Your First Studio Flash Session | Take and Make Great Photography with Gavin Hoey
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ส.ค. 2024
- There are many reasons why flash is the perfect light source for studio portrait photography. It’s super bright, it’s very versatile and if used correctly it can actually make your photos sharper thanks to its ability to freeze camera shake and model movement. But if the results are not perfect the very first time you use flash, it can be a frustrating experience.
That’s where photographer Gavin Hoey is here to help. In this video tutorial, he guides you through your first steps into the wonderful world of studio flash photography. As Gavin explains, the first and most important step to get right is your camera settings. Once those are dialed in, you won’t have to change them again during the whole session.
Next, Gavin moves on to get the power right on a manual flash. He shows you what things will alter the exposure and a really simple lighting trick that allows him to change the flash position but keep the same flash settings.
Gavin puts everything into practice by taking head and shoulder portraits and some full-length photos in his small home studio. He uses a single Flashpoint EVOLV200 throughout, although the techniques and tips would work in exactly the same way for photographers using anything from a manual Speedlight to a large, mains-powered studio strobe.
Timestamps and Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:05 Camera settings for studio flash
2:50 Wireless flash checklist
3:22 Setting the flash power
5:25 Same power, new flash position trick
6:46 Head and shoulder portraits with one flash
7:43 Soft light for full-length portraits
8:59 Testing camera to model distance
9:25 Full-length portraits with one flash
10:15 Summery and Subscribe
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THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING! - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Gavin, I'm nominating you for an Oscar for "Best Teaching Style", Sofie for "Best Supporting Model", and Sam for "Best BTS Technical Artist". You and the team would win hands down!
I second the nomination!
Sophie, Chloe, ... All of them for the BSM 😍😍
i loved his work and videos are very fun to watch!!!
All hail Gavin!!!!!!!!
Gavin hoey is the BEST teacher on line hands down!!!!
Gavin, you’re by far my favorite “teacher” on Adorama! Very clear explanations, and you make it easy to understand as you go through the whole process, start to finish. I always learn and have fun watching!
Hey Gavin I am an Indian I am learning a lot from your workshop video and my work is improving.
The simplicity of the setup and and quality of the photos, demonstrate that good technique doesn't require multiple lights and complex setups. It's a pleasure to watch how simple arrangements can yield excellent results.
Another one of your great portrait episodes Gavin. I don't get enough of them. Sophie is an amazing model. She is confident and beautiful in a modest way.
Gavin is simply the best on the net to explain flash and creative photography in its most simple form, thank you Gavin for all the help.
Gavin, you are so engaging as you share your expertise. And Sophie, you speak volumes with a look. Thanks for such a fun, helpful video!
Been a photographer for over 30 years and enjoy Gavin's videos very much! There is so much valuable information here and fabulously presented!
Thanks for another " Classic Gavin " video. Thanks also to Adorama and Sophie....
This is gold! Thank you for simplifying lighting for studio newbies like myself.
You are a genius!!! It is the best way I have ever seen someone explain lighting. Specially for beginners. Usually other professionals say, take down or put up 1-2-3 stop. When a beginner doesn’t know what is a stop. Your explanations are magnificent!!! Thanks 😊
The term ‘stop’ is historical where moving a setting (shutter speed, aperture) one ‘click’ would either halve or double the light. Example changing the shutter speed from 1/125 to 1/250 effectively halves the light and is referred to as 1-stop, which corresponded to the mechanical ‘click’ in the knob. The reference to ‘stops’ later spilled over to other factors such as film speed (called generically ISO) and flash output as described here. Nowadays, with finer adjustments to the settings available, you’ll hear photographers refer to changing in ⅓ or ½ stops. In this video, as Gavin adjusts the flash power, notice the 0.3 and 0.7 appear briefly in the right hand part of the LCD screen. This is another way of expressing ⅓ and 2/3 of a stop respectively.
Having the model touch the umbrella for marking distance. Change my whole portrait setups.
@@PatronusOpacus How long have you had your models do that?
@@PatronusOpacus right? I had never thought of this..
Gavin is simply Da Best!!!!!!!!!!! Excellent video as always
What an excellent presentation! Your demonstration and explanations are simple and direct. Much appreciated!
I like the way you explain these videos and You got a fantastic personality as well,
Thank you 👍
You are the best...Love the way you break everything down and explain it all. Thank you for your commitment to make us all better photographers!
