Using a Tilt-Shift Lens for Focus Control – Video & Photography Tutorial




From Jay P. Morgan,

Today on The Slanted Lens, we are shooting out at the Yanks Air Museum in Chino, California. Here we will look at the process of using a Tilt-Shift lens for focus control.

Before we break into the lighting lesson, we will talk about how the Tilt-Shift lens works and how we will use it as a creative focus tool for our shoot today. I have a 45mm 2.8 Tilt-Shift lens. I like the focal length because it gives me a great focus effect, and I can use it in smaller spaces without distortion when shooting people.

For the lighting lesson, we are going to set up inside the C47 with the 82nd Airborne. The door will be open, and we will direct smoke to flow into the door from the Rosco 1700. We will not fight the sun but set the color balance to tungsten and let the sunlight go blue.

I will be shooting at 200th of a second shutter speed and f5.0. The ISO is set at 160. This will allow us to shoot strobes inside the airplane and balance them with the sunlight streaming in the door. We will be using Dynalite strobes today to light our scene. Keep those cameras rolling and keep on clickn’

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20 responses to “Using a Tilt-Shift Lens for Focus Control – Video & Photography Tutorial”

  1. Excellent info – you're a very good educator. Honest bit of feedback: I could hardly pay attention to your teaching because the music is so distracting in the production. If you could dial that back…or just eliminate it from the body of the video, I personally think it would be an improvement. Thanks, though, for the great info.

  2. Hey Jay P!  Patrick from way back in the day of T 106! Researching some photo gear and I came across this Vid.  Good to see your still at it!  Been at it a few years myself.  Gotta come visit you and your studio!   Good to see ya!

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