Hooray!! Gavin is back again - our MOST FAVOURITE Adorama instructor. Learning is so much fun just watching this guy!!

challenging conditions Gavin, good results, Very informative photography content.

@GavinHoey

Жыл бұрын

Thanks John. The video camera did a much better job then expected at disguising the contrast 🌤

Good video Gavin, but remember....the tires are only flat on the bottom ;-)

Gavin is such a great instructor! Clear and concise information. I have learnt so much from his videos! Thank you Gavin!

All I can say is a big THANK YOU! Regards from a small town on the coast of Veracruz, Mexico.

Yea Gavin is back. My favorite dude! ❤

@GavinHoey

Жыл бұрын

For various reasons my Adorama TV slots got juggled around a bit recently BUT from here on it's back to videos every other Thursday and I go live one Thursday in four 😁

@GastonShutters

Жыл бұрын

@@GavinHoey Glad to hear. keep up the great content.

Another great tutorial Gavin in your " not so small " garden studio! 😊 I was actually surprised your small flash managed to put out any light at that very demanding 1/8000th sec HSS. 😋

Excellent! You make difficult things to look easy. Good job

Gavin always has the BEST useful content and instruction. Thanks!

Love your tutorials Gavin. Always full of positive energy.

Love these videos by Gavin! He keeps it real and fun.

Wow, what a great lesson! Exactly what i am needing. Thanks so much Gavin and Sam!

Another really insightful tutorial. Thanks for putting this together, Gavin. Would love to see some natural light photography tutorial as well, especially how the direction of light impacts the photo. Look forward to the next one from you. Cheers.

Gavin is the best 💪🏻

Thanks for this terrific lesson! I've been practicing exactly this in my backyard last week. THEN I saw your video! Cheers!

Brilliant as always from Gavin; best teacher there is!

I adore Gavin's lectures❤❤❤❤

My favourite photographer of all time.

Good to see you again! The pictures look very natural, well done!

Amazing all around!

Thank you for teaching us 🙏🏽

I'm a simple man. I see Gavin post new video, I smash "like" button right away 👍💪👏

@GavinHoey

Жыл бұрын

Thank you and keep doing that... and commenting 😊

@VanZillaStudio

Жыл бұрын

@@GavinHoey 👍of course I will

I love your outdoor shots. I expect more outdoor photo shoots from you.

Well done Gavin, I knew the theory but this very instructive video helped me to fine-tune the process. Because it's all about the details. Thanks so much!

Another great video Gavin - Jade's photos came out beautiful

@GavinHoey

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Peter. Jade is always a pleasure to work with 👍

Good to see you again! The pictures look very natural, well done!. challenging conditions Gavin, good results, Very informative photography content..

Great video. 👍 Gavin, as always, gives all the necessary information

Thank you so much sir 🙏🏻 for This detailed episode.....🙂 So nice of you ☺️

Gavin, you are so inspiring and versatile, is there anything you can't do ? Stop impressing me!!

@GavinHoey

11 ай бұрын

Thank you but I have conclusive proof that I can't do everything. Skip to about half way and watch me fall to pieces 😉 kzread.info/dash/bejne/iqZl1a1sdJavgbQ.html

Excellent., thank u !!!! Always great videos !!!

So glad you are back. Your videos are so brilliant look forward to some fresh content feels like Christmas morning

This is like a dream shoot. Love these videos.

Fantastic lesson! Beautiful photos!

Truly awesome!!

You're Awesome! Thanks again for a great video.

Really pretty photos Gavin ⭐

Great as always Gavin! Thank you

Great Video!

Perfect explanation! Thanks 😊I like your videos!

Lovely results.

Excellent as always!

Great as always Gavin. Well done

Beautiful images and well composed.

Super video, thank you. Styling was great, as was Jade. I love your images shot through out of focus foregrounds.

@GavinHoey

Жыл бұрын

Hi Alan. Styling on this one was 100% Sam. Timing was everything as a week later and half the garden was flattened as the work to replace a fence got underway!

Just ran across your page and I love it . Really you're the best I've seem. And i love how you explain things

Beautiful work Gavin. Really enjoyed this 😊😊

@GavinHoey

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul 👍

Thanks so much you make easier to understand!

beautiful set of images

Excellent contribution, greetings from Mexico..

Thank you!

Great video and tips on Thank you

Muchas gracias.

Very informative video.. thank you Gavin..

❤ love the video

You taught me from the beginning.

Great video... very useful. I shot with Jade earlier in the year in the Highlands and used my speedlight and softbox, which worked really well. Best wishes Jono

super dooper shoot

Great summery feel to the pictures well done 📸

@GavinHoey

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mick, it's been the perfect year for it (so far) 🌞

He is da best❤

Great video!

thank you😃

Gavin, your biggest fan here..can you please consider doing a Master Class in the UK for us? I could gladly come and join it :)

Really useful as starting to get back outside again for shoots, been playing between the Aeos 2 LED light and AD200, and seeing which is easiest to work with and gives me the best results, still not as clear cut as I thought it woudl be ;)

@GavinHoey

Жыл бұрын

Playing is the best way to learn. the Aeos is nice but limited in power and light mods compared to the EVOLV200 (AD200) but that has a fixed white balance... so many choices, no wonder photography is so hard to master 😉

Good stuff, Gav!

