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.
In this video Gavin Hoey takes you through his process of using fake walls, made of fabric, for a portrait shoot in his small home studio. Gavin’s idea is to create the feeling of depth by lighting his model but letting the far corner drop in to dark shadow. It sounds simple enough but in order for the set-up to work, Gavin will have to compromise on his vision and come up with some creative lighting solutions. Problem solving and compromise, it’s all part of the photographic process.
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PRODUCTS USED:
- Olympus E-M1 Mark ii
- Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro
- Flashpoint eVOLV 200 Pro
- Glow HexaPop 24″” Portable Softbox
- Flashpoint R2 Pro Transmitter
- Color Checker Passport
- BlackRapid Classic Retro RS-4
PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT USED:
- Olympus E-M1 Mark ii
- Olympus M. Zuiko Digital 17mm f/1.8 Lens
- Olympus LS-P4 Audio Recorder
- Sennheiser Wireless Lavalier Microphone System
- Godox 100W LED light
