Gavin Hoey
Gavin Hoey is a freelance photographer, writer and trainer of all things photographic. His work is regularly featured in photography magazines, websites and videos.
Gavin has a real passion for sharing his photography and Photoshop knowledge. In 2008 he started recording and uploading video tutorials to YouTube. These quickly gained a large following and to date his videos have been viewed over 20 million times.
In 2010 Gavin was the winner of Adobe’s “Next Photoshop Evangelist” competition and since then he has given training demonstrations in Photoshop, Lightroom and Photoshop Elements in the UK, Europe and the US.
In 2012 Gavin joined forces with Adorama as a presenter on Adorama TV, where he inspires and teaches photographers from around the world in the art of photography and post processing.
Fairy lights might look bright and sparkly to our eyes but compared to flash they are very dim indeed. Balancing the two can be tricky but as Gavin Hoey shows in this video it’s not impossible, all you need is a little time and a model who’s good at staying still.
After the shoot follow Gavin into Photoshop where he juggles the white balance to create a really eye catching festive portrait.
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Photos by Gavin Hoey
