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.
A softbox can give amazing soft light, but it can also spill light where you might not want it. That’s when a softbox grid or egg crate can be the perfect tool for the job and as Gavin Hoey demonstrates in this video, a softbox with a grid gives you more control of the angle of light while maintaining its softness.
Gavin runs through a few simple lighting set-ups before moving on to Photoshop for a quick tip on color toning.
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Photos by Gavin Hoey