Beautiful pictures Gavin Hoey! About a decade ago using flash or strobes on location were the thing however the idea back then was to over power ambient light giving the image an artificial feel. The way you did it gave it a perfect natural look. Thanks for all the great content you make and thanks ADORAMA for having videos like this on their channel!

@GavinHoey

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Alexander. Actually I do have an overpowering the ambient video coming up, some location same model VERY different styling. That's the beauty of photography you can choose to be subtle or dramatic or both in one day 😉

@alexanderpons9246

Жыл бұрын

@@GavinHoey Oh wow, can't wait to see that video Sir!

@venkatr1067

Жыл бұрын

Using fill flash existed even during film photography times. I have read several books of the past that suggest fill flash.

thanks man

Amazing

the best

Great photographer.

Great video Gavin. The background looks cluttered in the video but the images show what can be achieved with careful positioning of the model and photographer. Great light too! I also like the meandering fresh cut path.

@GavinHoey

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for calling out the freshly cut path 😎

Nice, Gavin and Jade!

@GavinHoey

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike 👍

Great, as always - many thanks. Could you explain why adjustments to the shutter speed would impact the flash component of the exposure? Thanks again

@GavinHoey

Жыл бұрын

Hi Steven. Flash output and shutter speed usually are not usually connected UNLESS the flash is in HSS (high speed sync) mode. Then the shorter the shutter speed, the more the flash has to pulse and so each pulse is a lower light output. That's probably a massive oversimplification of HSS but it's as technical as I get 😉

Nice photoshoot. Cg

I hope you make a video about Graduation Photography outdoor and indoor with cap and gown with kids or Model like her

♥️

Great stuff Gavin o/

Hi Gavin! Thank you for another anazing video! I need a little help trying master this technique, can you help me understand why I should use an ISO 200 for these amazing shots? I wanna learn from the best, thanks in advance!

It's nice

Great video Gavin hope it wasn't too warm for you

@GavinHoey

Жыл бұрын

The weather was a near to perfect as I get for a outside location session 🌤️

@kirstyhepworth7343

Жыл бұрын

@@GavinHoey I agree with you

Hi it’s great to know allot about photography from your channel . But can you plz tell me more about Godox flash with CD L 15 some light modifier . Can I use my flash with this modifier without use of externally .

Great video Gavin. One question, you mentioned that changing the shutter speed will have an impact on your flash, but the shutter speed doesn’t impact the flash only the ambient light, right?

@beerbaron3003

11 ай бұрын

In HSS, the flash is basically acting like a continuous light, so it is affected by shutter speed the same as any continuous light is.

Great as always one small issue your screen shots of images on bike has 300 when you had a 400

Thank you for the good tips and beautiful photoshoot. Do you need use gels to match the flash and ambient colour temperatures? Or is that only necessary when shooting in evening light? Thank you for your answer.

@GavinHoey

Жыл бұрын

The short answer is you might want a warmer light as the sun sets and in those lower ambient light conditions I'd probably be reaching for something like my Nanlite FS-300B LED to visually match the light and colour.

As usual, a great informative video. One question though, when you went from the speed light to a full flash you mentioned it would be a Xplor400, but when the pictures came up with the information on screen, it listed the flash as a XPLOR 300. Which one was it?

@GavinHoey

Жыл бұрын

Check out 8:22 It's a Flashpoint XPLOR400 Pro. Links to the flashes and other gear are in the video description 👍

Gavin, i always watch your videos. I learnt a lot with them. Question: you said that if you adjust your shutter speed, you would have to adjust your flash power. But I thought that the shutter speed wouldn't affect the flash, only the ambient light? Thank you.

@GavinHoey

Жыл бұрын

You're sort of correct. Usually shutter speed isn't a device to control flash BUT there's always an exception to every rule and this is it. High Speed Sync (HSS) flash output varies with shutter speed. Basically the shorter the shutter speed the less flash power you get at any given flash power setting. It bends my mind a bit, so I try not to get bogged down with the technical aspects. Test it for yourself and accept what you see 😉

Awesome and very informative as always, Gavin. Quick Q: why are you shooting at ISO 200?

@GavinHoey

Жыл бұрын

200 ISO is the native ISO for Olympus / OM SYSTEM cameras. Other ISO's are available of course 😉

This is amazing. But I'm curious if a reflector would have accomplished the same effect or would it look too different? I understand you get less control but technically, a reflector can be used to bounce light and fill shadows.

