Overpower the Sun with Flash | Take and Make Great Photography with Gavin Hoey

[@annarakannan6620]

Gavin- you are an asset to this community. Thank you so much for your time and effort.

[@darrinlalla9008]

You talk to your audience the way I talk to my cats... I love how pleasant and fun you make it!

[@GavinHoey]

Phew, I wasn't sure how that sentance was going to end. We obviously have very different cats 😺😾

[@darrinlalla9008]

@@GavinHoey I thoroughly enjoy your videos.. I am not a beginner and while I can follow most of the tech. talk, you keep it simple... Fun. Thanks.

[@terryleephotographer]

@@GavinHoeyI was thinking the same thing… 😂

[@michaelj.1121]

Always time we’ll spend to watch Gavin - informative & entertaining

[@hummit]

Gavin makes photography fun! Outstanding photos!

[@paulbell9957]

After a hard day at work there's nothing better then coming home, putting your feet up with a cuppa and relaxing with a Gavin Hoey video. Beautiful set up and images as always mate 😊😊

[@michaellee2652]

I've been doing photography for just over 20 years and never got into lighting...? I have always used the light that was available. However, I new position in my career has prompted me to learning and getting into lighting. I'm so grateful that these instruction videos are available!! Great stuff!

[@GiannisVeronis]

This reminds me the old good times of photo action and in the end some good old post processing, of Gavin: Magical moments of pure Artistic expression!

[@GavinHoey]

Thank you, I even dusted off my old Adorama mug just for this video 😉

[@jensoncharuvila]

Adorama channel is my favorite. not select one video. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@kevins8575]

The new generative fill tool makes removing things so much easier.

[@metroairman]

That looks like a great time to use generative fill. Great video!

[@GavinHoey]

Agreed but with the technology evolving so rapidly I opted to stick with the tried and trusted for this one 😉

[@alexanderpons9246]

Oh wow Gavin Hoey what a dramatic beautiful shot! For sure having the camera on a Tripod is key to later adjust and remove any unwanted items on the photo. Thank you for all the great content you make for us all to learn from and enjoy!

[@dunnymonster]

Lots of fun here and the new features in photoshop beta like generative fill make removing things like the softbox very quick and easy 😁

[@justcallmesando]

Aaand today we've got the amaaaziiiiing Gaviiiiiiiin 🙌

[@Eyeamsurreal]

So concise and extremely helpful. Thank you, Gavin!

[@MrAlanearle]

Great video, very easy to follow and wonderful result.

[@IkazMedia]

ive been doing photography 8 years, maybe watching your videos for 5 years and i already know how to do all this...but still enjoy watching your videos

[@luv2cre82]

I always love how easy you make this all seem (which it is if you know what you're doing)! Your step by step tutorials are wonderful and much appreciated. Good tip about not using a telephoto lens on the sun flares. I did that a number of years ago and my eyes hurt for a week. Afterwards realized how dumb I was to look at the sun with a microscope!

[@GavinHoey]

Ouch! I'm glad you picked up on that and although it's safer for your eyes with todays mirrorless cameras, I'd hate anyone's camera sensor to get fried 😲

[@alanroderick7153]

Great images and Jade in the gold dress was super (Styled by Sam ? Maybe a good name for a Fashion side hustle ?) Well done all !

[@GavinHoey]

Hi Alan. Actually the dress was Jade's. We started the session with Jade in one of our red dresses but she totally blended into the chair. Luckily Jade is a real pro and had a car full of options (Based on Sam's mood boards)

[@kennethnielsen3864]

Super video, thanks for sharing.

[@melodyphillips2388]

Gavin, you're one of my favorites! The new AI tools make these remove steps even quicker and easier, but there is something to be said for the old school methods❤

[@GavinHoey]

True but not everyone has access to them and they're evolving so rapidly that anything I suggest now might be unavailable a short way down the line 😉

[@terryleephotographer]

Hey Gavin! Enjoyed the return of the post processing segment at the end of the video. Hope to see it more in the future!

[@bleuswiffer]

So much fun every time you post a new video! Thanks Gavin and model!

[@DonaldWMeyers-dwm]

Thanks for the tutorial, Gavin. It's helpful for those of us who don't have HSS.

[@johnclay7644]

Challenging exercise Gavin, great result and informative video Good photography content.

[@GavinHoey]

Thanks John 👍

[@stephanyfaycohen3842]

Thank you. Excellent video. I would have loved to watch you cloning the image, as I am a beginner.

[@jenaesaul2891]

Super helpful! Straightforward, easy to understand and I’m ready to kill my event tonight! Thank you👏🏽

[@raylynch8419]

Great video with plenty of very useful info. Thanks for sharing.

