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Portrait Tutorial – Tips on How To Use a Large Umbrella

June 4, 2025 By Morgan

Two smiling photographers with a large umbrella light behind them.

(If you want to watch the video tutorial go to The Slanted Lens on YouTube!) Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on the Slanted Lens we’re going to take a look at lighting with a 7-foot umbrella. Not a shoot through umbrella, but an umbrella with a black back on it. So it’s going […]

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

How To Change Image Perspective vs Zooming Your Lens

December 16, 2024 By Morgan

Portrait of a woman in an outdoor setting with the text 'Changing Perspective'.

(If you want to watch the video go to The Slanted Lens on YouTube!) If you think zooming your lens is changing the perspective you’re absolutely wrong. Zooming your lens is just cropping into the image. Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan here from The Slanted Lens. I’ve got Jenly with me. We’re going to […]

Filed Under: Photography Tutorial, Portraits

How To Modify An LED Light Panel

April 5, 2021 By Morgan

 You can take one of the most boring lights in the world and make it look pretty interesting. These flat panel LEDs can be very difficult to modify, and most people use them incorrectly. They just throw them up and aim them directly at your talent. When you do that, you get very, very […]

Filed Under: Behind the Scenes, Equipment, Laws of Light, lighting diagram, Lighting Tutorials, Photography Tutorial

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 […]

Filed Under: Beginning Lighting Tutorials, Lighting Tutorials, Photography Tutorial

Crazy Huge Imax Lens – Amazing Street Portraits

January 4, 2021 By Morgan

What the heck is that huge lens? That Crazy Huge Lens is an IMAX Lens. You will be surprised at the cool street portraits we got with this thing. Take a look at how Jay P rigged this with his Canon EOS R camera and the amazing results. This is Jay P Morgan. Today on […]

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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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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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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: Umbrellas DON’T SUCK! Your Lighting Does! Find Out Why!

December 5, 2019 By Morgan

This is Jay P Morgan and today on TSL I’ve got Regan Savannah. We’re going to talk about umbrellas! People have forgotten about umbrellas, they don’t use umbrellas, and they’re a gorgeous way to light. So let’s take a look at them – see how to use them, set them up, and see the different […]

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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 […]

Filed Under: Camera News, Uncategorized

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