This Setting WILL Improve Your Photos! | Take and Make Great Photography with Gavin Hoey

[@StewartsRootBeer]

Gavin is honestly one of the most valuable people that Adorama has. Maybe even the most valuable.

[@GavinHoey]

Thank you but I'm just part of a bigger team. Swing by the store if you ever get the chance to see them in action 👍

[@fcoker73]

I second that!! He explains everything to simple and makes it easy to do! I have done a few photos after watching his video and it's easy (of course a bit of minor adjustments) and easy to remember!

[@truthsayers8725]

the only reason i DONT subscribe to Adorama TV is because i have no interest in seeing or hearing from the others. Gavin is the best and his models are top shelf. Sam and the other gal on his Live shows are top notch too!

[@EliInfante]

Gavin Hoey is the best!

[@GavinHoey]

Thank you 👍

[@chopperjamie]

When Gavin uploads a video, I hit pause on my life. Thank you!

[@shinra188]

You know it’s gonna be a good day when there’s a video by Gavin

[@GavinHoey]

Thank you 👍

[@stecartmel]

I've watched Gavin for over 12 yrs or more it's more I watched Gavin when he worked for elinchrom. and his best mate at adorama mark Wallace. a long time Gavin I've been watching your videos.

[@Adorama]

It's great to see such long-time support. Both of them have been a huge influence in the photography community, and it sounds like you've learned a lot along the way! Thanks for sticking with them all these years!

[@mlamb0]

Something interesting that I learned about the color checker passport is that you can use the row of six gray squares at the bottom to do a white balance across the range of tones. To do this, crop the image to just those six gray squares. Pick one of the middle ones with the white balance eye dropper tool. Then look at your histogram, you will see six spikes, and notice that you will see some red, green, and blue peeking out from behind the white. Then go into your tone curve, and adjust the tone curve for the RGB channels individually till you no longer see any RGB color in the histogram.

[@baloguneribori7260]

For me Gavin is the best instructor on this channel, I have personally learnt a lot from this man! God bless you for impart us all for free.

[@GavinHoey]

Thank for the kind words and keep watching (and commenting) 👍

[@hom296]

Three cheers for the Gavin-Chloe team: the Best!

[@GavinHoey]

Thank you 👍👍👍

[@christopherbgriffith]

Such a great, fun shoot. Always dial in the white balance manually in a studio. Takes the guess work out later.

[@GavinHoey]

I'm with you. Any white balance for a session better then every white balance for a session 😉

[@fabiosteller]

Love how easy and simple Gavin explains what he is doing, also I love how he uses the back screen to shoot, that is very new school.

[@GavinHoey]

Thanks for the kind comments. I find using the back of the screen helps with subject communication but mostly it helps with the filming. Holding the camera at arms length make the BTS shots a lot easier (I'm constantly told) 😉

[@oldhorseau1]

Thanks - I never knew what all those white square were for on my colour checker

[@GiannisVeronis]

you are the man, recomendation for a sports theme studio or outdoors photo session for your students

[@GavinHoey]

Thanks Gianni. Well I'm not a sports shooter so the first thing I'd suggest for sports portraits is do some research in to the sport. Learn the essential terminology and speak their language 👍

[@xodius80]

Gavin is gold

[@michaelschmitt5413]

So clear and thorough and yet it was under 11 minutes.

[@GavinHoey]

Thank you 👍

[@joeldisoneloi5406]

Seu trabalho é fantástico

[@alanroderick7153]

Loved the Styling and Dress. I did finally get a ColorChecker last year and it does help in getting a good baseline - even if I then pull and twist the colours for the effects I want in final image. Good for reproducing art works, as well. Thanks to everyone !

[@GavinHoey]

Hi Alan. Yeah, works of art and record images in general need very high levels of colour accuracy 🖼

[@wellwhatthen10101]

Yes it is always better to set the white balance in camera than in post processing. the only thing that is negative is the ridiculous price for a very easy to produce product the colour checker passport just stupid price. great video Gavin

[@kennethnielsen3864]

Thanks for sharing another great video.

