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Creating Emotion with DRAMATIC Camera Moves – DEAD or ALIVE!!!

March 19, 2020 By Morgan

It’s amazing the tension and emotion you can create with a couple simple, yet DRAMATIC camera moves. We used the new edelkrone jib to bring this little storyline to life.

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Laws of Light: How Lighting Diagrams can IMPROVE Your Images

March 12, 2020 By Morgan

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 […]

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

January 30, 2020 By Morgan

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 […]

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

January 23, 2020 By Morgan

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 […]

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Sigma FP VS Panasonic S1H – ULTIMATE CAMERA COMPARISON

January 16, 2020 By Morgan

Today on The Slanted Lens we’ve got Shasta with us to help us take a look at the Sigma FP VS Panasonic S1H. Big thanks to Samy’s Camera for helping us get the lenses for this review. Also big thank you to B&H for providing the cameras for this lesson. Today we really want to […]

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

December 12, 2019 By Morgan

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 […]

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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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FUJIFILM X-T3 vs SONY a6600

November 21, 2019 By Morgan

Today we are going to take a look at the Sony A6600 and the FUJI X-T3. We just got back from the ally’s of Pasadena where we shot great footage of how these 2 cameras compare, and then we lost it all. It’s a shame, because it’s probably the best footage you would have ever […]

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Laws of Light: DRAMATIC Lighting for Character Movement!

October 9, 2019 By Morgan

With the help of our Platypod stands, we were able to light this ally way and demonstrate how to create dramatic pools of light for subjects to move through, making for a cinematic look that gives the scene much more depth and intention. Characters don’t stand still, they move through the scene, and you want […]

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Top 10 Tools Photographers Need for Photographing Food

September 19, 2019 By Morgan

10 items that Anna has in her food styling kit! You’re not going to want to miss this! If you’re a wedding photographer, you shoot food. if you don’t think so, that’s why your food looks so bad. Head to TheSlantedLens.com/courses and buy that food styling kit. Hi, this is Jay P Morgan and today […]

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