Cinematic Hard Light Portraits (with speedlights) | Take and Make Great Photography with Gavin Hoey

[@kwamosarp123]

Does anyone else like the video before watching? Gavin is a great teacher

[@GavinHoey]

Thanks for the preemptive 👍

[@MykeVisuals]

He truly is such a great teacher

[@Noob39373]

I do

[@sandywilkinson8898]

I've been binge watching for weeks and I "like" each one before it even starts so that I don't forget!!

[@eddychan5296]

Most impressed and reminded me is that Gavin used affordable gear yet came out with amazing pictures.

[@martinedwards3082]

gavin - you're the man. i'm a photographic dilettante with little knowledge on how to go about producing images on this scale.thanks.you're presenting style is excellent.

[@josephchan4198]

I always learn something from Gavin. I try to watch his video when I can since it has great information. Thanks.

[@GavinHoey]

Thanks Joseph, keep watching and learning 👍

[@alanroderick7153]

Missed the Live :-( And there was SMOOKE !!! Very good to see the three images of shadow hardness/softness side by side, thanks. Well done, All !

[@GavinHoey]

Live again next Thursday Alan 👍

[@karenarden3266]

Love this! Noir - one of my favorites!! Smoke Ninja yeah. Thank you!!

[@MyMomDrank]

I love Gavin’s noir style stuff

[@GavinHoey]

Me too 😉

[@mvjphotographie2617]

Very inspiring as usual. Love the last images with the smoke ❤

[@loihpatli]

Love your noir stutorials! Thanks Gavin!

[@GavinHoey]

Me too Mati 🕵️‍♂️

[@NelsonChaban]

My lighting guru!

[@GavinHoey]

Thanks Nelson 👍

[@ChazzLyons]

Fantastic!!! Thank you Gavin, and Chloe looks great

[@camcappe353]

Love this! Thank you and Chloe 🎉

[@mayastep4258]

Gavin, you always inspire :) thank you and your lovely team for always delivering great content. You make it look so easy :)

[@richmatlock9643]

I always look forward to your videos Gavin. I also have loved film noir movies... so I will give it a go.

[@stephenmuller5098]

Enjoy watching the different ideas and techniques, I just need to find the time to try some!

[@sandywilkinson8898]

I am VERY new and still trying to find my niche. I think i have watched 90% of your videos for inspiration!! Wish me luck, a week from today, I've rented a space for 48 hours of photography and my entire family and friends are coming to be my "models" (maybe not ideal to have non professional models, but its what i have!) Every one of the 4 scenes i have set up are variations of things I've seen on your videos! Thank you so much for your hard work!!

[@amitansshu6517]

How did it go? I bet it was a great experience!

[@fabriceparmentier4125]

I really love this! Great video, as always! Hoping to put it to the test myself someday!

[@GavinHoey]

I'm glad it's inspired you to have a go Fabrice 👍

[@dunnymonster]

Love me a bit of film Noir, wonderfully executed as always 👍

[@GavinHoey]

Thanks 👍

[@jonathanosbaldiston9282]

Brilliant video. Fun, informative and practical. Cheers Jono 😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿📸

[@Anen_Aier]

Gavin doesn't run out of ideas and solutions. Bdw love that transparent plastic sheet photo shoot. Great going, love you always. Warm Regards from North East India.

[@GavinHoey]

Thanks for the kind words, the plastic sheet session is one of my favourites of the years too 👍

[@Anen_Aier]

@@GavinHoey As a photographer I have learned many things from you. God bless you with good health and with more fowtows😇

[@AdoramaEvents]

love this! another fantastic video from Gavin and the team 😊

[@GavinHoey]

Thank you, we had so much fun with this one (and way too much smoke!)

[@quietset7639]

Another great and educational video from Gavin. I been afraid of using bare speedlites and now I know I shouldn't. Chloe was amazing and beautiful. Great pictures Gavin.

[@GavinHoey]

I understand your worries about bare flash and it can be a problem... unless you have a plan 😉

[@deenugent473]

I love this session Gavin! Always a great tutuorial from you and your team.

[@GavinHoey]

Thanks 😊

[@alessandrorossi6447]

Gavin, you always inspire me!! Thank you so much for your contents!

[@GavinHoey]

Thanks Alessandro 👍

[@rayasiala9375]

Absolutely amazing video! I cannot wait to try that in my studio… You inspire me!

[@jwats5713]

This is sooo cool, im going to try this trick this weekend. I love your videos and showing different effects

[@sohelvidz]

Sir Always learn something new from you when upload video.❤❤❤❤

[@jamesthomson7047]

Really enjoy your tutorial video's Gavin. Good to see you again.

[@GavinHoey]

Thanks James. I'll be back in two weeks with another video BUT tune in next Thursday for an hour long live session 😁

[@wellwhatthen10101]

Always like this type of photo shoot Gavin they look interesting and are great on the eye you can have great fun with all the setups that you can think of

[@GavinHoey]

Thanks for the kind words and you're right, fun is the heart of what I do :)

[@markglenday7291]

Thanks for sharing this video Gav love your work Mark from Australia

[@PhillipMcCallum]

Excellent video on lights, thanks from Brisbane

[@edyschmitt3442]

Love it from Germany🎉

[@paulbell9957]

Love your film noir Gavin. Awesome work 👍😊

[@GavinHoey]

Me too Paul 🕵️‍♂️

[@jeffreykeeney5363]

Awesome session. Rocked it. So many points of lighting techniques that never made sense. The way this session is done allowed me to have "ah ha" moments. Gaven you are the man. Chloe you are the "Cats Meow" . Chloe's expressions are spot on for this type of imagery. Chloe's wardrobe is perfect and classy. These images would be excellent movie posters. We could call the movie "Femme Fatal". The window blind shots would be covers for pulp fiction detective books. The way these shots are composed generates the feelings of power, confidence and control. Well done by the entire team.