[@KatieF307]

This is one of the best videos that you have done. This information is foundational for many photographers including me. I do want to learn more about the color checker passport II. I bought one years ago, but rarely used it. Unfortunately, I do not have the calibration software to use it to maximal effect. I guess I will wind up picking up another unit. I know you do a lot of the 1 hour live sessions, but I like the shorter length presentations. Just easier with my schedule. Thank you for the information given.

[@PhillipMcCallum]

A great educational video, I now know how to use a passport, thankyou

[@LhayaSilva]

Precious! taking note to repeat it in my studio❤

[@turanmustak8765]

There are really very beautiful photos you have got from this session Gavin...

[@GavinHoey]

Thanks for the kind words Turan 👍

[@el0blaino]

Song playing around the 4-minute mark sounds very much like "Hey Baby (New Rising Sun)" by Jimi Hendrix!

[@henrysara7716]

Thank you all, Adorama, Gavin and Cloe.

[@sanjayprabhatstudio]

Excellent Gavin...........always giving good knowlege for photographers.....with very easy steps....appriciate @!!!

[@LightTheShadows]

I could watch your videos all day long - so entertaining and full of useful information. But I guess I have to grab my camera at some point to practise what I have learned :)

[@dunnymonster]

Great advice as always Gavin. I generally set my WB to 5600K if I'm shooting outside whatever the weather then tweak in post. I shoot RAW all the time so its no problem to change it in Lightroom later 😊

[@quietset7639]

Gavin! Great video very helpful information. Setting my WB to 5000 or 5200 works great for me too on my small home studio. Chloe looks beautiful as always too.

[@GavinHoey]

Sounds sensible to me 👍

[@BiggieZee]

This was really handy! I’m always struggling with temp/white balance

[@GavinHoey]

Always happy to help Biggie 😁

[@mysza456]

In studio you can also check your lights specs and set the wb to the same kelvin (usually 5600K as you measured with a camera and a grey card).

[@aniantonian]

Thanks for the video, that was very interesting.

[@steveonebryanofficial5839]

Very useful Thanks ❤

[@jatinp8121]

Very informative. Thanks. I have confusion that shooting with raw, should I apply this technique?

[@Anen_Aier]

Always love to watch Gavin

[@GavinHoey]

Thank you for watching and commenting 👍

[@loihpatli]

Lovely shots, great vid! Thanks Gavin!

[@GavinHoey]

You're most welcome 👍

[@L.Spencer]

I would have thought to use the flash white balance. What is the difference between that and the custom white balance? I have a color card that I want to start using regularly in lighting class this semester. These are good reminders after a summer break!

[@mirandavandenberk786]

You the best

[@chazM6116]

great as always I always use the colour checker passport for portraits - OH only link on screen is your couples portraits

[@GavinHoey]

Thanks Chaz and yes, I've advised the backstage Adorama team of the end screen error 😉

[@jiyalightsandshades]

It's the very best video for learners like me, the color checker is a little expensive for me, Gavin sir can you suggest any other optional alternative for the color checker, its very helpful for me, Thank you.

[@patrickmcmahon818]

Another great video! Kind of like that 3000k look… think I’m gonna play with the white balance a little more in the future.

[@GavinHoey]

And that's the beauty of photography. It's only "wrong" when you didn't intentionally do it AND / OR you don't like the result 😉

[@RalfWeyer]

If you don’t have a grey card at hand, for example if you just have forgotten to put it in the back like me… 😉, there is another handy little trick. Some camera manufacturers actually do some more thinking when producing their stuff. The rear lens cap of my Sony lenses are neutral grey, so I can essentially use them as grey card. And I would almost bet other brands do the same.

[@GavinHoey]

Good call Ralph. My first job as President of planet Earth will be to make that feature compulsory on all lens caps 😁

[@videobyredjade]

Thank you

[@luissalazar2021]

Great stuff, thanks for sharing, where do you get the red background please

[@mpphotofilm]

Great shots!

[@sohelchowdhury6713]

You are always great Sir..

[@GavinHoey]

Thank you 👍

[@fountainvalley100]

Beautiful images.

[@GavinHoey]

Thank you 👍

[@juliomorales9225]

You are absolutely awesome ……..Julio from Texas

[@GavinHoey]

Thank you Julio 😊

[@juliomorales9225]

I start following you 6year ago and just want to said thanks cause my skills as a photographer getting better and better I can get tire Wach your videos THANKS again…..

