The Slanted Lens
With more than two decades of experience Jay P. Morgan brings to his commercial studio two special qualities: a keen appreciation of the bizarre and a knack for flawlessly executing elaborate shots. As a result, the studio’s signature style– imaginative, highly staged “vignettes” which typically flout every convention from gravity to propriety– has won national and international recognition as well as a steady roster of major clients. The disarming freshness and outlandish perspective make the work interesting and visually arresting....
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A Lighting Tutorial
By JPMorgan | March 06, 2013
In today's TSL lesson we are going way back to the very basics of a one light setup to light a face. Our talent Tiffany Taylor is beautiful and it's very easy to demonstrate on her face. Everything in the world is a ball, a cube or a cylinder. The human face is nothing...
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A Lighting Tutorial
By JPMorgan | January 29, 2013
This post is a lighting breakdown of a shoot I did last year. I had the opportunity to shoot Rafael Marquez in Mexico City for the FMF. He is a world class soccer player for Mexico and a great guy. We were going to shoot several shots that would need to freeze him in mid air as he...
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A Lighting Tutorial
By JPMorgan | January 18, 2013
In today's TSL lesson we are back in New York City shooting in Times Square. I wanted to explore shooting Bokeh with all the intense lighting of Times Square. Not to mention the incredible energy you feel just being there.
The term "bokeh" comes from Japanese and means "blur" or...
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A Lighting Tutorial
By JPMorgan | January 11, 2013
I shot a commercial for Los Gringos Loco on the Red using one of my favorite special effects...Fire! In this back yard barbecue we see everything go up in flames. The goal was to shoot both video and stills that the restaurant will use for advertising purposes. Creating fire is one of...
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A Lighting Tutorial
By JPMorgan | January 08, 2013
1. Today's TSL lesson is a look at how to light a large space at night. Some may think it takes a tremendous amount of equipment to shoot a large space at night but this is not the case. 2 or 3 well placed strobe heads will create a very effective look....
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A Lighting Tutorial.
By JPMorgan | November 30, 2012
We have been shooting out at Vasquez rocks to day and for our last shot we are going to do a shot of a woman dressed as a warrior princess. We will suspend her on a rig to get her feet off the ground so she can place her feet in a variety of positions that would not be possible otherwise unless she was a master ninja. If you follow The Slanted Lens you will see us use this rig often. We will use an air canon to create an interesting layer of smoke behind the talent. We use an air canon rather than a Rosco smoker because Vasquez rocks does not allow smoke machines. Its a bit of an outdated rule because the new smoke machines are water based and non toxic and leave no residue. Lets see how we broke this image down.
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A lighting tutorial!
By JPMorgan | November 10, 2012
In today's Slanted Lens lesson we will take a look at depth of field as a creative tool while shooting some fashion shots on location at Vasquez Rocks. We will use a simple 2 light set up to shoot beautiful Gabrielle Tuite and look at how different lens focal lengths give us different depth of field options. We will look at what lens choice will give us a shallow depth and what lens choice will give us a more scenic deep depth of field. Vasquez is the perfect place to look at depth of field. It's one of the most photographed places in Southern California. It has a long history of film making. It has been in Star Track "Captain Kurk and the Lizard fight", Austin Powers, Bonanza, John Carter, and many many more. It has a very strong rock point that is graphic and the reason I wanted to shoot here. We will use that as a graphic element in our shots. Let's take a look at depth of field as a creative tool.
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A lighting tutorial for photography and video.
By JPMorgan | October 12, 2012
By Jay P. Morgan1. A great lighting tool is the Ring Light or Ring Flash. The Ring Light was invented in the 1950's as a light source to capture medical images. Fashion photographers and DP's soon found this great light source and used it to shoot people. It's perfect because it creates a wonderful highlight on the skin and allows the shadows to fall away from the camera. This video is a look at how to use a Ring Light or Ring Flash. In this image we used a Ring Flash as a key light. Let's look at the different uses of the Ring Light and break down the lighting for this image.
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A lighting Tutorial
By JPMorgan | October 06, 2012
The lens or Focal length of the lens you choose has a profound impact on the image. It effects the perspective, background, and features of the subject. Everyone should understand what the different focal lengths do to the human face and how they change the background. Why do you choose a 135 mm lens to shoot a head shot of a beautiful woman but use a 24mm to shoot a clown?
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By Jay P. Morgan | July 30, 2012
In this Slanted Lens lighting tutorial we take a look at using smoke as a creative tool. I'm going to concentrate on using smoke to create a silhouette and to show sun-rays.
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