Maximize Shallow Depth of Field Portraits

Maximize Shallow Depth of Field Portraits

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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.

Shallow depth of field portraits is a perfect technique to use in any small home studio but there’s more to it then simply shooting with a wide aperture. In this video Gavin Hoey will pass on his top tips on how to get the feeling of maximum shallow depth of field on your portraits and also what to avoid.
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https://youtu.be/GiCj9svU8Ic
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Photos by Gavin Hoey
https://www.instagram.com/thegavinhoey

Gavin Hoey
Adorama TV

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