@GavinHoey

Жыл бұрын

It would look different with a reflector but who's to say if different is good or bad. Flash gave me fine control and consistency but in photography there are no rules 😉

When you are working with ambient light and using an artificial strobe to enhance do you follow the direction of the ambient light? What I mean is do you fill the shadows from the other side?

@GavinHoey

Жыл бұрын

Good question. As a rough rule I try and keep my models face in as much shade as possible 1:36 A small amount of full summer sun (even for me in the UK) is enough to make a hot spot on the the face which isn't going away. After that, if there's an obvious direction of light in the background, it's logical to try and match that with the fill flash.

Excellent tips, thank you! I just finished shooting 300 youth baseball players in natural light and the amount of tweaking in Lightroom was too much. I'm' looking for a way to make each photo more consistent out of the camera, and I'm going to try using this technique next time.

@GavinHoey

Жыл бұрын

300 to edit... I've been there too! Yep, find the shade and your own light and save yourself hours of editing 😁

@Chris-ey7zy

11 ай бұрын

Put them on negative box

Great video as usual. Question - any way to estimate the fill flash based on the ambient?

@GavinHoey

Жыл бұрын

Hi Steve. Once you've dialled in YOUR look you could take a flash meter reading and work backwards from there.

Great Video! As always, your results are amazing!!! I do have on question: I appeared that Hi Speed Sync was not turned on, yet you took most of your pictures at speeds upwards of 2000. Did I miss something?

@michaelkent1518

Жыл бұрын

If you look at time 5:29, on the flash transmitter, you will see an icon with an H and a flash bolt . That indicates HSS is active. I hope this helps.

@erichaviu

11 ай бұрын

Missed that. Thanks for clarifying.

I think that at 1/5000 or 1/8000 you need to have the flash really very close to the subject for some light to come to the subject even if you use a 300 w or 500 w flash

I am curious. You have a flash meter. Do you look for any particular flash contribution, or just eyeball it? I know the Sekonic meters can easily provide the flash contribution measurement.

Question 😁 why don't you use a grid on those boxes outdoor?

I love Gavin's videos, but of late, they are only basic. I hope we get to see some new techniques and advanced level videos again.

@GavinHoey

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment. I always try to remember that my idea of basic is someone else's advanced. So genuine question, what "advanced" videos would you like to see?

@venkatr1067

Жыл бұрын

@@GavinHoey Hi Gavin, first of all, thank you for responding to my comment. I always watch your videos no matter what my thoughts are. I did not mean any disrespect or mean to offend you. Your videos are always great, and I consistently watch your videos. In regard to your question, one suggestion I can think of is something like your past Halloween video using branches, white balance adjustment and smoke resulting in a very scary and dramatic photo, but the challenge here is not to use a smoke machine. I am a little averse to using smoke machines, since some people could be allergic to the chemicals. So how can we get the desired effect without using smoke either using a machine or in post. Another suggestion I can think of is shadowless background and floor lighting, with the subject still having the desired shadows. Third one would be a 3D looking picture. I will post more suggestions as I can think of.

@GavinHoey

11 ай бұрын

Thanks for the reply and suggestions, all very useful 👍

Wonderful video Gavin! If you're looking for suggestions for an upcoming video ... here's one ... I saw a trailer for Wes Anderson's movie "Asteroid City" and I really liked the stylized color. I'm guessing one might accomplish the same thing using LUTS and other color grading techniques. But I would love to see how you would approach creating, lighting, and post-processing a scene that could have been in that movie. Best wishes! Brent

Excellent informative video. Why didn’t you use a light/flash meter?

@GavinHoey

Жыл бұрын

Good question Sam. Partly because the results I was after are less measurable and more aesthetic but also because not every photography has access to a meter or wants to use a flash meter.

@beerbaron3003

11 ай бұрын

And also, there’s very few light meters that work with HSS. Only expensive ones like sekonic’s L858 I think it is. And not the L308 which I think is Gavin’s one.

Good explanations sir. How to fill flash at location for group, sir?

@GavinHoey

Жыл бұрын

Find the shade (on their faces) the bigger the group the more central I place the light and place the largest softbox you own at distance that's roughly even for the whole group.

I’ve got a speed light with a soft box that is maybe a 5”x5” over it. I’ve thought about using it on a tripod. Do I need a bigger soft box? Where a came up with the idea is by lighting my bird feeder and using my 300 mm lens to get close without frightening them away.

@GavinHoey

Жыл бұрын

a 5 inch square softbox is only going to make the light "soft" at extremely close distances, so I'd suggest not bothering with it but take a test shot with and without and see for yourself. The Glow HexaPop 24" II Octagonal Softbox www.adorama.com/glsbhp24v2.html is on sale at the moment and could be what you're looking for ;)

@dougy0761

Жыл бұрын

Just looked and Adorama won’t ship to the UK.

@GavinHoey

11 ай бұрын

But they will ship to "Great Britain" 😉

I think they should upload the videos with higher quality, since it doesn't look as good when the video is played