I love that you make mistakes on purpose so we can see not only why they're mistakes, but also your process to fix. I always look forward to your videos. BTW I love that background!!
The Isaac Newton of photography. Thank you for such informative videos. I get so obsessed with too much technical details, or with the perfect equipment. You reveal how the art, not the science, is important. Bravo!
For full length in my studio (cleared out dining room )with a wide door frame which enables me to shoot from the living room with a length of 15 ft., I use a 36" BD from Westcott higher up for faces down to the waist and a 26" BD lower on a short Kupo stand angled downwards. I also use a another light on the opposite side of the 36" BD for fill. I just photographed a classical music trio that way and it worked well. This lit all the instruments beautifully too. I was at 50mm on my zoom , f/8 and 12 ft back. I have two 3x4 strip boxes but I only use them for rim lighting as I don't think they give me good even light. I could never handle a 7' scrim or store it. I even made my own V flats because the 8' ones were too difficult to move around.
Excellent tutorial you always explain everything really well for even an hour or so like we can understand not that I have ever used the flash I Gotta say you do inspire me to one and give it a go thanks very much for your time Gary
Thanks for this one Gavin. I love soft light, and this gives me another way of lighting a whole scene with soft light when I don't have the luxury of going with multiple lights. As an aside, I also want to thank you for the red cover on the light meter. I didn't need it for protection, but having lost mine a few times hanging on lights, I can always see yours, which prompted me to add that case. It works like a charm, and I rarely lose it now.
That's exactly why I have mine Greg :) The only time it's been fail (for me) is when I hung a load of red fabric from my C-Stand as well as the meter!!!
I just finished getting my CPP from PPA and was tickled to note how your lesson hit on so many of the principles I have been studying. Such a compact and well conceived demonstration of lighting principles. Loved it! Thank you!! (And now I need that scrim.....)
It reminds me of the Carnaby Street era of London. I've still got some photos of two young women in front of the shops wearing all white and fashionable mini dresses in 1969. Shot with my dad's Instamatic I think.
I could have used this before the past weekend when I was shooting portraits in a 'photobooth' for an event. It was all good, if I was doing close ups of one or 2 people, but when they started crowding up to 10 people into the space, I didn't have enough light at the bottom. I do have a large scrim I could have used - so now I know for next time. Thanks!
Great video Gavin and very well explained. I have the same vinyl flooring (on a roll for floor) but doubt if I could find a raised support that would take the weight. That must be a very solid setup you have in the wall/ceiling. Thanks again.
Gavin, you are amazing! Your tips on lowering the camera height and shooting at a 50mm (equiv) are golden. If you were to light the model with two of your rectangular soft boxes instead of a skrim, what position/height would you set them to get a better light angle whilst maintaining even lighting?
Clever and ingenious as always! I have faced that challenge a couple of times and come up with a no so elegant solution (photoshop here and there) but never felt very honest. So this set up will definitely help my craft, and get the shot in camera, rather than spending too much time in Post. I loved the camera angle tip !! That one is definitely key and now will remember it!! Thank you Gavin and thank you Adorama!!
Great video as always! I recently did my first full body shoot in my dining room and I clamped a white sheet between two light stands to make a budget skrim. Got the results I wanted, or at least better than I would've gotten with a 3x4 softbox. Love this channel. I recently got to visit Adorama in my first trip to NYC and I was excited over that as I was seeing The Lion King on Broadway.
Its always nice to see someone using a MicroFourThirds camera for portraits. I shoot an EM5 mk ii but i recently picked up a Nikon d5300 with some birthday money i had so people would take me more seriously
It's really nice, but unpopular opinion: I prefer the short focal result, much used in fashion photo, especially with a psychedelic background and a dress like these :) Thank you very much Gavin!! Love your lessons, xxx from Paris
try a fabric shop to buy lining material. i bought a white material, similar to softbox front, but much larger. i shoot through it hanging from the boom arm on a c-stand. large and soft light source and much cheaper than a dedicated scrim.
