Shoot and Photoshop an unusual self portrait

[@ephoto09]

Gavin, I have become such a better photographer ever since I start watching you. Thanks and keep up the great work.

[@Smoogle]

That actually made it very entertaining the way you filmed it, had humor, effects, and kept me entertained and i learned something too :)

[@RDYS]

I look forward to these. I never fail to learn something new, if not the technique then a camera or photoshop feature than I hadn't used. As an aside I am amazed when I see these that there are a few twits that would give free education a thumbs down. Blimey, it does take all kinds to make the world go about. Thanks Gavin from across the pond !

[@AbhishekDey90]

u r the best online photography teacher we have...

[@frenchfries3979]

i'm a beginner in photography and your the best teacher that i've ever watched online. You are so cool to watch and easy to understand.

[@lomlloyl]

Spectacular! Keep them coming Gavin!!

[@getraju]

Indeed a great tutorial. I have watched most of your videos, I have become your fan. Thanks for posting such good tutorials

[@HeartYukitty]

Clear and easy,perfect. I just added you on flickr,your work is awesome.

[@camieboy14]

Gavin your videos have helped me out a ton! Just wanted to let u know! thanks!

[@mrajmarshall]

You make all this look soo easy! Brilliant!

[@myexgirlfriends]

GAVIN . YOU ROCK MY WORLD. this is the video that ive been looking for ! thanks

[@sjb49]

Thanks for yet another great tutorial; I've learned so much about Photoshop watching your videos.

[@tookpul]

you are very skilled you are helping a lot of people with your videos!!! especially me because I'm an animation student please keep on doing videos!!!! thank you!

[@Erin91225]

This is my favourite video of yours, such a great idea!!!!

[@OerstedPedersen]

Thanks for another great tutorial, Gav :-) Played around with it yesterday and ran into problems filling in a 3rd overlapping person. So I was very happy to see you adressing this in particular :-)) Thanks and greetings from Denmark

[@flornare]

Congratulations from Argentina!! very usefull!! Thank you Gavin!

[@GavinHoey]

Any lighting can be used. Room lighting, window light or flash is all good. Nothing should change in each photo (except the person). Flash is good because every flash of light will be the same.

[@dimpsyroll]

gavin i you really inspired me... using adobe photoshop and take amazing photos even in simplest way...

[@trevb0b]

Just tried it out on my own, and it came out very nicely!

[@GavinHoey]

I focused of the back of the sofa knowing f8 would be a small enough aperture to ensure good depth of field.

[@lix74]

Thank you very much for all the videos you have uploaded, I hope you will continue to donate us such beautiful videos! Thank you again Alessandro

[@ijanezhang]

The are the best photographer in the world!!!!!!

[@clarkman325]

Gavin, thanks for this tip/idea. I just completed my first attempt at it and it's fairly successful.

[@boasa]

This is simply the best tutorial on youtube!

[@Yuk0b]

Wow! Taking it off worked like a charm. Thanks.

[@DerekComer]

i watch most of your video's and try most tecniques, this is another i will be trying,, Cheers Gav

[@Schaaf]

thanks for this great tutorial

[@RyanTheTuber]

Simple and quite easy to do for people starting out with the off-flash setups :) Thanks a lot!

[@xxSorshaxx]

This was so cool!!!! I want to do a picture of my daughter like that!

[@Yuk0b]

Great video Gavin. The internet lacks only two things, 15 minute photo challenges and good clear lighting videos. Do you think you'll do more lighting stuff like you briefly touched on here?

[@garcias1]

Great tutorial! Can't wait to try it but I have a question going back to the photo-taking piece of it. How did you prefocus yourself when you are not sitting on the couch? That's always been my problem : (

[@GoingSkateboarding]

that was an amazing tutorial! gotta love the gavin with the camera in the back!

