Lighting & Editing Mono Male Portraits | Take & Make Great Photography with Gavin Hoey

[@tomzphone]

Gavin - the best ever - as always.

[@Alex_science]

Gavin. You have the abiliity of make difficult things easy. Your explanations are great. Thank you.

[@dunnymonster]

Gavin giving his best " Blue Steel " look, Zoolander stylee 😊😋

[@GavinHoey]

I've not seen the film... Maybe something to do in the next lockdown 😉

[@marcelopinto8713]

Thanks Gavin, Always the best tutorials!!!

[@ShadowlightPhotography]

Love the fact no models isn't holding your tutorials back, thank you so much for all the effort you put into these!!

[@TheFede65]

Amazing black and white Gavin. Thanks 🙏

[@RonEMarks]

Great work!! Finally found a KZbinr that gets right to the points and is concise. I’ve learned more in 5 of these videos than the past year of others. Thanks. I look forward to more.

[@bluemosquedesign]

always awesome!

[@AnVoPhotography]

Thank you for doing a male portrait tutorial. Too few of those, and you look so cool 😎

[@mariopage8912]

Wonderful, I have learned so much since all these years with your tutorials, Thank's Gavin Hoey

[@GavinHoey]

Thanks Mario 👍

[@manoharmgr8235]

SUPER. SUPER , THE BEST VIDEOS நன்றாக இருக்கிறது வாழ்த்துக்கள் R.MANOHAR- INDIA,* CHENNAI

[@woodencanoepictures]

Another great video by Gavin Hoey. Thank you!

[@jorgefiocchi]

Hi Gavin! Excellent video!!! Thank you very Much!!! What app do you to use for shotting from your smartphone? Thank you very Much!!! Giorgio

[@paulmullin3202]

Always entertaining.

[@truthsayers8725]

always late to the game but very good job. looks like you started out in a shed before going to a bigger building or a room (in your more current videos)

[@kennethnielsen3864]

Super nice self portrait, thanks for sharing.

[@paulbell9957]

What a great model. You should hire him more in the future 😁 Enjoyed this Gavin. Rather cool looking and moody self portraits. Great stuff as always 😊👍

[@apstudios01]

Thanks Gavin. Always enjoy your tips.

[@londonken]

Where do I find the graduating filter may I ask?

[@stevenguy2494]

Gavin what flash meter do you use?

[@alanroderick7153]

Super, as always. Hopefully lockdown ends soon !

[@GavinHoey]

It can't come soon enough Alan!

[@marcusprime357]

Hey Gavin. Great work as usual. Do you think the Godox sk 300ii is any good. Thinking about purchasing it. My budget is really tight.

[@GavinHoey]

Hi Marcus. I've not tried that one but if you ever plan to shoot on location, it's hard to beat battery powered flash 😉

[@tommino8970]

I have two SK400ii for years, got them for sale price of "300". Solid construction, Bowens fits well even with heavy 90cm deep parabol softbox, 5m power-cable included and modeling light is really nice thing, which is missing at AD200. All functions controlled via Xpro and all together, lot of good gear for less money. BTW, the battery for AD600pro costs much more than SK400ii.

[@delhunter7530]

Nicely done Sir Gav..... Any workshops planned for 2021?

[@samhoey2420]

Lots of planning going on behind the scenes Del, lets see what the rest of the year beings :)

[@stuarttatlock8217]

Nice quick video, very informative. Which light meter do you use, as I have Pixapro lights?

[@GavinHoey]

Hi Stuart. I use the sekonic L-308 light meter.

[@marcusmurray5440]

Great video Gavin, how to you focus when you are doing a self portrait?

[@AbbasBinYounas]

It can usually be done through the app for your camera on your smartphone. I have a canon 6d and an Olympus e-m10, and the focus works fine through their smartphone apps over WiFi.

[@cerec69]

Couldn’t you just pre focus then switch off the AF?

[@hansjacobbeck382]

You enlighten me, Gavin!

[@toshtwentythree195]

Did you use the ad200 over the ad400 or higher because of the reflector size due to your small studio ? Thank you

[@guerradigital]

Excelente fotógrafo y modelo. Greetings from Mexico City.

[@boricua6012]

Excellent video! I love your work! You CREATE NO MATTER WHAT! Thanks Gavin!

[@ShootPicture]

the sound effect was great

[@chrisadams862]

Been following you for many years, always love you video's, but I think I prefer Polly as you model in these shoots ;-) keep up with you fantastic work....

[@greggillies1320]

We play a drinking game, every time Gavin says "small home studio" knock a shot back! Love you Gavin!!

[@snakespeer2982]

Gavin is the best 😍📸 .

