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.
One of the advantages of studio photography is you’re not at the mercy of the weather. When you have a small home studio, rain won’t stop you from photographing but you can still take advantage of the atmosphere it creates.
In this video tutorial, Gavin Hoey shows you two ways to create the feeling of a rainy day inside a studio. First, he creates a rainy window portrait that has the look of someone gazing out while their reflection looks back in. Then, using a transparent umbrella, Gavin adds some mood lighting to a stylized inside, outside rainy portrait.
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PRODUCTS USED:
- Olympus E-M1 Mark iii
- Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 Pro
- Flashpoint XPLOR 300 Pro
- Glow S2 Round Flash S-type Bowens Mount Bracket
- Glow ParaPop 28″ Softbox
- Flashpoint Background Support System
- Tether Tools AeroTab