[@frontier2005]

love this tutorial..easiest one i;ve seen here.. thanks for sharing,

[@carlknoxrobinson]

Hi Gavin, Another great tutorial - well done. Am I correct in assuming that you used manual focus for the shots?

[@barelyaverage]

Great tutorial once again! Gavin, would you able to show how to make borders around pics, I know it must be fairly simple technique. I have seen various on youtube but nothing of the sort I want. I want to make borders on the top and bottom only keeping the pic 16:9 ratio. Im sure you'd be able to guide. Thanks

[@ChandrasekarThodla]

Excelllent tutorial and easy to understand! I did a similar photoshoot with these instructions and posted it here :)

[@fletchersdad]

Great Video for a newbie like me!! Thank you..Football season is starting for my son and I would love to make some prints of him!!

[@phethmarc6112]

You are such a good photographer and a tutor... :) thanks..

[@spaccomatto]

Come al solito ottimo lavoro Gavin.

[@delark2000]

Fantastic!! Thank you so very much for all your tuts!

[@djbass101]

@PhotoGavin Yah I guess it is the way you are leaning that makes it look strange when thought about, but really you don't notice anything wrong in the final product because really there isn't anything wrong.

[@finn3rs1993]

Thank you keep them coming! i will try this weekend! and that video at start was well good

[@remotuts]

Really very Simple, Awesome man!!

[@NIKETUS]

amazing and excellent piece of work...

[@nikovald]

You're almost a magician. Thanks.

[@CAPTIANKOLOTH]

I LIKE WATCHIN YOUR VIDS, VERY INFORMATIVE... QUESTION FOR U , WHAT ARE THE CAMERA LENSES I SHOULD HAVE FOR STARTING OUT. I WANNA TAKE A PHOTO CLASS. JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS THE EQUIPMENT I SHOULD HAVE JUST STARTING OUT ?? THANKYOU

[@lc4151]

i love your video, super helpful and fun

[@adriandiazkeith1761]

Thank you Gavin! After a few strokes with the paint brush, I was able to accomplish this interesting task. I utilized natural light with backdrop of main living room, so the magic wand was a bit tedious but well worth the energy. Mahalo!

[@jmber27]

That is pretty cool,I will try that out. Great vid.

[@Realestateman1987]

Brilliant!! Just pulled off an awesome pic.

[@JordanPfost]

@Massygo the video version is done using adobe after effects or premiere. ( I believe)

[@archer41eh]

How did you focus on yourself (selves)? Using the auto select focus points and hope the camera finds you or just focus on the sofa and put the lens in Manual?

[@Kolbe19]

This is a great help. Thank you Mr. Hoey!

[@jaypsns]

You forgot the shadow of yourself under the seating in the last layer ;] Great simple tutorial though, loving all your videos.

[@PachulizPunk]

Gavin, Thanks man!!! really cool video.

[@Bl4ckVV0lF]

Very cool I must say ... Thank you for the lesson ... Much appreciated

[@abatti95]

Great video Gavin!

[@andretbms]

Its quite simple acctually... can be done using green screens or even simple splits and good masking

[@devonmale69]

Nice as allways BUT how did you get rid of the lens cap as seen in your video part? haha

[@zayemusic]

i have adobe elements 10 do u have a video for that?

[@macedonianwolf]

awesome work dude...will try this out! the terrible part is just that I only have a D60 18-55vr nothing else :( Any way...can you make a tutorial how to make long exposure shots for landscape. Many thanks and one more time awesome work!

[@inahg2]

Hi Mate Loving ur vids......can this be done outside, lets say on a park bench but without flashes

[@eenheelwit]

Thanks for posting this kind of lessons. Lots of lol.

[@R00RAL]

thankyou, is that a white plastic role under the couch?

[@briannetoma7047]

Simply done! Wonderful!

