Overpower Ambient Ep 108: Take & Make Great Photography with Gavin Hoey: Adorama Photography TV

Adorama Photography TV Presents Take & Make Great Photos with Gavin Hoey.  Learn how to bring out the drama in a photo by manipulating the lighting.  Adding a single speedlight to your setting will take your photography from "okay" to "great!"

Then, follow along as Gavin touches up his image in Photoshop by enhancing the elements to really make the subject pop and the background look dramatic.

Adorama Photography TV features talented hosts including: Mark Wallace, Gavin Hoey, Joe McNally, Joe DiMaggio, Tamara Lackey, Bryan Peterson, and Rich Harrington.

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[venuslnd]

Gavin Hoey is probably the best common man photography tutor on Youtube. Adorama have got a star on their chanel.

[ishootinraw]

Great tutorial. What I like most is that you ALWAYS provide ALL of the shooting data ; many others do not and it becomes a guessing game ; furthermore, your tutorials are straight to the point, and I, as well as others, do appreciate not having to listen to a bunch of unnecessary BS. Thanks for the manner in which you present your training.

[burple]

Excellent... Gavin's videos are the best offered by Adorama. Love the fact that they always have two parts: getting the shot and post production.

[igetsmart]

Always super nice to watch and listen to Gavin - Glad he is now on Adorama -
Adorama keep supporting Gavin -

[aydadans]

The best thing with Gavin is that he uses the same camera and lens all the time and I believe this differs him from others.

[katercarlo]

even for non native english speakers very understandable.
very well made, gavin.

[MrJohnblaine]

I love the way you talk. And talks for the knowledge

[CarlosAlvaradoPhotography]

We need more Gavin!!! Thanks for your great videos!

[johnLee]

Thanks Gavin.... your videos are always very clearly described, and well thought out..

[BrotherBloat]

Gavin is for the ultimate win! Thank you for a great tutorial once again! :D

[cockyjeremy]

I like him, i really do. I watch most of his videos, but mostly because he's fun to watch. The only thing you really LEARN from him, is "Bump the contrast", and "I'm not afraid of a high ISO". Don't get me wrong, he takes some really nice images, he's fun to watch, but he's not super informative. The most i've learned from his videos is when he has a guest.

[snuurtje]

awesome, had something like this in mind for an upcoming shoot im gonna do. Great inspiration!

[hoorayforpentax]

Nice. Could you also clone out the flash by taking a pic without the model (perhaps as an "after") as a reference shot and somehow subtracting it?

[Spade]

Another awesome tutorial from Gavin, excellent job keep em coming! Btw lovely picture really like the look of it!

[sertaliozer]

A note to adorama TV:
Having Gavin Hoey as one of your presenter is the best move you have done!

[RogerTing]

This would work if we can meter on the model? Either with spot metering or a flash meter? And no need to be all over the place with the f-stop.

I would also use the same technique even in complete darkness outdoors.

[Baldrickuk]

Surely the point of the video is A: To show how to use off camera flash and B: How, if you make a mistake, you can correct any errors in the photo using PS. Gavin is a photographer and PS guru. It would have been a bit boring if he said, "Hi, I'm Gavin Hoey. Here's a perfect photo I took - and look at the clarity!"

[SimonHeimbuchner]

Thats pretty amazing! Gavin might have done a little more work to the flash removal, though. Didn't look very natural to me, but I love the overall idea and stuff. (:

[CabralsCorner]

Doesn't diffraction kick in after F/9 for most cameras? I know my 60D starts to experience diffraction after f/6, but looks good until f/12-14 after f/16 the image gets soft.

[supercooled]

Wow Gavin you're doing tuts for Adorama now?