Just when I thought he wasn’t going to use a flash for the first time in history, Gavin flipped the script and pulled one out! Great tutorial, something simple any of us can step out and try! I wanna be Gavin Hoey when I grow up!
Thank you so much for this, Gavin! I've been wrestling with how to get relaxed posing and expression from non-models and this looks like exactly what I'm after. I can hardly wait to give it try. You and Sam are made of awesome!
And yet anther great inspiration by Gavin Hoey. One suggestion to save wear and team on your assistant. Attach your flash to some sort of mobile device (my personal favorite is a jogging stroller) so your assistant doesn't have to hold the bloody thing up should make using flash MUCH easier. I would happily send a pic of my setup using a jogging stroller I purchased at a thrift store (best $10 dollars I've ever spent)
A few years ago I was chatting to a pro portrait photographer in California, I mentioned one of my favourite photos of my wife wasn’t quite sharp; “hey, LIFE’s not quite sharp” he said.
Yet ANOTHER excellent video, Gavin. It really helps that Jess has a killer smile and that colorful hair sure made the shoot fun. Well done to you both!
Always an enjoyable video from you, thanks! Jess was great, very pretty and animated. I do wish you had included at least some TTL shots. You mentioned inconsistent results. Is that mostly a problem in causing more work during editing? I’d love a video on this topic from you. Feel free to ask Jess to help.
Hi Edward. TTL flash can be inconsistent but so can asking someone to walk an exact distance from your subject. When your subject is moving I think it's best to stick with what you know and trust and that's manual flash for me 😉
Brilliant as always Gavin and very challenging for any camera system. Look forward to seeing you at the Photography show in September, hope you'll be attending 👍😊
Thanks Gavin for a very entertaining and instructive video as per usual. I’d love to be able to do this but would have to hire a model and the flash equipment. Looking forward to your next.
Hi Christian. Hiring a model is money well spent but this technique would work just as well without a model. I can imagine it working with kids for a fun family shoot for example. The flash bit is optional of course 😉
Great video as usual! Now, don't shoot me, but have you ever tried the same style of shots by using 4K video and extracting the stills after? If you know that you won't want the video itself, shooting at 1/1000th sec is fine, and at 25fps you will have dozens more potential hits, so the perfect one may be easier to get. A continuous light should be able to give similar amount of fill since you only needed 1/128th power. How about giving that a try and see how much worse the extracted still are? Or are they very similar?
Excellent. So informative. May l ask, how did you film your camera screen? I've never seen that before and it was so helpful. Looks like you have moved into the country, good luck with your new home :)
Look into mounting a Ninja V monitor on your camera using a monitor screen cold shoe mount in your flash shoe. And then running an HDMI cable from your camera into the recording monitor. Then you can record in the Ninja V whatever shows on your camera EVF because that's what is sent out through the HDMI cable.
Gavin, for us folks living in the UK, where do we buy the JINBEI HD 230. Adorama link is USA so a non-starter. I can only find a couple of companies in China doing them, which takes a month to arrive?
Great Gary wouldn't it be interesting to use the flashmeter in this type of session? It would be more accurate, don't you find excellent video as usual.
Hi José. A flashmeter would be VERY accurate... until we started walking! Then the distance and angle is likely to shift around a lot, so if 100% accuracy is your aim, this isn't the way to go 😉
So, how do you direct a portrait subject to do this type of thing, since they aren't always experienced models? You covered the settings really well, but almost no information on the posing.
Hi Alan. There is no posing, that's kinds the point. To Jess I just said, walk backwards, spin around, have fun and don't fall over. For someone else it might be a that they walk slower, don't smile and have a serious, moody look. The results will still be unposed and candid, which is the look I was aiming for.
How to have relaxed, carefree photos? Have relaxed, carefree model. How to have relaxed, carefree model? Please see all of Gavin Hoey videos for the way he collaborates with people...
Doing this awhile, I find that flash/strobe always makes the photo stand out versus "natural" light. Both are good but knowing how to use flash and/or a strobe can take photography to a whole new level.
i found it comical watching the camera work the CAF mode i can do a better job with my 5d3 by rotating in the focus points on the fly thank you fun video
Charisma, experience, and fun = Gavin Hoey. The best. Period.
Gavin is surely UA-cam's finest presenter of anything. Adorama is privileged to have him onboard.
Thanks you but trust me, the privilege is mine!
Gavin is by far the best instructor that i watch on UA-cam! To the point, energetic, skilled and fun! Very inspiring as well.
Thanks Ron 👍
My favorite photography presenter on any channel
Gavins presentations are always so bright and cheery, yet knowledgeable. Thanks.