Another great video as always! At the end of the video I noticed you had the standard reflector on the AD300 as well as the 7", any particular reason for leaving this on rather than full "bare bulb"? Cheers
Gavin, I missed what you said to use if I haven't got a scrim. It sounded like reflector. If that's correct how should I use the reflector please? Thanks for clarifying how to get a full length photo with even lighting. Best wishes. Mike
Stacy had fun and looked great. Did you start with her dress and then find the flooring? Please let us know. Barn doors on the reflector would control spill. Am longing for a scrim! Nice video, as we have come to expect. Hope you don’t run out of ideas, you do a very good job of these videos, and they are appreciated.
Hi Edward. Katie is a star for sure. The floor (now background) idea came first the Sam went shopping (online) for the dress a few minutes later. 10 years in and I've still got lots of ideas in the works 😉
Very clearly explained as usual Gavin - if the studio had a clear white wall and ceiling, do you think you could get the same soft even light by bouncing the xplor 300 with just the reflector backwards and upwards?
Hi Gavin, can you someday please make a video of studio portrait for more than 2 people in one frame? I have been watching your videos and learning a lot. Is it even possible to make a portrait of a group with one softbox?
Can you do a tutorial on how to use that light meter with flash and multiple flashes. I returned mine because I couldn't find anywhere how to use it with flash. 😔 Great work none the less!!!
Love the background. Was it used in the Scooter shoot ? A white shower curtain or two hung on a boom does work well. Well done to Katie, super poses. Another great video !
Big up the Katey / Gav duo, still learning from you 5yrs on great stuff. Could have been worse Katey, Gav didn't make you hold any candle stiks for this shoot ;)
it almost looks like you are using a reflector on the right side! how are you getting that light on her right? is the background really flooring material? what was the distance between the light and the diffuser? great results. THANK YOU
No reflector on the camera right (just a wall) and the thing on camera left is a translucent "scrim" a but like the front of a softbox. Yes it was indeed flooring which I got for a Printique video ua-cam.com/video/KevulFo9pyg/v-deo.html
Always learning so much from your videos. Thanks for sharing. You speak about it but I guess that the light is even thanks also to the white wall opposite to the light. Would you use a reflector or a second light in a 'dark ' room ?
The white wall on camera right is a bit to close and the one camera left isn't a nice white wall which is likely to be the case for a lot of other photographers.
Great background! I like that you used a creative idea like vinyl flooring but I'm sure that was pretty heavy. What do you use to hold the weight of something like that?
Hey Gavin, can you tell me, which tablet and app you use for tethering? I also own an OM-1 and found no solution for my ipad. Thanks a lot for all your videos :)
Hi Jans. That's My Lenovo Miix 2 in 1 Tablet / Laptop, just without the keyboard type cover attached. As it runs Windows 10 I can use Olympus Capture & Workspace software to run the tethering.
I love that you make mistakes on purpose so we can see not only why they're mistakes, but also your process to fix. I always look forward to your videos. BTW I love that background!!
Some (not all) of the mistakes are planned but all the mistakes I've made for real at some point. Glad they've helped Stephen 👍
I always immediately click when I get notifications for Gavin’s videos!
Gavin, you manage to teach so much, so well, so quickly! You are an amazing teacher and a great photographer. Thank you
Gavin (and I'm assuming his team) are a never-ending creative idea machine! I love these videos. So inspiring.
The Isaac Newton of photography. Thank you for such informative videos. I get so obsessed with too much technical details, or with the perfect equipment. You reveal how the art, not the science, is important. Bravo!
"Perspective Distortion" 🤔
Now I have a definition for it.
Finally!!!
Always something to learn here. 😁
Thanks Gavin Hoey!
A shoot through brolly gives great even illumination when at a decent distance.
Very usable light set up a very 60s vibe for the set and Katie's outfit, Thanks Gavin, Katie, Sam and Freya 😎👍🇨🇦
Thanks Allan. 60's vibe with modern poses 😁
Yes yes yes, a new Gavin video!!!!!!!
