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I know the title says something about lighting modifiers, but after seeing the last installment of the slanted lens I figured I'd mess around with their timing and start the show where they make camera cookies. (did someone say mother's day?)

Of course, they also pixel peep the heck out of photoflex Octadomes, and showing how to build several simple lighting setups using them. I guess you are here for the lighting, right? so go the beginning of the vid for the octa lessons.

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J. P. Morgan and the team over at The Slanted Lens created a little finger-cutting-snow-dropping clip that teaches how to add artificial snow to your movies and stills.

It is another semi-carpentry, semi-lighting lesson packed with useful info. (And an obvious follow up to J. P. Morgan's Making It Rain tutorial.

You can see previous features of J. P. Morgan here.

Creating Falling Snow via The Slanted Lens Click to continue ›

Videographer J. P. Morgan put up another video describing how to shoot a time lapse. It is a bit different from the regular time-lapse sequences we usually see in two ways:

A - it is all done in a controlled studio environment using big guns, and B - it is moving the lights on a slider rather than moving the camera.

Adding up the cost of flashes, sliders and studio space, I arrived at about $36,864. I wonder if anyone out there knows if a similar thing has been done at a home friendly budget. Or is willing to take up the challenge.

Shooting Time Lapse with Strobes via The Slanted Lens Click to continue ›

Did you ever wondered what softbox you should use when doing portraiture? If you only have one softbox, there is an easy answer, but if you have several sized softboxes, knowing which one to use can usually takes lots of experience and pixel peeping.

J. P. Morgan just put up another one of his Slanted Lens instructional videos, I can do nothing but admire the scientific approach in which he compares the effect of a small, medium and large softbox has. (Hint, it involves placing a 12 by 12 shooting target on the wall). Click to continue ›

Wasn't really sure how to tag this one as far as site categories go. Ended up going in to inspiration.

It is a short flick by J. P. Morgan explaining on how to make Breakaway Glass. Breakaway glass is the glass used when you see things break in a movie, like a person going through a show window or that oh-so-common whine bottle on the head shot.

Turns out it takes very little to produce breakaway glass. The film and recipe after the jump. Click to continue ›

Jay P. Morgan over at F-stoppers just posted a great video tut showing how to make rain. It is a lot simpler that what I thought. And all it takes is fan head sprayer (like the one from your back yard).

I checked on Amazon, they go as low as $7.30.

This 3:51 video is packed with lighting tips. Aside telling how to light rain, it discusses light placement, modifiers motivation and ambient control. All with examples. For me it just felt like a workshop squeezed into half a coffee break.

RSS folks, click here to watch the video.

J. P. Morgan's How To Make A Rain Machine For Video Or Stills via fstoppers. Click to continue ›