Better Portraits Start Here | Take and Make Great Photography with Gavin Hoey

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.

As a portrait photographer, if you have good camera skills and good lighting, you’ll probably make some good portraits. But if you’re looking to take photos that go beyond good, you need to know this one vital tip.

In this video, photographer Gavin Hoey explains why he believes teamwork is the key to elevating your portrait photography. As the photographer, you usually have control of the lighting, the choice of location, and perhaps even the post-processing but if you combine your skills with the talents of other creative people (such as the model, make-up artist, and assistants) you can create images together that go from OK to awesome.

Using the same camera, lens, and lighting, Gavin takes you through four steps from just the model to a fully styled shoot. He even touches on the post-processing tricks he uses in Photoshop and Luminar.

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