Using the large scrim with the strobe firing through is genius. Fantastic results Gavin 👍
Fantastic tutorial. Truly informative, and really clear. Thank you so much for putting this together!
For full length in my studio (cleared out dining room )with a wide door frame which enables me to shoot from the living room with a length of 15 ft., I use a 36" BD from Westcott higher up for faces down to the waist and a 26" BD lower on a short Kupo stand angled downwards. I also use a another light on the opposite side of the 36" BD for fill. I just photographed a classical music trio that way and it worked well. This lit all the instruments beautifully too. I was at 50mm on my zoom , f/8 and 12 ft back. I have two 3x4 strip boxes but I only use them for rim lighting as I don't think they give me good even light. I could never handle a 7' scrim or store it. I even made my own V flats because the 8' ones were too difficult to move around.
Excellent tutorial you always explain everything really well for even an hour or so like we can understand not that I have ever used the flash I Gotta say you do inspire me to one and give it a go thanks very much for your time Gary
that Gavin 😂
Such lovely pics in such a small space. Takes a true expert to pull it off and teach at the same time!
Thanks for this one Gavin. I love soft light, and this gives me another way of lighting a whole scene with soft light when I don't have the luxury of going with multiple lights. As an aside, I also want to thank you for the red cover on the light meter. I didn't need it for protection, but having lost mine a few times hanging on lights, I can always see yours, which prompted me to add that case. It works like a charm, and I rarely lose it now.
That's exactly why I have mine Greg :) The only time it's been fail (for me) is when I hung a load of red fabric from my C-Stand as well as the meter!!!
wow i had been searching for this. Thank you so much
This was fantastic! Thank you!
I see Gavin, I click thumbs up.
I just finished getting my CPP from PPA and was tickled to note how your lesson hit on so many of the principles I have been studying. Such a compact and well conceived demonstration of lighting principles. Loved it! Thank you!! (And now I need that scrim.....)
very informative Gavin, some great tips for studio portraits. very engaging.
Thanks John 👍
Learned a lot like always. Hello 👋 from Bakersield California
I can’t tell if the target audience is NASCAR fans or ska fans but either way I’m here for it
Ska is more my era but swap NASCAR for the BTCC and I'm all over that too 🏁
It reminds me of the Carnaby Street era of London. I've still got some photos of two young women in front of the shops wearing all white and fashionable mini dresses in 1969. Shot with my dad's Instamatic I think.
Great video. Thanks, Gavin
Thanks Sebastian 👍
Gavin Hoey is a genius.
Love it Gavin 😀
I could have used this before the past weekend when I was shooting portraits in a 'photobooth' for an event. It was all good, if I was doing close ups of one or 2 people, but when they started crowding up to 10 people into the space, I didn't have enough light at the bottom. I do have a large scrim I could have used - so now I know for next time. Thanks!
I was thinking the same. I use two large soft boxes, but it gets tricky with the bigger groups.
Sweet!! Thanks for the tips. Hope to see more videos before the end of the year. Awesome work Gavin and Adorama.
Hi Joseph I'm right here on Adorama TV every other Thursday 😉
Thank you, I love all your video's, so very helpfull. Great🥰
Thank you so much Gavin for the awesome tutorial!
A ska guitarist here attracted by your great backdrop. I'm more into videography but light magic matters there as well. Good 👍 stuff!
A Ska guitarist, now that's cool! Yep lighting skills are transferable which is lucky as I also do many video lighting gigs (behind the camera)
Great video Gavin and very well explained. I have the same vinyl flooring (on a roll for floor) but doubt if I could find a raised support that would take the weight. That must be a very solid setup you have in the wall/ceiling. Thanks again.
Gavin, you are amazing! Your tips on lowering the camera height and shooting at a 50mm (equiv) are golden. If you were to light the model with two of your rectangular soft boxes instead of a skrim, what position/height would you set them to get a better light angle whilst maintaining even lighting?