Just when I thought he wasn’t going to use a flash for the first time in history, Gavin flipped the script and pulled one out! Great tutorial, something simple any of us can step out and try! I wanna be Gavin Hoey when I grow up!
You could figure out he used flash from photos at the beginning of the video :)
Thank you Adorama. Thank you Gavin! Great instructional technique!
Thank you so much for this, Gavin! I've been wrestling with how to get relaxed posing and expression from non-models and this looks like exactly what I'm after. I can hardly wait to give it try. You and Sam are made of awesome!
Thanks James. This sounds like the perfect solution for you 👍
This is a crazy video. I love it.
All of Adorama’s teaching crew (on YT) are great but Gavin’s enthusiasm is something else.
Gavin Hoey The BEST!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Miguel 👍
Gavin, I love your creativity and - seemingly - crazy ideas! Thanks.
I absolutely love this video. Great idea for taking very realistic portraits of someone.
You make it look easy!
I'm surprised the smoke machine did not come out as well :o)
I like your thinking Nige although there's probably a bylaw about causing a visual obstruction on such a busy road 😉
Nice! I love the shots after you included the flash WHSS
As always..... with Gavin you FIRST give him a LIKE and then.......you watch the video..... THANKS GAVIN!!! we love you!!!!!!!
And yet anther great inspiration by Gavin Hoey. One suggestion to save wear and team on your assistant. Attach your flash to some sort of mobile device (my personal favorite is a jogging stroller) so your assistant doesn't have to hold the bloody thing up should make using flash MUCH easier. I would happily send a pic of my setup using a jogging stroller I purchased at a thrift store (best $10 dollars I've ever spent)
Great Video, Thanks Gavin, Jess and Sam! 😀👍🇨🇦
Thanks Alan. It's team work all they way 👍
A few years ago I was chatting to a pro portrait photographer in California, I mentioned one of my favourite photos of my wife wasn’t quite sharp; “hey, LIFE’s not quite sharp” he said.
Love that sentiment Andy 🙂
A lot of thanks for making and sharing your video!!
Props to Sam for being the helper every photographer needs.
Thank you! I LOVE it :)
That was fantastic Gav, I will be trying this soon ..Thank you
This was the perfect day to shoot this video. Looks like pretty even overcast.
Hi Gavin, thanks for all your videos and tips. You're a great instructor! Thumbs up to Sam too!
Entertaining and educational. Definitely my favorite Adorama presenter. Keep the lovely smile, mate :)
I learned a lot from Gavin,
Thanx a lot for that and keep on going.
Greetings from the Netherlands :D
Super video Gavin . Thanks.
Love some Gavin explanation. Always so simple and right into it 👏🏼👏🏼
I always thumbs up a Gavin video
Very practical tip!
Simple, clear, easy to understand. Thanks! also to Sam and Jess.
Great fun! I love playful, casual poses. Thanks, great as usual.
Great video !!
Great video. Refreshing seeing somebody using olympus lol also you can tell he is really having fun and is passionate. Gavin is the man😎🙏
Gavin awesome video. I will try this on my next shoot. Thanks for putting in the time to create this video and sharing it with us.
Thanks Gavin.
Your definitely fun to watch, and I learn so much.. thank you for doing these..
Great portrait tips! I'm going to use them all..THANKS FOR THIS!
she is awesome Ill check her out keep up the great work
Yet ANOTHER excellent video, Gavin. It really helps that Jess has a killer smile and that colorful hair sure made the shoot fun.
Well done to you both!
Thanks Randy. Jess's hair colour was a nice surprise!
Instructional and enjoyable, per your usual! Very helpful to see you include the flash/softbox - and it worked so well! Thank you. ⭐x5
nice tuto !
Always an enjoyable video from you, thanks! Jess was great, very pretty and animated. I do wish you had included at least some TTL shots. You mentioned inconsistent results. Is that mostly a problem in causing more work during editing? I’d love a video on this topic from you. Feel free to ask Jess to help.
Hi Edward. TTL flash can be inconsistent but so can asking someone to walk an exact distance from your subject. When your subject is moving I think it's best to stick with what you know and trust and that's manual flash for me 😉
I love this guy, he's so enthusiastic :)
Gavin is great! Amazing photos!
Gavin's da best! 💪🏻🤣
Hey, Jess looks VERY tall! Or is it Gavin that.... oh well.... 🤣
Great tips.
Thanks John 👍
Brilliant as always Gavin and very challenging for any camera system. Look forward to seeing you at the Photography show in September, hope you'll be attending 👍😊
I'll be at TPS 2021 for sure. I have a couple of stage demos and booth demos already in the diary 👍
GOOD!!
Jess has the best smile 😃 terrific video (as always) thanks.