[@mctoddjoj]

Hey gavin just want to ask a question. I had Canon 60D and I am wondering why most of photographer like nikon than canon what is the advantage of this to canon? I know you had 5D markII and can you suggest a good super wide angle glass? Thanks

[@Steezemify]

thats really awesome! i'm gonna try it for myself :)

[@TiranosaurusRex2010]

Great Stuff ! Always something new to learn.....

[@BubblesPothowari]

Gavin, Terrible Video ? This is great, fast, simple, swift, and god tutorial. Thank you !!!!

[@thegaijin]

the video! the video! awesome. how did you make it??

[@Nattacus]

I did a few of these a couple of days ago. Just one flash bounced off the ceiling was enough :)

[@Yuk0b]

Thanks. Exactly the kind of thing I was looking for.

[@KCStreetGeek]

This was pretty cool, thanks!

[@floxiekibuta]

Very nice.. Have to do something like this for myself..

[@skatebaker321]

@gajetjoe yeah the 18-200's aperture is crap. a 24-105 is a pro lens. i shoot nikon too. no regrets

[@VintageProjectDE]

@marfianik: I don't know Aperture, but the photoshop part is quite straight ahead. With a little google-work and trial&error you are going to get this with GIMP easily (which is quite charming as it is freeware) Menu titles will be different, but the workflow is quite the same. The more important thing is not to move the cam during shots. Otherwise you will have to realign them which can be hard...

[@StenVR]

Hi, great come sempre. I have a Nikon D90. When i shoot in autoclick my manual say to cover the viewfinder: it's mandatory or not. Thank you Stefano

[@RyanTheTuber]

What background/backdrop are you using? Muslin or seamless?

[@Massygo]

Works perfect overhere too. But...how to create this video version?

[@valdovinos24]

Thanks! for the tutorial amazing!

[@VintageProjectDE]

Gavin, this is a great tutorial! I'm going to try this with my photo group on one of the next studio shoots. Let's see what happens there... :o) Special thanks for the PS tut. This helps a lot to arrange the final picture, especially your secret hints regarding the selection optimization. Maybe one thing is missing: What if I have to realign the pictures... ;o)

[@Furuly]

question, I'm doing this with many pictures (up to ten). If I forget something on the first picture, is there a way to make a hole in the first of the ten? My problem is that I keep forgetting a shoe or a hat from time to time.

[@mmccarrell]

Gavin's very talented. Why all the haters on here?

[@camares84]

my silly question is this : when i copy paste another picture into my main picture, it appears very small..how i will make it work the way i want? (appearing in same size as the original) thank you

[@gbhatthal]

nice one, i like it. i'll try that some time. thanks

[@computersguy13]

Great tutorial!

[@jonfletcher147]

You're the man Gavin ;)) nice one.

[@burubura]

hiii gavin..what to do when the background is not white(random background) n u hav to fix 3rd pic???thanks

[@mightymuffinful]

I love this!

[@SuperFermel]

very informative and great demonstration, i love it, two thumbs-up ^_^

[@JLitodiaz]

how did you get yourself in focus?

[@skatebaker321]

@gajetjoe definately not super fast focusing, okay quality, a lot of distortion. if you want to only use one lens thats its only use.

[@MiniParkourKid]

@inahg2 I'm just doing that now, on an old worn out, wooden bench. I've taken 3 images of myself with black and white clothing so that when I use black and white on my photos it's more effective, and so far it looks like a bench outdoors is working out...

[@mctoddjoj]

Hi Gavin i am more interested on how you edit the video..

[@oceandrew]

Very clever. Thanks for the fun vid.

[@Selbs2008]

Excellent work!!

[@dlee13]

would it be pretty much the same process in GIMP?

[@Richydudeman]

@gajetjoe The same thing dude, just put your camera on a tripod, film yourself doing 3 different things, and then edit the scenes together so it becomes one scene.

[@herrjonna2007]

witch Photoshop program are you using?

[@rainbowclash1233]

Thanks! You really helped me! I used the eraser tool instead, though!