Bright white background light | Take and Make Great Photography with Gavin Hoey

For many photographers, the perfectly smooth white walls of a large studio are just a dream. For those of us with small home studios or who travel, a white fabric background is a great budget alternative. But getting a low-cost fabric background perfectly white is a challenge. Luckily Gavin Hoey is here to help.

In this video, Gavin takes you through why you need to light a white background, how not to do it and how he gets spotless, clean white backgrounds every time with only the smallest amount of Photoshop or Lightroom tweaks.

Products Used:
Olympus E-M1 Mark iii

Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro

Flashpoint eVOLV 200 Pro

Flashpoint R2 Pro Transmitter

Sekonic L-308X-U

Glow 8' x 16' Background

Flashbender Large
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[piotradamczyk]

In Gavin's videos the most important thing for me is that he makes all the errors at the beginning and step by step he explains what to do to get the final effect he wants.

Gavin, you rock!!!

[braadonja]

Gavin, I love you. You are the best presenter on YT.

[alexanderpons]

Oh wow, so many people don't have the space in what they call STUDIO so this is a fantastic video where it show us how to go about it the best way possible within the constrains of space. Thank you Gavin Hoey for showing us the solution to situations and for loving Photography and share so much through this channel!

[kenspo]

Even as a professional, I love the videos with Gavin. They are relaxing to watch!

[DONNYLAI]

Gavin's the most underrated photography guru ever... Learnt a lot of things from his videos... Huge thanks man...

[wesjones]

Another easy way if you have a large soft box and/or are doing close up portraits, is to just use the soft box of the backlight as the white background. Essentially it will do the same as this.

Initially I set up a background in my home studio using a massive painter sheet I found at the dollar store. It was white and diffused the light fairly nicely. I stuck my 48 in octagon soft box behind it, stretched it right across my backdrop frame and had a cheap and simple pure white background. I also found some white sheer curtains to add in front so I could shoot soft window style portraits using this setup.

[specta]

Love this, very educative for even newbies like us

[randymyers]

Even though I don't do this kind of shooting very much, I always enjoy watching Gavin and hearing him explain step by step what he is doing. It takes out all the mystery about lighting that most people have about the subject. Big thumbs up to Gavin.

[iqueque]

Two critical components, it seems. Multiple flashes and an experienced model. I really appreciate how Charlotte poses, seemingly with little direction from Gavin.

[tommino]

9:22 Gorgeous shot, light, shadows/gradient, black and color in the middle. I love it!

[lianaoptionstrading]

You are so nice, I like your videos, and models are not distracting and humble. thx subscribed

[StumblethroughProductions]

Just wanted to give a shoutout to the guy making these videos. Really helpful

[RawloftheDead]

I love your videos. You always do simple step by step tutorials. I had a feeling it was gonna be 2 lights on the side when you first started. The flag was the only thing I didn't consider so thank you again

[buksvanstaden]

Thanx Gavin, good structured stepwise logic towards the shoot goal.
One question though:- Please explain how to get a pure white background for a full length shot in the small home studio?

Regards.
Buks

[barkyvonschnauzer]

Gav' has done it again. Thanks mate.

[johnleighdesigns]

brilliant yes great stuff - i do exactly this - much to models annoyance! after using other backgrounds for shots such as black or coloured I go back and forth with the lights power and positioning plus modifiers as i strive for that clean white background!

[alexmaranon]

Great tips Gavin, as always. Thank you!

[carlawalker]

Thank you fashion models. You take us away from our problems and leed us into fantasy

[mortini]

OK... here's a comment BLOW. Love your instructional videos. Just amazing what you do in your Small Home Studio... really. Muy bien Gavin

[richardmendoza]

Excellent tutorial & well explained. Gavin always has great videos & seems to have fun while making them. Hats off to you, sir!