Gavin, you are such a nice guy sharing all this stuff with us. Thank you very much! Regards from Brazil!

Gavin, I love to watch your videos over again after each photo session where I try your techniques. There's nothing like actual practice with cameras and lights to truly understand why you do what you do. I love the different type of shoots in your videos. Please keep them coming! Hello from Northern California. -Kat

Gavin Hoey and Mark Wallace:most of the things I´ve lernt in photography came from these guys, and for free! of course one should not stop here, but it is definitely a nice start. thank you guys!

Great tutorial. Thanks for sharing your process. You are a very good teacher.

I like when photographers take the pictures but then show they're post editing process. Good stuff. Great video.

Love the photographer's voice and style! This video is very informative. Thanks so much!

Gavin is the single greatest reason why I subscribed. He should have his own channel!

You are a likeable and friendly, knowledgeable presenter and photographer, Gavin. Hope to see more from you. Highly recommended. I learned some great stuff in this short video. Thanks AdoramaTV!

Another brilliant tutorial!

Wow, your photography is stunning!! Great tutorial and great enthusiasm :) It makes me excited to give some of these techniques a try!

@mahadevmahadev6594

6 жыл бұрын

Latie G लकसपरस त

Seriously gorgeous! It's the ambience that I really like. Thanks enormously for the video.

Just bought a flash and I've been following your videos, so much information. 6 years on and still helping enthusiasts like myself. Thank you!

Really enjoyed how you shared the simplicity of using lights on location - starting with your camera settings to obtain the desired image.

You are awsome...its a detailed explanation and very useful for the beginners like me. I don't know why 112 dislikes for this video.

Wow, the photos look amazing right out of camera with the simple lighting and exposure techniques!

This video was great. I went through school not fully understanding how to use a light meter, but after watching this video something clicked and I now understand at least some aspects of it. Great job. Thank you for making this video!!!!

This was honestly super helpful. Thanks!

@Adorama

9 жыл бұрын

Kelsie Knight Glad to hear it...now share some of your photos with us!

Great vid, the detailed explanation is very helpful.

@alexandrabatrinu2497

8 жыл бұрын

oool

Fantastic shooting of this model and great retouched! I love this brush!! Thank for your tutorial.

You, Mark Wallace and Bryan Peterson are the only ones left on AdoramaTV worth watching. Thanks for the great video, Gavin!

Excellent as always. I didn't know you could just drag brushes to the photoshop menu and it will install. Interesting.

@GavinHoey

9 жыл бұрын

It works the same with Actions (on the Actions panel) too ;-)

@tubewatcher314

5 жыл бұрын

I know right! I can’t wait to show my sister that! We both use PS a lot. What a time saver!

Great video, I love these types of outdoor photos!

Love your tutorials Gavin! They're simple and easy to understand. Your series is certainly helping to push me to the next level! 👏

Thank you so much for having accurate Closed Captions!!!! I teach photography at a school for the deaf and so often we are frustrated with the captions on photo tutorials. This one is fantastic! Thank you! I'm not sure how to hash tag something. I've seen a video asking producers to add the hash tag #withcaptions . If you know how to do that, go for it and it will spread to many deaf photographers.

Guy does such a detailed and educational video and I see 102 dislikes!! Seriously ?? Is jealousy so contagious ?? Are people so unhappy with themselves? Sad.

@MarttiSuomivuori

8 жыл бұрын

+goonerdotcom It is the accent.

@goonerdotcom

8 жыл бұрын

Martti Suomivuori ....I guess eh? It's the accent that makes people who have travelled only as far as a tank or two of gas their whole life fear. Of course the heavy majority of these are American. What they don't realize is that 95% of artists (painters, architects, sculptures etc) would have turned them off because of their none American accent. The U.S hates itself !!! The south laughs and hates the Northern accent and culture and vice versa ..... which also goes for East and west coasts and the middle. It's the most Un-united of America out there!! Reason - It's easier to sell a gun to a scared, suspecting, paranoid person than a ......... Canadian I guess !!! ; ) LOL

@sourceofallthings1868

8 жыл бұрын

+goonerdotcom I'm american and I love his vids. My wife has a British accent. Lived there for nine years.

@tw9535

8 жыл бұрын

What kind of idiot clicks on this video expecting to be "amazed" by it? Still doesn't explain any ridiculous dislikes.

@mmccarrell

8 жыл бұрын

Let's see your "pro" videos Tony, guarantee you couldn't carry this guy's camera cases.

Great tutorial. Thank you!

@Adorama

9 жыл бұрын

Igor Mazej Keep watching for more awesome content!

