(If you want to see the video go to The Slanted Lens on YouTube!) Should I make a softbox or should I buy one? My pieces of foam core from the dollar store cost me $15 to make a softbox. My Westcott softbox cost me $70. Can I get the same quality of portrait from […]
Soft Box vs Beauty Dish, Which is Better For Portraits?
(If you want to watch the video 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 a beauty dish versus a softbox. Can you tell the difference? Which one looks better? Which one’s softer? Which one’s going to give […]
3 Retro Portrait Lighting Setups Featuring The Tamron 90mm Macro Lens
(If you want to watch the video to to The Slanted Lens on YouTube!) Does a 90 mm lens make a great portrait lens? I think it makes an incredible portrait lens. We’re going to look at that new lens from Tamron. It’s a 90mm macro. It’s made both for Nikon and for Sony, F/2.8. […]
Softbox vs Umbrella, Don’t Make This Rookie Mistake!
Don’t make this mistake when you buy your first modifier. We’re going to take a look at a square soft box, a round soft box and an umbrella. Which one is best for you? Don’t waste your money! Buy the right thing the first time. Let’s get started and see what we can do. I […]
Camera Settings, Lens Choice & Lighting For A Product Shot On Location
(If you want to watch the video go here!) Hi, this is Jay P. Today on The Slanted Lens we’re going to take a look at doing a product shot on location. We’ll look at lens choice, camera settings and then we’ll talk a little bit about why shooting on location, focus stacking and how […]
Outdoor Product Photography, Up Your Game, Shoot Tethered!
(If you want to watch the video go here!) So I’m on location, we’re doing a product shot, I need to tether to my computer. But I want to have the right monitor settings so that in the sunlight I can see my image and see it right. I’m going to use a Datacolor Spyder […]
Camera Settings When Using Strobes
(If you want to watch the video go here!) Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens we’re going to take a look at strobe power versus aperture and shutter. I get this question from listeners all the time saying, “What aperture should I use? What shutter should I use? I’m going […]
Better Than A Soft Box, Inexpensive Product Lighting Solution
Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. You know what, when you’re doing product photography soft boxes are not always the solution. There’s a technique that product photographers have been using for years that gives them beautiful highlights. Highlights they can scale to what they’re photographing. And the ability to really create things in tight […]
Best Product Lighting – Top Back Lighting – Laws of Light Tutorial
The Best Approach to Product Photography Lighting is Top Back Lighting. It is the foundation for all product photography. Learn how to get impressive images from this photography tutorial about top back lighting. This is one of the best ways to light your product shots or food photography. This is my favorite lighting when […]
Stop Using Just Soft Light. It Is Killing Your Images!
Hi, this Jay P. Morgan. Today on the Laws of Light I want to talk about different qualities of light, mixing different qualities of light in the same image. We talk so often about feathering and cutting and augmenting light, but rarely do we talk about the fact that sometimes you need two or […]
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