[@tysonator5433]

Thank you Gavin for a great video. I only have speedlites, so I am looking for a bracket to allow me to mount 2 speedlites in side a godox soft box

[@giandaoliveira]

Beautiful photos. I love wide angle lens so I will try to do the same shoot. Thank you

[@JohnChubbSr]

How fascinating is this!

[@wendystumbaugh695]

What is the 7-14mm equivalent to on a full-frame setup? Loved loved loved this tutorial, Gavin! Gorgeous model, great technique and informative post processing. Thank you!!!

[@Michel_Vanaken]

Probably your best recent video! And it's good to see Jade again too. BTW, the editing of power cables and light stands is even easier now with the latest versions of PS and their new remove tool. Thanks for the inspiration ❤

[@GavinHoey]

True enough but the trouble with newest Photoshop tools (in my experience) is they rapidly evolve and change, unlike this video. So tried and trusted works for me and of course not everyone has every the latest and greatest 😉

[@DonaldWMeyers-dwm]

​@@GavinHoeyThat's one of the reasons I like your tutorials. You make the techniques accessible to many photographers. Plus, you've expanded my British vocabulary.

[@glenaford]

Excellent video - fun to watch, explained well and something most people can try, me for sure. Appreciate the time and effort to create.

[@JosesGarage101]

Gavin, brilliant video as usual!!! Do you use a mirrorless camera because of eye tracking mode?

[@andrewelder2739]

Just realized this is basically the OPPOSITE of your 'fill light' video from June 29! This one you went with low shutter and high aperture, that one was high shutter (and HSS) and your widest open aperture. Very different looks in the results for sure!

[@loumonte658]

The softbox on the upper right hand corner of the frame gives the photo a good artistic value. Great video btw.

[@GavinHoey]

True and including the light is something I often do for my lighting reference shots and sharing BTS images on social 😉

[@fredbakhuis7977]

Great and practical stuff. Way to go!

[@luzye]

Thank you for the great and inspiring content!

[@hithisiscameronsmom]

Wow! Great video

[@promokator]

Fantastic pictures and super music ❤️

[@alun7006]

Great stuff, Gav - I've done this once or twice but need to do more. Shame the weather's turned so foul today!

[@GavinHoey]

That's the UK for you Alun. Summer is over before it began. Nice while it lasted though 😉

[@ndon85]

always the number 1 Gavin!

[@cchristner]

Excellent video! I’m wondering if you could use exposure bracketing to achieve similar results.

[@GavinHoey]

Good question. Exposure bracketing will greatly increase the available dynamic range but it won't change the direction of the light in the way flash does. So no you can't do this with HDR but being different isn't always a bad thing.

[@kevinmallick7742]

Great video. Photoshop's latest update gave us a really powerful "remove tool" which I find really excels at power lines, objects, and people and greatly reduced my editing time in cases like this. I really enjoy this dramatic style of flash photography. I love to shoot like this with primes wide open and an ND filter to keep a shallow depth of field too.

[@GavinHoey]

Good as the new tools are not everyone has access to them and they're evolving so rapidly that anything I suggest now might be unavailable a short way down the line 😉

[@Roddriley]

nice! I've remake some photos of one of your last videos with the red dress and they were awesome! it's the first time I see a photo made at f22 and they are pretty sharp

[@GavinHoey]

Thank you for the comment and for having a go at one of my tutorials. I hope it worked out well. If I was to pixel peep the f/22 images they're noticeably soft compared to f/16 but on screen you'd never know. It's a good lesson in understand where your images will be seen 😉

[@rarindraprakarsa4376]

awesome, the photoshop generative fill would helpto remove the softbox as well :)

[@markbernhardt6281]

This is great but going below native iso does not prevent clipping, word of warning.

[@MikeJamesMedia]

Nice work as always, Gavin and Jade!

[@andrewelder2739]

As always, informational, entertaining, and fun!! Only thing I didn't love about the final result is the f/16 aperture. The background is basically flat and sharp all the way to the horizon! You touched on why HSS wouldn't be a great option, but why not just throw on an ND filter so you could work at f/8 or lower? Just didn't want to mix too many techniques at once? Would the 'star burst' effect not work as well at a lower aperture?