I have learned many things from you. What I like is that I watch a video and I always learn something. All clear and concise. Thanks Gavin.

Awesome video! Learnt so much from this one! And you’re straight to the point without a lot of waffling. So many tutorials have soooo much waffle and not enough walking through it. Thanks Gavin! And I’ll definitely use the free light brushes!

Question. On the remote at 4:11 you are hitting the Plus button 6 times but I thought you wanted to turn down the light from 5.6 to 2.8??? Did I miss something? Shouldn't you have hit the minus button?

@miamiredbird

9 жыл бұрын

Was gonna ask the same question. Glad I checked before it became a double question. I was lost there........ + ?

@GavinHoey

9 жыл бұрын

Ah right yeah.... it was the cold weather that made me press the wrong button, honest ;-)

Gavin - always enjoy your tutorials - any chance of one going a bit deeper into the use of the light meter with flash - thx

@GavinHoey

9 жыл бұрын

Not a bad idea, I'll add it to the list :-)

@My6Gears

9 жыл бұрын

Gavin Hoey I think Mark Wallace has already done some tutorial on light meter, but would love to see your way of using the light meter :)

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4 жыл бұрын

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Dude this was the best video that explains the exposure process using strobes. Showing the two methods using shutter priority or apeture priority was gold. Thank you for taking the time to make this

The best video from Gavin clearly explains about how to balance flash with ambient light with excellent examples.I watched it couple of times and paused it when showing the photos... Hats off to u Gavin.. Waiting for this kind of tutorials in the future.Thanks a lot...

wow, i could learn a lot from here, thank you

She really stands out from the background. I note earlier in the video, you were using 1/30 with the 70 - 200mm. Just wondering how you avoided camera shake on the ambient light part of the exposure?

@MichaelScheele

3 жыл бұрын

That lens has Image Stabilization.

Gavin Hoey, you are a great instructor and I love your photos. Thank you!

Awesome video. Thank you for sharing the exposure settings and lens used for the shoot along with the rest of the gear used. I really learned a whole lot including your post production segment. I appreciate it very much.

I’m confused. When you were out where it was bright and wanted the background a little darker, you chose to increase the aperture to f4.0 vs 2.8, but when you wanted the background darker back in the woods (using the 24-105mm) you adjusted the shutter speed. Can you help explain this better, please? When do you adjuster the shutter and under what circumstances do you only adjust the aperture?

@11t77

8 жыл бұрын

appreature for the deepth of field iso for the sensitivity of light shutter speed for the time of exposure the 3 handel the light but everyone has its own properties. he wanted to have a shallow depth of field but he wanted on the same time to reduce the light, so he goes to the shutter speed, he could also reduce or increase the ISO

@andrewford80

6 жыл бұрын

I hope I can articulate this in a way that's easy to understand :) You can control the ambient light (non flash) by adjusting aperture, shutter speed or ISO. For this example, we will always try and leave ISO at 100 as this gives best results on most cameras. So that leaves Aperture and Shutter Speed as you options for controlling ambient light, you can use either or both to get the exposure you desire. You do need to consider that adjusting aperture will affect the brightness of the flash also. So depending on the power output of the flash, you may not have much flexibility there. Likewise, you may have run out of room for adjustability with shutter speed as well. Either too slow means camera shake or too fast may exceed the sync speed you have at your disposal. In this case, when it was bright, he was already at 1/160 of a second which as he said was close to the max shutter speed he could use with flash on this camera. So rather than increase the shutter speed, and end up with a half exposed frame, he was forced to adjust the aperture instead, to adjust ambient exposure. He would have just had to increase the output of the flash by 1 stop (2.8 to 4.0) to make up for that change. Hope that helps anyone who is puzzled. This topic is pretty confusing until you get some flashes yourself, put them in manual mode and experiment with the settings to see what changes have certain effects on exposure.

@donzi32boats80

6 жыл бұрын

Great job explaining this without going to technical. Thank you..

@davidramziz3200

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Chris, as you know apeture, and shutter both affect how much light comes into the camera. Flash is mostly unaffected by shutter speed due to technical reasons, so youd increase it to decrease ambient light. If you increase apeture, you are both affecting the exposure of the flash and the background. I know this was 3 years ago, but if anybody else has the same question this should help them out. cx

Wow. I learned a to. I’m saving this future needs. Question: when you take a meter reading in the camera where are you focusing?

@danaho286

4 жыл бұрын

Ann and

@muthuvel12345

3 жыл бұрын

Models face, all the light are same when it comes from sky at cloudy conditions

thanks for also telling how to get and install the brushes, i really like the detail in your toturials!