[@Surah29]

hey Gavin, great video! i was looking thru the list of gear used and i see no mention of the orange cable you were running from your camera to the monitor on the tripod stand. what cable and monitor are you using for the setup. i'm looking to add a monitor to my setup to view the shot after it has been taken.

[@truthsayers8725]

@GavinHoey i have a couple of questions on the strobes. a) do they have standard Bowen's mounts or do you have to use the S-brackets? b) do they have mounts for placement on stands/boom arms etc or do you have use the S-brackets to use them? non-flash question: your 'monitor' for the models to see. is it anything special i.e. a laptop or is it just a tablet with your tethertools cable? i think you addressed it once as a tablet/keyboard (MS?) with the keyboard removed.

[@philliplivingstone5336]

Fabulous!

[@blackandwhiteweddingstudio6210]

Thank you❤

[@olavhensig4352]

Hi Gavin, according the manuals of both the flashlights they have a colortemp. of 5600 K ... would that also be a way start off ... in finding the right setting ...?

[@ronlarsen471]

Wondering if the AD200 was bare bulb, fresnel or round head?

[@onepageke5742]

I my country we don't have adorama products can I get advice on another product for lighting

[@brad_in_yyc]

Fantastic explanation on how white balance can affect a scene. I really enjoyed the cool white balance for a fun, spooky looking effect. But if I'm looking for a consistent, standard white balance, how you shot it is perfect. As usual. But this method would still work for that cool tone just by selecting a cooler tone on the color checker, right?

[@GavinHoey]

Hi Brad. Thanks for the comment, always appreciated. You are (of course) absolutely spot on.

[@brad_in_yyc]

@@GavinHoey I had good teachers and mentors in you, Seth, Daniel, Lindsay, and Ab 😊😊

[@framelessimage6045]

Great video. Can you explain the tethering system you use here? Tether to iPad with Capture One?

[@GavinHoey]

That's not an iPad, it's my Lenovo Miix convertible laptop/ tablet without the type cover attached. It runs full Windows 10 including the capture software. More info is in this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGXNmYenqJaWl6ssi=HT_8eeaXkXPP1jUA

[@marisaharris1384]

Hi Gavin! you always give us awesome and greatly useful content, with a lot of pizzazz :)

[@rafibenatar2519]

Great Job 🙌👍🏻

[@GavinHoey]

Thank you 👍

[@charlieross-BRM]

This got directly to a few areas of studio color and separately, picking that top left white swatch on the Colorchecker as a quick way to collectively balance multiple shots. I started taking shots of my Colorchecker almost two years ago. I didn't understand all of it but I figured if at least that reference shot was saved with the collection, myself or some other editor in the future has a standardized reference to start with. That's especially a concern with my video because some of it is in demand from curators and writers for content and will be after I'm gone. QUESTION - Does that huge wall of red backdrop bounce enough red to be picked up on the grey card when shot for the camera's internal Custom White Balance you save? Or is that the idea?

[@mohammedalaswad3885]

As always best tutorial video. Why do you use a white card not gray for white balance?

[@GavinHoey]

Check out 5:35 and you'll see it's a light grey colour card not pure white 😉

[@markglenday7291]

Hi Gav have a silly question in regards to the Color Checker, when you were doing your white balance, can please advise if the AD300 and the evolve 200 fired, hope this question makes sens thank you

[@GavinHoey]

Hi Mark. If you're using multiple lights then ALL need to fire when you're setting a white balance (or using the colourchecker). Basically your setting the white balance for all the light that reaches your subject.

[@markglenday7291]

Hi Gavin thanks for your assistance. Love watching your videos thank you.

[@fpuhales]

Hi Gavin. It's such a nice video, thanks for sharing it. Well, there is a lot of red in your scene. Do you think it is necessary to remove any reddish color casting? If so, a video explaining how to do it in the post-processing will be fascinating.

[@GavinHoey]

Personally no, even when the red balloons are acting like mini coloured gel and cast to the side of Chloe's face. If it was there for real I'm keeping it. However I can imagine other photographers might strongly disagree 😉

[@sm-journey8281]

Does that cable need to be connected to the camera & laptop? I heard that it can be done thru wifi/ bluetooth

[@osagieuwaifo5413]

Hey Gavin, quick question about the tripod, can you share the link?

