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Better Than A Soft Box, Inexpensive Product Lighting Solution

November 29, 2021 By Morgan Leave a Comment

 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 […]

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Best Product Lighting – Top Back Lighting – Laws of Light Tutorial

August 30, 2021 By Morgan Leave a Comment

 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 […]

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Stop Using Just Soft Light. It Is Killing Your Images!

July 16, 2021 By Morgan Leave a Comment

 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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GFX 100S Hands On Camera Review And Location Photo Shoot

June 28, 2021 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Fujifilm GFX 100S Hands on Review and Fantasy Portrait Photo Shoot. Jay P. talks about what he likes about the medium format camera and why you should consider it. He also demonstrates how to set up and light a Fantasy Portrait. Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens, we’re going to […]

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How To Capture Stunning Water Drop Photos – New Splash Kit

May 10, 2021 By Morgan Leave a Comment

The New Miops Water Drop Kit will help you create and capture stunning Splash Photos. In this video Jay P demonstrates step by step how to use the Miops Splash Kit to create stunning splash images from water drops. WATCH IT HERE: Hi, this is Jay P. Morgan. Today on The Slanted Lens we’re going […]

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4 Steps Every Photographer Should Know To Master Strobe and Sunlight

September 24, 2020 By Morgan Leave a Comment

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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Nikon D780 VS Canon 5D Mark IV VS Sony A7 III! Could the Nikon D780 be the BEST DSLR Video?

March 5, 2020 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Today we are very excited to be reviewing the Nikon D780 and comparing it to the Sony A7 III and Canon 5D Mark VI! This Nikon update has all of the top of the line for the entry-level camera, It’s not the D850 – so it’s 24 megapixels but it has a really nice processor, […]

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How to do STOP MOTION with Your PHONE!

February 27, 2020 By Morgan Leave a Comment

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 […]

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Are Expensive Lenses a WASTE OF MONEY? Sigma 50mm vs Panasonic 50mm Lens Comparison!

February 20, 2020 By Morgan Leave a Comment

Today on the Slanted Lens we are taking a look at the Sigma 50mm 1.4 lens compared to the Panasonic Lumix s Pro 50mm 1.4 lens. Both of these lenses are L mount lenses, which is kind of becoming a bigger deal as time goes on – Panasonic has L mount cameras, Sigma has L […]

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Go Wide or Go Home! Get Creative New Tamron Sony 20mm Lens

February 13, 2020 By Morgan Leave a Comment

I’ve just arrived here in Yosemite and I’m going to shoot this entire weekend with nothing but this Tamron 20mm lens! We’re out here in Yosemite for a couple reasons. At this time of the year the full moon is going to be rising just as the sun goes down, but the main reason we’re […]

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