One of the best tutorials I've seen on the subject. Well explained and demonstrated, to the last I.e. Post processing too.

Excellent video. Dear Santa, I need a light meter.

@Adorama

9 жыл бұрын

AllForTeags Make sure to check your stocking!

@SuperLumberjock

9 жыл бұрын

Dear Santa, I need a Red Fern, Ummmmmm, I mean a Fern with a Red Hood.

@mynameisneb

9 жыл бұрын

Adorama don't forget to put a rove light in my stocking!

1/30 of a second and handheld with a 70-200?? that seems very slow. why not bump iso a tad to get faster shutter speed and reduce camera shake?

@zesty4011

7 жыл бұрын

mattttyler IS let's you do that

@muffemod

6 жыл бұрын

when you bump up iso above base you lose image quality.

@JUNIORGONG.ASFxCK

6 жыл бұрын

thats why you buy an a7rii or iii ;'). but jokes aside at 400 iso you arent losing nearly any quality, only up to about 6000+ ISO is where you'll notice the grain

@shutterpulseeventphotograp3979

6 жыл бұрын

you do know speedlights freeze subjects.

@rafikhan5334

6 жыл бұрын

"IS + steady hands + High power flash" allow that.

Great photos! And thanks for sharing the brushes. Love to see more soon.

Thank you Gavin Hoey. I have watched many of your videos and love them. You explain things very well and it is enjoyable watching.

I guess you have very steady hands. Isn't the risk of getting camera motion blur increased when you shoot at 90 mm at 1/30th seconds? Or does the flash just freezes her face and it doesn't really matter that much?

@GavinHoey

9 жыл бұрын

It was at the limit! The flash will freeze motion but the long exposure will show slight blurring it if the subject moves. That's why Fern was resting against a tree or I was shooting wide angle ;-)

@Mrlolibre

9 жыл бұрын

Yes flash does help freeze motion to a certain extent. However he used a 24-105 and 70-200 and they both have IS (image stabilization), so that helped too. He could very well have a good hand holding technique which can also help.

@JonSparkman

9 жыл бұрын

that lens has image stabilisation and you can take decent handhelds very slow if you are used to holding a big lens securely. i've done 1/10 shots no flash with the 70-200

@canturgan

9 жыл бұрын

***** The maximum flash sync is 1/250th on a 5DMK3

I so badly want a 70-200 for my Sony a7, its just too much money.

@Emily_Lowrey

9 жыл бұрын

I managed to get the sigma version on eBay for £270! Bargain of the century :) my Sony a7 looks like a bloody lens cap on it though !

@skatertwig26

9 жыл бұрын

E Lowrey Nice!!! The IS one?

@Emily_Lowrey

9 жыл бұрын

it was an older version to be fair, but it does the job!

@skatertwig26

9 жыл бұрын

E Lowrey Nice!!! Yeah depending on how much the A7 mark ii is I might sell my a7. Because the mark ii has built in IS and more features including faster af. I do need to get me a 70-200 though haha

@Tomasz_Piekarski

9 жыл бұрын

Buy Sigma or Tamron instead, they are affordable and good quality. I would consider purchasing A mount version with LEA-4 adapter instead of investing in E lenses.

One of the most informative and helpful videos I've ever seen on lighting. Thank you!!!

Amazingly simple - as you are pointing it... And tremendous results ! congrats again ! You've been very helpful !

*Get the best photograph even in mixed lighting situations* In his latest #AdoramaTV episode, Gavin Hoey explores over three scenarios where he balances varying amounts of ambient light with use of a flash to achieve the perfect exposure. Watch more: adr.ma/1xWTSKa

@CReyes811

9 жыл бұрын

Adorama I purchased 2 Flashpoint 360's at your store, and I love them. Looking into getting the Rovelight 600 as my new key light.. With existing the triggering system, will they work well together? Thank you.

@melvin.okinson

7 жыл бұрын

Hyperlink is down ;).

I love your videos Gavin but photoshop isnt really your strong side :)

Great video ! You are so knowledgeable with photography it’s amazing. The steps that you preformed to get to that final product were awesome with the light at her feet to the rays of light through the trees, just fantastic !

As usual an excellent tutorial. I really like and appreciate you sharing the light brushes. Thank you.

One of the better training videos online! Gavin you make it look simple thank you.

Thanks for posting this video Gavin Hoey I actually own the Sekonic L-308s Flashmate, but never understood how to get the best out of it with a off-camera flash. This video came just on-time as I have an engagement session and a boudoir session in the next 2-3 weeks.