[@GavinHoey]

It's a Benro carbon fibre tripod. The exact model is discontinued but I think the Benro B3 ball head lives on 👍

[@hegemomusick]

New subscriber, did you took the picture of the card white balance awhile the flash was on or with the flash off ? Thank you in advance

[@GavinHoey]

Flash was on. So the white balance card needs to be lit in the same light that your camera is photographing in. I set mine up for "No flash, no picture" so the camera was only capturing the light from the flash.

[@hegemomusick]

@@GavinHoey thank you, very well explain and I understood

[@1194pa]

Good

[@TerryManning]

I have a coworker I now greet as "the amazine Chloeeeeee." I explained where it comes from, but she still looks at me like I'm crazy. 😂

[@GavinHoey]

You might want to share the videos with your co-worker Terry, otherwise you might come over as a bit... unusual 🤣

[@rickcampbell6987]

Gavin: what brand and model tripod are you using?

[@GavinHoey]

That's a Benro Carbon fibre tripod. The exact model is no longer made but I'm sure the replacements are just as durable 👍

[@wmbrennan]

Is auto WB ok to use when outdoors with sun light and flash as fill in the shade?

[@L.Spencer]

My guess is no, because it won't make it easy to edit consistently, if that's what you're going for. If you want all the photos to have the same look/color you'd have to do each one and it would be hard to get them all the same.

[@GavinHoey]

Personally I still set a custom White Balance outside as I tend to be in one location of a reasonable amount of time. If you're more of a run and gun photographer, or if close enough colour is plenty good enough (which is very often the case) then Auto White Balance might be the better choice.

[@Apollos2023]

I have a Canon RP. How can I find out the native ISO?

[@GavinHoey]

Have you tried Google? My guess is the base ISO will be 100 😉

[@ChoicesHabitsAttitudeLuck]

How about auto wb lock?

[@GavinHoey]

Personally I've not tried it or even seen it as an option on my camera, but if it works for you 👍

[@jamesrobertstclair]

Can anyone explain the first step in the video: no flash, no picture? Or recommend a video that explains what he did there?

[@alanberry4919]

The first picture for a studio shot that you take should be without flash at settings that make the image pure black. This way you know that all the light in the picture is what you added with the flash turned on. If the first picture isn't black, the ambient light will affect the shot. Unless the ambient light is what you want in the picture, the first picture is black without the flash. When you use flash, you always want to set your camera to give the ambient you want for the shot. In Gavin's case, he doesn't want ambient light so he makes sure it is gone before he turns the flash on.

[@macbaar6073]

the bluish one was from Pandora.... Avatar? Remember now? 🤪🤣😂🤣😂

[@GavinHoey]

I did once have a model who wanted to be a cosplay Avatar character. This would have saved a lot of time 🤣

[@areusirius2054]

🤘

[@SallySteelePhoto]

You using auto outdoors?

[@GavinHoey]

I tend to use a fixed WB outside as I'm usually in the same light for a reasonable length of time.

[@iainatkins7683]

I genuinely set at 5500k as a starting base so is this wrong as I this it what your eyes see in

[@GavinHoey]

If 5500k looks right for your lights and personal preference then it's 100% correct. Your eyes are far more advanced then our cameras. Your eyes can perfectly colour correct almost any colour, they can even correct mixed lighting and it all happens without any user interactions 👀

[@iainatkins7683]

@@GavinHoey it was a Shan tucker video

[@JohnGress]

You need to fix your end screen =)

[@GavinHoey]

Thanks John. I've let Adorama know but I'll remind them again.

[@zenphotocraftmedia8326]

could you a white paper to white balance ?

[@GavinHoey]

Yes you can as long as you don't over light it and different papers can give different slightly results. Consistency is they key to consistency... Obvs. 😉

[@mattm7426]

Trust your eyes before using these cards. A white card in a red room is meant to have a slightly red tinge. Making it completely neutral white will throw off your other colors.

[@GavinHoey]

I guess it's like any tool Matt, once you learn how it works you can choose to use it, ignore it or adapt it.

[@mattm7426]

@@GavinHoey yup!

[@srdjanbesovic7913]

Dobar si ali preopširno objašnjavaš. Moglo se to i u manje riječi reći.