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.
Backgrounds can play a big part in your portraits and there are many ways to create your own custom backdrop. In this video photographer Gavin Hoey literally walks you through how he created these amazing backgrounds out of thin air using a strip of cheap LED lights. Of course a great background needs a great model and luckily Adorama’s very own Mark Wallace was on hand to help Gavin out!
Related products at Adorama
- Olympus OMD E-M5 Mark ii
- Olympus Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro
- Sekonic L-308S Flashmate
- Flashpoint StreakLight 360 Ws Creative Collection
- Glow ParaPop 28″” R Softbox
- Flashpoint 7′ AutoStand
Photos by Gavin Hoey