Thanks Simon 👍
They say never meet your heroes; however I am pleased I made the exception with Gavin. Great idea and perhaps may work with my very camera shy wife.
Hi Quentin. I had the same experience with Joe McNally... What an amazing guy!
Another great tutorial.
Great as always! :)
Making super use of your new locale - excellent ! Glad there is little traffic ...
Thanks Alan. Yep, very little traffic around here. I think we had to stop for more horses than cars!
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Great instructions Gavin, I did note you used a very high shutter speed and didn't have any shutter cut off when using fill flash?
Thanks Gavin for a very entertaining and instructive video as per usual. I’d love to be able to do this but would have to hire a model and the flash equipment. Looking forward to your next.
Hi Christian. Hiring a model is money well spent but this technique would work just as well without a model. I can imagine it working with kids for a fun family shoot for example. The flash bit is optional of course 😉
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That lookes a fun shoot Gavin with a fun model. Loved the images 😊😊
Thanks Paul, it was as fun to shoot in reality as it looked in the video 😁
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Great video as usual! Now, don't shoot me, but have you ever tried the same style of shots by using 4K video and extracting the stills after? If you know that you won't want the video itself, shooting at 1/1000th sec is fine, and at 25fps you will have dozens more potential hits, so the perfect one may be easier to get. A continuous light should be able to give similar amount of fill since you only needed 1/128th power. How about giving that a try and see how much worse the extracted still are? Or are they very similar?
Excellent. So informative. May l ask, how did you film your camera screen? I've never seen that before and it was so helpful.
Looks like you have moved into the country, good luck with your new home :)
Look into mounting a Ninja V monitor on your camera using a monitor screen cold shoe mount in your flash shoe. And then running an HDMI cable from your camera into the recording monitor. Then you can record in the Ninja V whatever shows on your camera EVF because that's what is sent out through the HDMI cable.
Finally a face on Sam
Gavin, for us folks living in the UK, where do we buy the JINBEI HD 230. Adorama link is USA so a non-starter. I can only find a couple of companies in China doing them, which takes a month to arrive?
Really enjoyed this, tongue and cheek comment, play the Benny Hill track, speed this video up as you are following her down the road...comedy gold ;)
Jess is pretty and very tall! woahh
I was standing in a hole... all the time 😉
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I love this! Thank you! I suppose a speed light with a small umbrella would work too?
Hi Patty. As long as you're not out in the midday sun in Florida, absolutely that would work.
At 1000th on your shutter speed with the flash, did you use high speed sync?
Are you recording the screen with a Ninja V?
Thanks Gavin! Another very informative tutorial. Can I ask what camera strap you’re using please?
Hi Ann. It's a BlackRapid Classic RS-4. There's a link in the video description 😉
great video Gavin
Thanks Kirsty 👍
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👍 Another winning idea.
How did the move go?
Hi Alvin. The move was exhausting but the new location makes the effort worthwhile.
Great Gary wouldn't it be interesting to use the flashmeter in this type of session? It would be more accurate, don't you find excellent video as usual.
Hi José. A flashmeter would be VERY accurate... until we started walking! Then the distance and angle is likely to shift around a lot, so if 100% accuracy is your aim, this isn't the way to go 😉
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Thank you Gavin! How to setup when you have a group of 3/4 people ?
Hi Monica. That's a short question with a very long answer! Start by making sure everyone is in focus with a good DOF.
So, how do you direct a portrait subject to do this type of thing, since they aren't always experienced models? You covered the settings really well, but almost no information on the posing.
Hi Alan. There is no posing, that's kinds the point. To Jess I just said, walk backwards, spin around, have fun and don't fall over. For someone else it might be a that they walk slower, don't smile and have a serious, moody look. The results will still be unposed and candid, which is the look I was aiming for.
How to have relaxed, carefree photos? Have relaxed, carefree model. How to have relaxed, carefree model? Please see all of Gavin Hoey videos for the way he collaborates with people...
How on Earth did you get video of the camera autofocusing? By recording RAW video then keeping some of the frames as stills?
Hi James. Nothing as complex as that. I the portable recorder I use for location live streaming to the HDMI out of the camera and pressed record 👍
🤯🤯🤯 How do you record your camera display for showing the menu? 🤯🤯🤯
I use an portable HDMI recorder.
Doing this awhile, I find that flash/strobe always makes the photo stand out versus "natural" light. Both are good but knowing how to use flash and/or a strobe can take photography to a whole new level.
That Olympus Eye-Focus-Tracking seems to be awfully slow, compared to an actual Sony Camera / Software...
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i found it comical watching the camera work the CAF mode i can do a better job with my 5d3 by rotating in the focus points on the fly thank you fun video
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