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.
Neon signs look great with portraits but they’re not an everyday studio item. LED tubes work well too and have become increasingly accessible but they offer a limited range of shapes. In this video photographer Gavin Hoey shows you how to add neon style shape to the background of your studio portraits, with a little help from Photoshop.
As Gavin explains, the trick to making this technique work starts with the light on your subject. It needs to look like there really is a neon background in the shot, even though there really isn’t. Follow along as Gavin shows you step by step how to set up the flashes, add colored gels and ultimately go into Photoshop to complete the background effect.
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PRODUCTS USED:
- Olympus E-M1 Mark ii
- Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro
- Flashpont Xplor 400
- Olympus M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.2
- Glow ParaPop 28″”
- Glow EZ Lock 24×36″” Softbox
- Sekonic L-308X-U
PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT USED:
- Olympus E-M1 Mark ii
- Olympus M. Zuiko Digital 17mm f/1.8 Lens
- Olympus LS-P4 Audio Recorder
- Sennheiser Wireless Lavalier Microphone System
- Godox 100W LED light
