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 makes shows you how it’s not as challenging as you think.
One of the first light modifiers most photographers buy is an umbrella. In this video, Gavin gives you two very different uses for the translucent shoot-through umbrella. You’ll discover just how this versatile lighting tool can be used to create moody headshots and evenly lit shots in a small studio.
After taking the photos, follow Gavin into Photoshop CC where he combines five photos to produce a very unique portrait sequence.
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Photos by Gavin Hoey