[@LadyFairChildVideo]

the problem with HSS is that It is an "automatic" power reducer on the flash. so yes, you make the scene darker, but make the flash weaker. so he did the correct thing (if you don't mind the sharp to the horizon). by killing the ambient using aperture. the real trick is , and where the difficultly is, trying to shoot , lets say at F2.8 to get the nice soft/bokeh background but still in the midday sun. You start looking at stuff like graduated neutral density filters. for the ambient. and leaving the max shutter speed at the maximum sync speed usually 1/200/1/250 or so depending on the camera. so the neutral density really really really darkens the subject, so my workaround is i take a 300W or 500w video light and light the subject so the camera can find focus and detail. last i adjust the strobe intensity acordingly since it should still have quite a bit of power. I'm talking about 500W or higher strobes. It is difficult for sure, and the phrase "equipment DOES matter" really comes into play, with a really good non softening ND filter, and a powerful video light. plus having assistants for the wind cost $$$. etc.

[@MrAlanearle]

Gavin, could you please recommend a camera flash that is easy to use with the Canon R5. Thank you.

[@cinderellapoison]

Nice video and nice tutorial. You should consider using an ND filter to avoid diffraction... That flare is just not flattering. Also consider using AI tools in photoshop for easier removal of areas, as well as color grading and double baking the image. Cheers.

[@egypt_rose]

if you have multipul subjects ,in full sun, what flash do you recommend multiple? or one just placed right? new to flash

[@gvasquez330]

Loved this session (even if I was late to the event).

[@GavinHoey]

You're not late, this one was pre-recorded and edited 😉

[@chazM6116]

Great as always BUT why not use the new remove tool for the power lines etc?

[@GavinHoey]

Not everyone has the latest tools Chaz and they're evolving so rapidly that anything I suggest now might be unavailable a short way down the line 😉

[@nevvanclarke9225]

The only thing is that you will find is the foliage will move in between shots and I can see that the foliage is quite blurry in a number of the instances. Now I know this because I'm a landscape photographer that does portrait photography and one of the key mistakes for stacking images is that foliage will move so....... I think just a normal cloning from the correctly exposed which would've been fine in Lightroom. I do it all the time. The clone tool in Lightroom now has significantly improved and it also has the content aware to as well so it is aware of what you're doing I wouldn't be stacking images because the foliage will move like I said and yeah, only pixel peepers will notice it.

[@ovisionng]

this detailed, nice one Gavin

[@alisherin2629]

Absolutely love your videos❤

[@Azam_Pakistan]

Great ideas. I bought a 50mm 1.8 lense but it is only sharp at f4 and beyond . I don't see any reason to buy a 1.8 when it's sharpness starts at f4 Any tips?

[@DmitryBrodsky007]

Love Gavin Hoey videos! I m sure Gavin knowns with the new photoshop beta AI is even easier to remove objects, just draw around it and write remove and it will......

[@rayasiala9375]

AMAZING WORK!♥️

[@iGeng]

Jeed to hop on the generative fill wagon

[@loihpatli]

Thanks for the video, Gavin! I would like to see full video dedicated to wide angle portraits from you! Or if there is one already and I somehow missed it, please guide me to it. TIA and best regards!

[@GavinHoey]

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[@alyamaut]

Top notch Gavin 🤘

[@KishoreKumar-wp8ic]

❤ Great video

[@xonx209]

You could blur the background by using a larger aperture and adding a ND filter.

[@GavinHoey]

For the first set of photos yes I could have used and ND filter, I could have used HSS and I could have blurred the background. I chose not to for a couple of reasons. For the second set of images I couldn't use an ND filter as my 7-14mm lens doesn't have a filter thread AND you only get the star burst in camera with a small aperture.

[@milindkulkarni9156]

please explain the steps to take ambient shot one-by-one. Thanks.

[@Ib3119cz]

Gavin Can I use a 200 power flash ? Or I have to wait sun goes down ?

[@jaym5938]

Generative Fill is also an option.

[@nmelcam1]

Hi Gavin, this video is only 3 days old so you do have the latest Photoshop, why not use the Remove Tool to remove the softbox? The Remove Tool is on Retail and Beta versions of PS unlike the Generative Fill that is only on the Beta version for now 🙂 The Remove Tool should have done a better and easier job to remove the box, even the regular Content Aware fill might have worked well 🙂

[@GavinHoey]

Because not everyone has the latest and greatest but if you, then by all means use it 👍

[@chrismayer8990]

Thanks Gavin ! ☺

[@jbello9398]

What about using an ND filter, any suggestions?

[@drsutton2]

Galvin, did u have a filter on the lens..???...ND filter

[@GavinHoey]

No ND filters here. Bonus info... the Olympus 7-14mm lens I used in the second set of images doesn't even have a filter thread!

[@MartinV.]

Great Video!

[@mr.tastetechtravel]

Especially on an outdoor shoot like this, how do you normally handle your white balance?

[@GavinHoey]

In this case I set a custom white balance of 5600K. Check out 1:57 to spot it. When flash is providing almost all of the light I just set my WB to match that but if I'm mixing flash and ambient light then a grey card or better still, a colorchecker passport are the tools I use.

