or your phone. These are really […]

WIDE, TIGHT & INTERESTING. How to get the BEST B-Roll

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Today on The Slanted Lens I’m here in the SKB factory just gliding around. I’m looking for good B-roll to add to the doc style shoot we did of the owners here at SKB. So what we’re going to do is talk about what B-roll is – how to get it and how to light […]

UPSIDE DOWN Ball Head!!! WILL IT WORK?! Platyball

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Hi this is Jay P Morgan and we’re out in the wilds of Los Angeles where we’ve discovered a new species of animal. It’s an upside-down ball called the Platyball. It’s completely upside down in comparison to the traditional ball head you might have seen before. This new upside-down ball head is migrating and it’s […]

Event Photography! How to Make Money and What to Charge! $$$

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Today on TSL we’re going to answer the comments and questions we got on how to make money with event photography! Great lesson, great comments, great questions, but I wish Paul was here to help me because there’s so much great information – we want you to know how to make money and know how […]

Blackmagic Pocket 6k VS Panasonic S1H

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Today we’re going to take a look at these 2 cameras: Blackmagic Pocket Cinema 6Kvs the Panasonic Lumix S1H. So they’re not exactly in the same price range, but they’re certainly more close than most cameras in this category. If you’re someone who’s looking for a more cinematic option, not like a real sort of […]

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