[@MrJueKa]

I realy like this tutorial, because I love both, black&white photography and speedlites, sometimes I use LED torches to illuminate the set-up, not an issue with the black&white mode the DIY background and floor look great in these results, I like it

[@michaell.2267]

Great stuff Gavin! I wish it was as easy as you make it look in your videos... 👍🏻

[@MrJueKa]

I`m an ambitious hobby photographer and a hobby "strobist" since the 1980s and I`m always using speedlites for nearly 80% of my photography under all conditions, so trust me, it is in fact that simple, it`s no rocket science or witchcraft, but it`s a lot of "learning by doing" and "trial and error", you need a lot of training, experimenting and gaining experience to get the routine to get the results you want or need as easy, reliable and quick as you like and one or much better more TTL speedlites plus a radio TTL trigger system make life way much easier and the most important thing is always to make suitable notes and sketches of the set-ups and settings that have led to success or of effective advices from other photographers, websites, videos, magazines etc in order to avoid unnecessary experiments in comparable situations, this little book is the most important accessory ... and as a summary, you can`t do anything wrong with speedlites and set-ups like this, if you don`t like the result, delete it and try again ... and have fun

[@slowlyrusting4044]

Great info. Right to the point without unnecessary fluff !!! Thanks, Gavin !!!

[@cbartsch]

Eye-opener in this one: Choose color of clothing even for black and white shots, so it can be edited with the b&w sliders later. Genius

[@loihpatli]

Great video, thanks Gavin! Could you recomend decent boom arm for regular manfrotto 1004 bac stand?i want to make an overhead lighting with my godox ad600 and ad200. Thanks!

[@krishnansrinivasan830]

Nice & Thanks :)

[@Impostertot]

Nice to see the ole time Gav back - shot tutorial followed by some post processing tips. Thanks! Hang in there, full lock down will soon be over.

[@WorldMusicStageRecords]

Brilliant as always!!!

[@duckd50]

Brilliant as always Gavin. This is something I’ve got to do... Haven’t updated my photo in a very long time.

[@KuromiLover89]

Fantastic video sir Gavin Hoey. Thank you! Cheers!

[@cristinakrause4506]

Awesome portrait!

[@jonathandaniel7424]

Always the best tutorials. Thanks, Gavin.

[@scottjgillishere]

How do you determine your f stop ? Why a 5.6 f stop ?

[@peter_shadow7559]

A little late here but better late than never. Gavin decides that aperture by the depth of field he desires. It is basically a general rule of thumb. Decide what the depth of field will be first and then assign the ideal power to the lights.

[@fransdewinter4043]

Thank you again!!

[@MikeJamesMedia]

Thank you, Gavin. Always fun, and always interesting!

[@DarrenRussinger]

Another great (& easy to understand) video from Gavin!

[@Tezuka-gs8eb]

You are amazing sir. 👏

[@GavinHoey]

Thanks Javed 👍

[@Alilharbi]

Gavin is one of the most entertaining guys out there. There is no humor but i can not skip any of his videos once i hit the play button. #Legend

[@jasonlacey5979]

Still the Man..

[@firstwitness5735]

I'd like to know the name of this stand and boom arm, it's fantastic.

[@MrBritishGent]

Great video!

[@kirstyhepworth7343]

Great video

[@markbrown8251]

Great as usual

[@taftphotography]

Nice work!

[@motiwalamoiz]

Pretty cool

[@garythompson3869]

Thanks Gavin The overhead lighting, has given me some new ideas.

[@waky123]

how can i get the shadow and highlight option in sony camera ?

[@irvinc.1619]

So dope!

[@haibaron5520]

Ok

[@vvassall28]

I’m trying this tonight. Thank you

[@thephotographersanz9943]

🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼📸📸📸

[@alanlafferty6593]

Great video gavin as always. I always thought 12mm would be way to wide for portraits. But it looks great. I've a small home studio in a spare room and about to get a 17 to 28. Hoping it'll help get some full body shots.

[@MrJueKa]

don`t forget, in this video it is a 12mm lense for MFT, means 24mm for full frame and yes, that`s a good focal lense for people photography to involve the environment

[@robertogiusticineyfotograf257]

GENIOOOOOOOOO

[@silvere36]

Love it. Great job Gavin!

[@cerec69]

Could you have used a reflector instead of the ‘ fill’ light?

[@MrJueKa]

of course, but with less "drama", a reflector gives soft light and shadows, a directed speedlite with a grid gives this punch we like in such photos

[@snumbers1]

Very informative 👍

[@TheGazzadj]

Great work Gavin!

[@christopherseymour7318]

Yet another great quick Gavin Hoey tutorial

[@GavinHoey]

Thanks Christopher 👍

[@MichaelKantormusic]

Would a reflector work as well on the ground for the face instead of another light ?

[@GavinHoey]

The results would be different but different isn't always a bad thing. Have a go and decided what you like.

[@MrJueKa]

@@GavinHoey less "drama"

[@nawaraldafis3]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