Gavin I love all your videos, I can't get enough of them. They are so informative but also du and entertaining!

amazing Gavin Hoey.. once again. thank you so much for showing those complicated looked equations and use of pro lighting equipments in such a simple way. I get one more photo lesson for you. And in there end of the video, post processing was icing on cake

Just downloaded the brushes and tested one... GREAT results! Also, I work on PS CC in a Mac, I downloaded and just double clicked on the file it automatically open PS with installed brushes. Thanks Gavin for sharing such valuable tools.

Terrific images, Gavin!! I've watched a lot of flash technique videos and I can honestly say that yours are my favourite - they make most sense to me! I really think the penny's dropped with this one and can't wait to do a similar woodland shoot balancing ambient light with the flashgun's. Thanks from the UK!!

Fantastic!! Thanks for explaining this valuable tip I'm ready to throw my work to a new level. I have a wedding shoot for my niece in a month. Time to practice.

Thank you Gavin. I have enjoyed and learned so much from this short video of yours then other hours long videos. Beautiful photographs and lighting!

Thanks for the clear tips on how to use the camera to meter your shot.

Awesome tutorial from the legend that is Gavin Hoey!

Very nice, one of the best videos if not the best I have seen on the subject. Simple straight forward and clear. The Photo Shop segment was icing on the cake. Your lighting equipment and the location are to die for, lol Thanks Lp

Great video, Gavin. You made what can be a tricky subject for relative newbies like myself much more understandable.

Gavy, you're a great instructor. I love you videos, I always learn!

Greetings mr Hoey. All of your you tube tutorial videos are far the best and very informative. I just wanna say thank you for the effort of sharing your knowledge to a novice like me. You're the best!!! Cheers!!!

Excellent tutorial Gavin. I've been impressed & grateful for all your clips so far. :)

Finally!! A video that makes sense, is challenging, straight forward and isn't lofty.

Great video. Liked how you added the spot light and ray of lights to the model. Gonna try this out and see what happens. Thanks Gavin

Gavin has the best tutorials, period! No kidding. Thank you!

Thank you Gavin for another great tutorial. I can see I may be asking fir a light meter for Christmas to take the guesswork out of exposures.

Gavin, as always, a great tutorial. Straight to the point, comprehensive, really, really nice. With just a bit of british humor... and completely free of charge :). Please keep on going with your work. Greetings from Germany, Peter

Love this guy! Gets right to it and demonstrates it clearly. Excellent teacher.

I'm so happy i found this channel! Very informing!

You are the best Gavin. You are a great teacher and also give us many awesome ideas. Thanks.

Thank you so much for the excellent explanation. I have learned from this video more than many other videos which I follow for long time.

Very interesting and helpful tutorial! Thank you so much for sharing, I learnt so much.

Awesome Gavin! There's always something new to learn in your videos.

Thank You for not only providing a useful video but also for the free beautiful paintbrushes for Photoshop!

Wow, your model was gorgeous:-) beautiful picture came from great camera and flash technique. Nice job, love it.

Simply explained and very informative. Thanks, Gavin!

this brush with light-effect is perfect. I will taste it! thanks a lot. you are great!

This was fantastic. exactly what I needed for my next project...Thanks Gavin..

Thank you for this video, i have been trying to do this for ages but did not know how, i cant wait to watch the other videos you have done now :)

I stumbled on this video by accident, and now I'm glad I did. Had to subscribe. Thanks for sharing

EXCELLENT!!!!," WELL EXPLAINED"! LOVE YOUR TUTORIALS.

just wow...thanks for sharing amazing tricks in such easy way to understand.

Gavin. You are amazing! All the best for your future!

@sajidmd4750

7 жыл бұрын

thank you

you are such and educated and easy person to learn from... thank you so much for such great and detailed explanation. I am so glad i came across you in this sea of information. xoxoxox

thanks for that great video, iv just got a speed light, so i am learning how to use it , this was helpful , and i will download your brushes. thank you for those xx

As always Gavin is the best. Thanks man.

Thanks Gavin! Always enjoy your tutorials.

Thank you very much for the video and for the brushes. It's really great.

Mr Gavin is amazing and perfect photography instructor ,I like his all video ,he is very good human being and excellent photographer.thank you sir.

Love Love Love that photo, Great job!

This is really a great video! Shooting with flash like this has been tough for me to fully understand, but this video helped quite a bit. Thanks Gavin, well done!

I never seen such a good and simple man like you.

Love your videos, very clear and straight to the point.

Thanks Gavin, another great video. I'm always trying to learn better flash techniques and this helps.

@Adorama

9 жыл бұрын

David J Foster Glad to hear it!

Fantastic teaching! Thanks Gavin! Got to get one of those rovelights......