Great as always, Gavin.👍
Great stuff, Gav - excellent demonstration as always! Now I need a scrim!
Thank you Gavin, as usual, a great video.
Excellent video Gavin. Nicely done.
Clever and ingenious as always! I have faced that challenge a couple of times and come up with a no so elegant solution (photoshop here and there) but never felt very honest. So this set up will definitely help my craft, and get the shot in camera, rather than spending too much time in Post. I loved the camera angle tip !! That one is definitely key and now will remember it!! Thank you Gavin and thank you Adorama!!
Nice one Gav !
This was yet again a funny but very informative video, thank you very much Gavin 🙏😊👍
Great lesson and photos, thank you.
Great video as always! I recently did my first full body shoot in my dining room and I clamped a white sheet between two light stands to make a budget skrim. Got the results I wanted, or at least better than I would've gotten with a 3x4 softbox.
Love this channel. I recently got to visit Adorama in my first trip to NYC and I was excited over that as I was seeing The Lion King on Broadway.
Its always nice to see someone using a MicroFourThirds camera for portraits. I shoot an EM5 mk ii but i recently picked up a Nikon d5300 with some birthday money i had so people would take me more seriously
It's really nice, but unpopular opinion: I prefer the short focal result, much used in fashion photo, especially with a psychedelic background and a dress like these :) Thank you very much Gavin!! Love your lessons, xxx from Paris
Love your work - huge inspiration. Can you ever do a photoshoot with two models? I'm really curious how you manage that in a small space...
That's made me go bozz-eyed!! 😵💫😵💫 Great vid as always! 🙂
Спасибо. У Вас очень полезные уроки.
Great video and a fun model. I will use my scrims more often now. I’ve actually used it for more commercial work.
Thanks Gavin!
try a fabric shop to buy lining material. i bought a white material, similar to softbox front, but much larger. i shoot through it hanging from the boom arm on a c-stand. large and soft light source and much cheaper than a dedicated scrim.
Always informative videos... That dress is amazing BTW 😅
First one here!!! hahaha Love the videos Gavin...keep it coming ;)!!!!!!
Will do Carlos 👍
Fantastic as always, but would bouncing the light off the wall behind you and adding another flash to increase the light output have the same effect?
you're really a smart guy :)
Another great video as always!
At the end of the video I noticed you had the standard reflector on the AD300 as well as the 7", any particular reason for leaving this on rather than full "bare bulb"?
Cheers
Thanks for another great video, Gavin! Which backdrop stand would you suggest to by for a small home studio like yours? Thx
Gavin, I missed what you said to use if I haven't got a scrim. It sounded like reflector. If that's correct how should I use the reflector please?
Thanks for clarifying how to get a full length photo with even lighting.
Best wishes.
Mike
very good
Fantastic tutorial Gavin. Great seeing how you solve these small space problems mate. And as always the end results are stunning 👍👍
Thanks Paul. My small home studio never stops throwing up challenges 😉
Great tutorial! Would it be possible to know where to buy this backdrop?
Stacy had fun and looked great. Did you start with her dress and then find the flooring? Please let us know. Barn doors on the reflector would control spill. Am longing for a scrim! Nice video, as we have come to expect. Hope you don’t run out of ideas, you do a very good job of these videos, and they are appreciated.
Hi Edward. Katie is a star for sure. The floor (now background) idea came first the Sam went shopping (online) for the dress a few minutes later. 10 years in and I've still got lots of ideas in the works 😉
Very clearly explained as usual Gavin - if the studio had a clear white wall and ceiling, do you think you could get the same soft even light by bouncing the xplor 300 with just the reflector backwards and upwards?
Any particular reason for leaving the AD300 standard reflector mounted while using the Bowens S mount reflector?
Thanks for this… so basically a white fabric would work right
I guess that a very large softbox 6'x4'will give a similar light as the scrim, isn't it ?
Hi Gavin, can you someday please make a video of studio portrait for more than 2 people in one frame? I have been watching your videos and learning a lot. Is it even possible to make a portrait of a group with one softbox?