Going through a class in flash ...this has been most helpful. Thank you x 100.
Well done great video Gavin, your unique way of teaching deserves an award on its own! It is very hard to find your type these day, great sense of humour, educational and just fun al-round.
Back to basics solid tutorial. Excellent as always and professionally explained. Well done Gavin 👍
Gavin, you’re by far my favorite “teacher” on Adorama! I do agree!!!!!!
Yes, I really enjoyed this video. I’m a hobbyist and am getting ready for studio lighting. Thank you for making it look easy.
absolutely love how he just gets right to the video. love his upbeat personality. one gifted photographer. another awesome video. i have that flash and all I have right now is an umbrella, not a shoot thru one though. but this was close to my setup.
I like the way you teach. How to do proper studio exposure by not using an incident flash meter, and how to re-position the light without re-adjusting your settings (same distance from subject to strobe flash).
Great video, as usual! Thanks Gavin!
Thanks. Gavi. We learn every time with your videos. Thanks again..
Super clear, step by step guide for those new to off-camera flash. Well done to everyone, as always. The tip about camera to subject distance is often missed by other teachers, and does confuse a lot of newbies.
Hi Alan. Simple tips are the only tips I can remember 😉
Easy one light setup Gavin! Excellent tips. Thank you.
love learning from this guy. thank you!
This is great. Gavin is the best. I wish he would have had this out when I started messing with strobes. It would have saved me HOURS.
Dear schools,
This is how you teach. You don’t vomit out a bunch of words and insist they understand you. You put your hands on, show the results reinforce the concepts. This man could teach anything.
Gavin, love the videos you create. They always motivate me and make me want to go out and shoot!
A great beginner/refresher, Gavin. Thanks!
All hail Gavin Hoey!!!!!!!!! Incredible!
Great video! Simple instruction that guarantees results.
This has to be the best introduction to flash photography, thanks a lot!
Brilliant as always and love that music too!
Very helpful video, and amazing photos!
This was amazing vary helpful thanks for sharing
Thanks! I didn 't work with transmitters and this lesson helped a lot . SOPHIE IS LOVELY
I'm learning flash photography, and this was the easiest and simplest video. Loved it. Thank you.
Many thanks Gavin. Another great tutorial from you
super! Thank you Gavin!
I love how creative your videos are. And super helpful.
Oh, how I wish i'd seen this years ago. But better late than never. Thanks a bunch, you and your team are doing an excellent job!
Great simple and easy to understand tutorial!
Extremely useful to a complete beginner! Thank you.
Thank you so much, Mr. Hoey! What a class!
Superb video Gavin - pitched at just the right level - bravo! I will be using this for my new camera
Gavin, you rock.
Great, as per usual! Thanks Gavin!
I'm a beginner into studio and, due to the YT priority/algorithms, and the order of the playlist, I didn't understand why the first black image is important. Now I know... and I understand ^^
As always: just so clear and usable advises with just a little bit of funny!
Great explanation - thank you !
Always a plesure to watch your videos Gavin, can't get much easier than this keep it simple is always the best policy if you need to add a tad more light use a reflector first then build from there. Good on you Gavin.
Excellent as always.👍
This video here is what I needed. The important, technical information I needed for flash photography is right here in this video. You hit EVERY point that Ive been looking for especially the rule of thumb where you told Sofie to extend her arm to the umbrella. I always have a problem on how far to distance the flash to the subject. Once again you kept it simple and to the point. Really love this video. THANKS!!!
Thanks Fred, that's exactly what I was hoping to hear.
tis is so good, realy love the information you give. realy thank you
Thank you for this. I love simple setups. I love every single one of your videos!!!
Thanks Patty, that really means a lot 👍
If you don't get the fundamentals down right, you can't hope to get to the next level. I've been using some flash for a while, but I find the more I practice, and the more videos on flash I watch, the better I get. It's not second nature yet, but if I practice the fundamentals, I WILL get there.Thanks Gavin!
Well said Brent 👍
Magic great video, thanks
The practical theory is really good 👏🏻.
The idea of having the model touch the modifier so as to keep it at the same distance was a good one!
Thanks Robert 👍
Superbly explained. Very enjoyable and inspirational.
Great video! Thank you!