[@rosupply4877]

Another Great how too! Sorry I missed it live.

[@GavinHoey]

I'm Live again right here next Thursday 👍

[@cjk1943]

love the video

[@paulmullin3202]

What a brilliant video.😊

[@GavinHoey]

Thanks Paul 👍

[@dianapiscitelli9369]

Great tutorial! THX

[@jonnyroids1482]

Amazing video Gavin.

[@paultrunfull3324]

Nice one Gavin

[@GavinHoey]

Thanks Paul 👍

[@vagaickie]

Ooooh! I love this!

[@fotogfitzfoto412]

Fit an extractor fan! My 20' x 10' studio has an a/c unit at one end and an extractor at the other, using both clears smoke PDQ.

[@LightTheShadows]

Great lighting as always. You are definitely one of the best online teachers in photography. I really love what you, Sam and Freya are doing! It seems that you are in your desaturated colour phase with editing 😊 To me it looks as if Cloe is sick. In Germany we say: neither fish nor meat 😅 I think I‘d prefer a proper B&W.

[@SethKimStudio]

Good stuff. Thank you.

[@mickeyreyes3189]

Great stuff!

[@KatieF307]

Another great video!

[@GavinHoey]

Thank you Katie 👍

[@sofrankie]

Thank you!

[@dsomani2008]

New camera? Congratulations.. 🎉

[@GavinHoey]

Old camera and not mine, but very nice to play with 👍

[@markparris5255]

Super cool

[@GavinHoey]

Thanks Mark 👍

[@911Polini]

Hi Gavin, nice as always!! but maybe its useful in these setting to give rough an idea of the distance the flash source has to object in the picture

[@GavinHoey]

What you see in the videos and the various different angles I use when editing the video together should give you a pretty good idea of distance.If it helps, my studio is only 15 feet wide, so you can be sure it's less then that 😉

[@vacanechaser]

love the video and images.. great concept. where is that particular snoot found? cant seem to find it in the description and or on the site. I would have the typical rectangular speed light head. thanks Gavin..keep up the fantastic videos

[@GavinHoey]

Hi Jesse. The snoot is part of the Flashpoint Round Head Flash Accessory Kit www.adorama.com/fplfevrhak.html

[@vacanechaser]

@@GavinHoey Thanks... I didnt even see that.. lol.. guess it helps to read. lol thank you

[@L.Spencer]

I was trying to take low key shots yesterday, but I ran into some issues. I tried to use a light in front, with a grid so it would be a little darker, but with that on the other strobes wouldn't slave, so I ended up taking it off, which lightened the whole shot. The strobe on the left had barn doors, trying to be a hairlight. The strobe on the right I put a blue gel and aimed it at the background, but it was very pale. I find it really hard to do low key, but I'm going to keep practicing!

[@GavinHoey]

A grid will narrow the beam of light and if your "Slave" flashes are in the shade with their optical receivers facing away from the key light they won't fire. From memory the workarounds were hit and miss. Honestly, radio transmitters are game changers 😉

[@L.Spencer]

@@GavinHoey Thank you! I was at school practicing today and it was the same thing. So, I guess pros would use transmitters on all the strobes. Makes, sense, because you need to be confident they're firing. :)

[@fotogfitzfoto412]

Should have put an orange gel on the light through the blinds, for a street light effect - given the angle.

[@troyingram716]

Is a hard light directional. And if it got harder would it be polarized and yet still harder lights get synchronized?

[@weztastudio6170]

my favorite guy on youtuibe

[@GavinHoey]

Thank you 😊

[@chrismayer8990]

Very useful! Thank you Gavin, Chloe and Team! ❤ By the way, I really like Chloe, but will there be a video with Sophie again?

[@GavinHoey]

Spoiler alert... Stay tuned Chris, you might want to see one of my upcoming video(s) 😉

[@chrismayer8990]

@@GavinHoey 🤗

[@danielpopa6243]

no longer shooting with Olympus/OM System, Gavin?

[@jwats5713]

Can you create something with color smoke

[@gordoncrocodileramsay]

How does the camera picture look so dark even though the lights are on inside? (not the speed light)

[@AmitSingh-vv6fe]

did you switch to sony gavin?

[@GavinHoey]

I did... For this video. I've also tried Fuji recently. It's always good to try new things every now and then 😉

[@GeraldA-f5m]

❤❤❤ chloe stunning lady

[@truthsayers8725]

dude.... while your videos are absolutely GREAT (presentation, subject matter, execution, and the like) im not sure anyone could take a bad picture of @chloekmodel! fabulous shoot...

[@matthewpickard5575]

Yes chloe la a very beautiful model dose she have an Instagram account ❤❤