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 primary uses of a softbox is to give soft lighting, but with so many sizes available, which one should you use? That’s the question Gavin Hoey sets out to answer in this video by comparing small, medium and large softboxes. Gavin goes on to demonstrate why large softboxes are needed by using the 7’ Westcott Parabolic Umbrella in a shoot.
After the photo session, Gavin jumps into Photoshop where he shows you a few tricks to regain some control of the light from a large softbox.
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- Flashpoint RoveLight 600
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- Westcott 7’ Parabolic Silver Umbrella
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Photos by Gavin Hoey
