Best Focal Length for a Head Shot Portrait: Take and Make Great Photography with Gavin Hoey

Professional photographer and Photoshop editor, Gavin Hoey provides easy to understand video tutorials explaining the process of making great photography from photo shoot technique to graphic editing.

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Sometimes you get lucky with the light on a location portrait shoot and it's perfect for the look you're after. But as photographer Gavin Hoey sees it, if you're adding light to your scene you need make sure what you add looks better then what was already there.
In this video Gavin goes on location to shoot a vintage portrait in a field of long grass. After assessing the quality of the ambient light he uses off camera flash to make the recorded light a lot more dramatic.
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Model: Jade Lyon Instagram: @jadelyon

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Using fabric as a background for your studio portraits has many advantages but fabric can be expensive, especially when you need a wide width. Photographer Gavin Hoey ran into the same problem when he first started shooting and his solution was simple. Bedsheets as backgrounds.
Bed sheets come in many sizes and an almost endless variety of colors and patterns. In this video Gavin tests out three black duvet covers, one plain, one with stripes and finally one with a damask pattern in his small home studio.
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Model: Meg Biffin Instagram @meg_biffin

Bed Sheet Backgrounds: Take and Make Great Photography with Gavin Hoey

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Photographing sparklers is great fun and can create a wide variety of images. In this video Gavin Hoey shares his tips for creating simple but beautiful sparkler shots by placing a light bulb in front of the sparkler.
Gavin also shows you how to light the front of the bulb and then dives in to Photoshop for a quick tip on how the merge the two shots together.
This is a great technique to use around 4th of July, Guy Fawkes night, Diwali or new year celebrations but always keep safety in mind. Never touch a lit sparkler and place spent sparklers in water.
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Smoke is a great way to quickly add atmosphere to your studio shots but when your studio space is small, smoke can quickly become a major problem. Fortunately portrait photographer Gavin Hoey has some great tips to make your next smoke filled shoot go better then ever.
Gavin will cover the three types of smoke he uses in his small home studio. He'll pass on his tips about how to light smoke with both flash and LED lights. He'll even show a few secrets on creating amazing backgrounds from thin air... and smoke.
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In the third and final part of the Plan It, Shoot It, Edit it's time to take a look back with Gavin Hoey at his boxing themed shoot. In this video Gavin walks you through the edit of some of his favorite photos.
You'll get to watch along as Gavin uses Photoshop Camera RAW to create a gritty black and white look with one image and then jumps into Skylum Luminar with a second photo to enhance detail and mood.
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Best Focal Length for a Head Shot Portrait: Take and Make Great Photography with Gavin Hoey

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