Can you do a tutorial on how to use that light meter with flash and multiple flashes. I returned mine because I couldn't find anywhere how to use it with flash. 😔 Great work none the less!!!
great video per usual!! wondering how high the backdrop is raise/how high is the ceiling?
i need that background so....
Can we bounce the light to the near by wall for even lighting?? please guide...
Love the background. Was it used in the Scooter shoot ? A white shower curtain or two hung on a boom does work well. Well done to Katie, super poses. Another great video !
Hi Alan. Yep it was the floor in the Printique Vespa portrait shoot and seemed to good to not reuse. Blooming heavy getting hung up on my own however!
Big up the Katey / Gav duo, still learning from you 5yrs on great stuff. Could have been worse Katey, Gav didn't make you hold any candle stiks for this shoot ;)
I wonder what it would look like if you bounced your strobes off the back wall and increased your iso to compensate for the light fall off.
it almost looks like you are using a reflector on the right side! how are you getting that light on her right? is the background really flooring material? what was the distance between the light and the diffuser? great results. THANK YOU
No reflector on the camera right (just a wall) and the thing on camera left is a translucent "scrim" a but like the front of a softbox. Yes it was indeed flooring which I got for a Printique video ua-cam.com/video/KevulFo9pyg/v-deo.html
Could you have used two lights & two Softboxes from the same distance & direction but at different heights?
Always learning so much from your videos. Thanks for sharing.
You speak about it but I guess that the light is even thanks also to the white wall opposite to the light. Would you use a reflector or a second light in a 'dark ' room ?
Hi Nicholas. It made a lot less of an impact then you'd imagine but if you need it, a reflector is a closer match then a flash in this case.
Great video! Can you do a video on lighting green screen portraits in small studio?
Sounds like a good idea John 👍
Hi Gavin, from where you got that vinyl sheet . ?
Fun shoot but wears the smoke? I kinda always want smoke….did I I mention I love your smoke shots. Great video as always.
More smoke, I got the message David 👍
Hi Gavin. Is there a downside to pointing your light reflectors at the white walls (instead of using the scrim)?
I would like to know how it would have turned out if we pointed the flash with the reflector on the opposite wall to the model?
Gavin how do you come to the 5.6 starting point?
Hi Gavin, why didn't you use the white wall to bounce off the light? Wouldn't that be the biggest possible lightsource?
The white wall on camera right is a bit to close and the one camera left isn't a nice white wall which is likely to be the case for a lot of other photographers.
Great background! I like that you used a creative idea like vinyl flooring but I'm sure that was pretty heavy. What do you use to hold the weight of something like that?
Hi Melani, it was indeed heavy. I used a couple of hooks screwed into the a roof joist.
The studio I rent has a big umbrella with a diffusion over it. I mean really big umbrella. Works about the same.
Is this technique the same with the one using shoot through umbrella
No umbrellas in this one.
can you achieve the same effect by pointing the lamp towards a white wall, perhaps several lamps towards the wall on both sides of the studio?
Hi Kenneth. The same effect? Similar effect? Perhaps. BTW similar isn't bad, it might even be awesome!
Hey Gavin, can you tell me, which tablet and app you use for tethering? I also own an OM-1 and found no solution for my ipad. Thanks a lot for all your videos :)
Hi Jans. That's My Lenovo Miix 2 in 1 Tablet / Laptop, just without the keyboard type cover attached. As it runs Windows 10 I can use Olympus Capture & Workspace software to run the tethering.
She is a good model
Katie is a brilliant model and super talented dancer 👍
Interesting as always. But... "Don't get *to* close" in such a bold face... ouch!
What is the size of the background?
I have 3 meter wide and 4 meter long length of vinyl flooring Miranda.
From where we can buy such a Backdrop?Thank you!
Hi Theo. I got my Vinyl flooring from a flooring supplier 😉
Her dress made me dizzy. LOL Loved the video.
👏👏👏👍🙏
Note to self choose short model make them take off their shoes…. 😂