[@RonLane]

Gavin, instead of using that clone stamp on the softbox, just use the new remove tool an paint over it. That tool is crazy good at handling that stuff.

[@GavinHoey]

The trouble with newest Photoshop tools (in my experience) is they rapidly evolve and change, unlike this video. So tried and trusted works for me and of course not everyone has every the latest and greatest.

[@epbbass69]

I am really surprised that the flash is a godox flash, at least that's the brand name they are sold in Europe. Thanks for the Video! Great Infos

[@paktravel2990]

Very nice ...love you sir

[@drmtufan]

tHANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR OUTDOOR SHOOTİNG

[@johncantrell614]

Could you also use a narrower angle lens so you would not see the light stand while having it closer?

[@GavinHoey]

Hi John. That's the great thing about photography... there's ALWAYS and alternative way. So yes, step back and zoom in is always an option (if there's room) although for the second look with the star bust you want to use the widest lens possible to get the cleanest star burst.

[@hsmith4648]

What light stand do you use please?

[@Jwitherow1964]

Hey love your work

[@nuffzed2001]

Not using a remote for your camera ? Eg it takes away the look of a camera button being pressed?

[@GavinHoey]

With a wide angle lens and a fairly fast shutter speed the risk of camera shake from pressing the shutter is minimal. But if you have a remote trigger to hand there's nothing to be lost by using it 👍

[@srb980]

Love it Gavin

[@kirstyhepworth7343]

Great video Gavin

[@GavinHoey]

Thanks as always Kirsty 👍

[@kirstyhepworth7343]

@@GavinHoey your welcome Gavin

[@Ronakraj_Parmar]

Thankyou ❤

[@jasonray4439]

Hi , Gavin nice video , I need a new laptop , what are you using ? Thanks

[@GavinHoey]

Hi Jason. My Laptop is by Dynabook. Link to up to date version on the description 😉

[@jasonray4439]

@@GavinHoey thanks Gavin 👍

[@EchoesofHistory-s6q]

the best of the bests

[@amielcharcos3384]

He says "not good" then shows a perfect picture...wow

[@saleeshgreendot607]

Thank u sir thank u soo much 😊

[@nevvanclarke9225]

ND filter ? then shoot F4?

[@rgreeneish]

wish we had chairs like that here in the states.

[@DmitriMironov]

Thanks man:-))

[@HR-wd6cw]

I always felt the phrase "overpower the sun" to be a bit misleading when talking about lighting (with artificial light). I think people shouild adopt "balancing the light" which is more what you're really trying to do. Sometimes that "balancing" does mean making your subject brighter than the background (thus overpowering) but for most people it's balancing with ambient and the background majority of the time. Second reason is that in techincal terms, nothing really "overpowers" the sun if you consider light output in general, it's just the sun (relative to the subject) is smaller, but that doesn't mean the flash is putting out more light, it's just closer and thus larger in relation to the subject, but if we kept everything equal, then that's not true (and not possible since you cannot get that close to the sun obviously). I just find the phrase a bit misleading, especially for beginners who may get confused by this phrase.

[@GavinHoey]

Hmmm now I'm wondering if it's theoretically possible to overpower the sun with a 2nd sun that's much bigger, brighter and just behind our existing sun... Would that work? 😉

[@jatinp8121]

Really this technique is applied for raw format image

[@GavinHoey]

Although I work with RAW files, there's nothing here that says you must use RAW. The heavy lifting for the perfect exposure is all done at the photography stage by balancing the flash and the daylight 😉

[@jatinp8121]

Thank you so much Sir. I got your point. I just want to know that if I shooting in raw file and not using flash, can achieve this effect in editing software?

[@GavinHoey]

​@@jatinp8121 That is an EXCELLENT question 👍No you won't get the same effect with just software on a single RAW however, you might want look at 32bit HDR editing from multiple RAW files. Again, very much NOT the same look but much less noise in the shadows and much more detail in the highlights then a single RAW file can give.

[@ivanriobla]

PSD AI can remove anything in seconds and works perfect in scenarios like that

[@barkyvonschnauzer2188]

Love ❤

[@socksonfeet8125]

You closed the aperture to 22 then the immediate image you show was at f16? Think you missed explaining why you didnt use f22 and went to f16?

[@_Eye_Of_Ry]

I thought the last few were f22. It says f16 or am I wrong?

[@1956wm]

Good Gavin

[@1956wm]

meant GOOD MORNING - doing 2 things at once and not doing to good ...

[@GavinHoey]

@@1956wm I'll happily take either comment 😊

[@waky123]

👌👌👌👌👌thanx