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.
Taking great portraits in a home studio has its challenges, but here Gavin shows you how it’s not as challenging as you think.
Shooting against a dark background can cause problems, especially if your subject is wearing dark cloths. Fortunately, Gavin Hoey has a couple of tricks and tips to avoid his model blending into the background. In this video you’ll see how using a second flash to light the background, or as a hair light, can really lift the subject away from the background.
Only have one light? Well Gavin has that covered too and he also has some great Photoshop tips to pass share with you.
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Photos by Gavin Hoey
