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QuickTip: Shooting Effective Thumbnails and Why You Need Them

June 27, 2017 By Morgan

A picture is worth a thousand words. It’s also a great way to start a video- thumbnails! Today on The Slanted Lens we are talking about the need to shoot stills for thumbnails when you shoot video. The Importance of Thumbnails No matter what you are filming, from interviews to marketing videos, you need to […]

Filed Under: Photography & Video Articles, Quick Tip, Uncategorized, Workflow

Quick Tip: How to Maximize the Usable Distance of Your C-Stand

June 20, 2017 By Morgan

The C-Stand Controversy Today on The Slanted Lens we are going to be confronting the C-stand controversy! Whenever I talk about C-stands people ask me where they should put the legs; so I have decided to tackle this question once and for all! The “Film School” Way to Set Up a C-Stand Why do we use C-stands? […]

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Using Sound to Fire Your Strobes

December 10, 2015 By Morgan

Using Sound to Fire Strobes

Visit our store to buy your Keep on Clickin’ t-shirts! Hi I’m Jay P. Morgan and today on The Slanted Lens I’m going to teach you how to fire your strobes using sound. Today’s lesson comes to you through a lot of trial and error. That’s just the nature of the beast when you’re triggering […]

Filed Under: Advanced Lighting Tutorials, Lighting Tutorials, Photography Tutorial, Uncategorized

Lighting Reflectors: A Lighting Tutorial

October 30, 2011 By Morgan

using reflectors | Lighting Tutorial

In this lighting tutorial we take a look at the basics of lighting reflectors and how to use them on location. This is a beginning look at reflectors.

Filed Under: Beginning Lighting Tutorials, Lighting Tutorials, Posts

Suspension Rig:A Special Effects Lighting Lesson

June 10, 2011 By Morgan

Suspension Rig- Jay P. Morgan with the Slanted Lens

I love to create images that require special effects. Many times I have turned to suspension to solve the photographic problems that are presented to me by Art directors

Filed Under: Advanced Lighting Tutorials, Posts

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