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The Slanted Lens BTS

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A couple of years ago, well-known photographer Jay P. Morgan asked me to shoot some behind-the-scenes video footage for his instructional photography series called The Slanted Lens. I had mostly forgotten about these projects until I stumbled upon one of them today and then proceeded to dig up a few of the other ones I shot for him.  They’re a great series on lighting and you should check them out for the instruction content as the stuff I shot is mostly utilitarian… with a dash of style ;)  Here they are.  And yes, that is me hanging in a suspension rig pretending to be a soccer player.

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Another Year in 24 Hours

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My wife really wanted to participate in a local 24-hour filmmaking marathon competition last weekend so, naturally, she wanted me to shoot and edit for her. From 10am Friday morning until 10am Saturday morning, 30 teams of (up to) five members each made 3-minute films with the following criteria: The theme of the movie had to be “anniversary” and there had to be a cake, and the line of dialogue “I really wanted to…” in the film. “Another Year” is what we were able to create in that time. With planning and buying the props we needed, we didn’t start shooting until about 4:30pm and wrapped at about 11pm. The shoot was pretty simple but was complicated a bit on my end with the type of lights we were using and the two bokeh-forming-words effect we wanted to do.