So helpful thanks
Thank you, Gavin and Sophie. Always fun, and Sophie is great. Take care.
Thanks Mike 👍
Thank you for the information on how to use some basic settings for flash photography. I have been afraid to understand the mathematical ratios and your demonstration helped immensely. I did chuckle when the model changed from using a box wrench to a pipe wrench while sitting on a tire.
Thanks Mike. I don't know much about mathematical ratios (or spanners) but I do know what looks right to me 😉
Hi Gavin, I really like your presentation style. That makes all your videos just great. Thank you.
Thanks Patrick 👍
Thank you Gavin, really useful and well explained video..
Fantastic video. So easy to digest
Amazing!
Brilliant Gavin great video.
Great stuff!! Thanks Gavin!
Thanks Lisa 👍
Great stuff as always, more of these beginning type videos would be really cool, thanks again for your videos.
That's good to hear Thomas as I have lots more "Your First..." Videos in the pipeline 👍
Your looking good Gavin, thank you for video!
I thoroughly enjoy your videos Gavin... always keeping it simple enough for us to be able to understand, however also thorough enough to be able to master what you describe.
And the subject you touch are definitely what people need to be able to learn more about.
Thanks, and keep up the magnificent work !
Greetz from sunny Flanders !
Frank
Thanks for the kind words Frank 👍
Always the best tutorials 👏👏👏
Great Presentation. Thanks Gavin, Sophie and Sam! 😎👍🇨🇦
Thanks Alan 👍
Great video, Gavin! I just picked up some monolights recently and I'm getting ready to try my first studio shoot soon. This video is a great help and couldn't have come at a more opportune time. Thanks!
Hi Brandon. I'm glad this video helped. Good luck with your first shoot. Bonus tip just for you... Only use one light on your first shoot, if you need two lights, figure out a way to make it work with just one. You'll learn more and learn faster, trust me!
the best moment is always when Gavin introduces the model: "the amazing SOPHIEEEEEE".
Nice work in the studio Gavin. I commented on your 3 light setup, fantastic. Which left me thinking, I need to revisit all your studio stuff. I have 2 AD200's & 2 Speedlights, umbrellas and stuff. My 3 light shoot turned out well, thank you but I think this video's content will improve my next shoot dramatically. Very helpful stuff, thank you.
Gavin, it is clear that you spent much time planning this video. It is even more polished than your usual well-done videos. I'm afraid you have moved up the bar for yourself.
It is a great review or new learning experience and enjoyable to watch. I hadn't thought about tracking the distance using the arm length method before. But more importantly, what a great way to demonstrate keeping the exposure the same by keeping the distance consistent. Job well-done.
Thanks for the kind words. Yes the planning time for "back to basics" videos takes a long time for sure but the editing takes way longer!
I realy like your lessons!
Fabulous 😊
Thank you🙏
Thank you!
Fabulous, always great to see your regular topics and approaches on all levels, because despite my apparant years of knowledge and experience, and the rather large collection of modifiers I have accumulated for my speedlites, I still dither and procrastinate on which to get out for the actor and model shoots I do. I always want to get the best possible looks and results that will flatter and please the talent, but still after all these years I have never settled on one preferred modifier. Every shoot I find myself alternating between shoot through umbrellas, reflective umbrellas, no modifer, small softboxes, larger softboxes, bouncing off walls and reflector cards. Not sure if I just like experimenting or if somewhere in all this Im still discovering that the looks from each modifier make a differencce per person and how their skin tone, skin texture,hair, outfit, makeup react with the lighting
Hi John. I think we all dither, switch things up and experiment to some extent. I'm terrible at getting a new modifier, using it far to much and then putting it away for far to long! As long you enjoy your photography it's all good 👍
AWESOME
Great video!
Brilliant thanks
you saved my life
感謝您!好棒的教學!
Great video Gavin! Love the reminder to play with one variable. Question about tethering - what are tethering to in these videos?
Cheers mate
Wonderful
Thank you
Great 🔥
Gavin is best ...
Great video. We would also like to see video on white balance
Gav brings home another awesome video as always! 2 thumbs up but YT only allows 1.
1, 3 or 5 👍 Will work 😉
Im doing my first studio session tomorrow.
I have two speedlites and one strobe. Im hoping it goes well.
Awesome video! About the ambient light; how do you see through the viewfinder when it is completely black without the flash?