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.
Mixing ambient and flash can be tricky enough when you’re shooting on a sunny day but when the ambient light level drops it becomes even harder.
In this video, Gavin Hoey shares some tips for finding the right exposure to seamlessly mix flash and low-powered Christmas lights in one exposure. This technique isn’t limited to still life objects – the technique shown by Gavin would be exactly the same if you were shooting a portrait on location or in a studio.
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Photos by Gavin Hoey
