Mastering the Art of Clean and Flawless Portraits | LIVE with Gavin Hoey

If you’re after the super clean style of studio portraits then you need to mix many skills. Seamlessly toned backgrounds, carefully controlled lighting and simplified styling are all part of the process. But if you break it down into simple steps, the end results can be stunning.
In this live streamed photo session Gavin Hoey shares some of his top tips for making your portraits look as perfect as possible straight out of camera. Whether you want a deep black, pure white or bright and colorful background, the key is to start by making everything behind your model super smooth and work forwards from there.
Gavin will squeeze as many real world hints tips and lighting tricks in an hour as he can. Join the conversation, get your questions answered live and help steer the session… or just watch along and enjoy.
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THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING!

[@saeed_kia]

This guy, Gavin hoey is a great teacher

[@albertr915]

Excellent live show Gavin. Chloe is an amazing model, and you two are always awesome together.

[@GeraldThomasphotojunkie]

I love all of your videos, and I always take something away from them, but this one is by far my favorite!!
I have so many ideas that I’m going to try for my studio photography class. Thank you for all that you do!!

[@Adorama]

You’re welcome, Gerald and thank you for your feedback! Have fun on your studio photography class. 💙

[@patsygonzalez5203]

That was super fun!! Thanks Gavin and team for a useful video and the laughs too. ❤️

[@focus1ist]

Yet another good one! Thx to the whole team! 😘

[@MrKravmagadude]

Have been to Gavin's workshops and had a 1-2-1 with him. Very knowledgeable and a fantastic way of teaching, truly talented and genuinely nice guy. Go to his workshops. You'll learn so much.

[@glenaford]

Fantastic as always! The 7’ umbrella makes such a huge difference - good to see direct comparison, thank you.

[@johnclay7644]

Great video Gavin, great insights and tips and some great results well done very informative photography content.

[@shileroadphotography8514]

Hi guys looking forward to another great video ❤

[@IsmaelRodriguez45]

Every photographer needs a Chloe. I have yet to find mine.
Great tutorial as always sir! 😊

[@avpjon]

Excellent as always, Gavin and team! Thank you! I would love to see a segment on portraits of older models. Chloe and other are great, professional models. I'd like to learn best practices to reduce lines and wrinkles in older models.

[@user-jr1zs7nu9q]

Love way Gavin explains things so down to earth

[@jellederaedt9628]

First!
Nice to see you again. Always a pleasure! One of the best teaches!

[@adamnawrocki1703]

Great live :) Thanks for sharing your knowlegde :)

[@pictureeyecandy]

Excellent job, I love the props that were used.
You guys always put in 100% for us and I thank you.

[@GavinHoey]

Nothing but the best props for Adorama TV :)

[@darrenleigh201]

ALWAYS good information with Gavin! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and enthusiasm with us👍🏻

[@lamentati]

Gavin is the comic relief of photography.

[@MrDavidsdale1]

Thank you, appreciate the input you and the model.

[@MrBanda77]

16:07 WOW!

[@GavinHoey]

Years of practice 😅

[@steffenwinkler572]

Gavin .. u bring me on the next level ... thank you 👍🏻👍🏻

[@HesDeadJim]

Yes! Lets go Gavin!

[@fotosbyduane]

Loved it!

[@rjiral8790]

Great session! Thanks!

[@jamesdunlop8704]

so interesting to watch and learn a lot in such a short time

[@tonyclarke5068]

Here watching the replay. I wanted to catch the live, but maybe next time.

[@cjk1943]

❤❤❤great video as always

[@mjphotos]

You have folded that screen before. Took me 30 minutes last time. I nearly went home without it

[@GavinHoey]

Yeah , not the first time I folded that background... Probably not even the first time that day! Practice is the secret as sometimes different backgrounds fold easier with different techniques 😉

[@darleneelliott3987]

hello from nova scotia

[@MrBanda77]

Chloe 😍

[@alanroderick7153]

21 Live Streams ! Well done to everyone !!

[@GavinHoey]

At least another 6 to go Alan... hopefully a lot more then that 🤞

[@mutters40]

Great video

[@kennethnielsen3864]

Thanks for sharing.

[@stefano_campani]

This video is really interesting!!

[@kimhall]

Welcome from Arkansas USA

[@WilliamBurdine]

Gavin reminds me of Lemony Snickets, while looking for things... LOL

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Hello from Tehran!

[@pjsam002]

Hi from Trinidad and Tobago

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Vancouver Canada

[@tmhart43]

I love how Gavin does everything wrong first so that we can troubleshoot with him

[@RonK]

Gavin, try switching the x-pro1 to "shoot: app" in its menu and adjust power for all flashes on the 858D only. Otherwise the two will interfere about the individual flash settings, as around 19:00. I have exactly the same setup, and it works like a charm after that adjustment

[@shileroadphotography8514]

A question I've always wanted to ask a pro tog on one of these live shows is why did you choose a particular camera brand over another?

[@mitas3484]

Hi Gavin, i would appreciate a video on how you photoshop as well, mainly skin and color calibration

[@dxcmodelacademy8879]

Nigeria 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬

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Doug. Cedar Rapids Iowa USA

[@mailman166]

Hey Gavin and Team. I would love to know what were those circular gels used that so perfectly fit into the Softboxes. Thanks

[@CristiancBucur]

Thank you for this, Gavin. What are the details for the short C-stand? I'm assuming the "turtle legs" are the same as a standard C stand, but the height is what I'm interested in. Thank you.

[@kirstyhepworth7343]

Great video Gavin

[@GavinHoey]

Hi Kirsty, thanks for the kind comment 😊

[@kirstyhepworth7343]

​@GavinHoey your welcome Gavin

[@galedsouza3498]

Can you tell me where I can get the black folding backdrop and what size do you have in your live

[@sijilo]

😊

[@ghassangh8596]

If there is no flash meter, how do we calculate the light?😍🥰🤩

[@Rohambili]

43:54 Portraiture

[@stephenmatthews5437]

I prefer to use the histogram / Blinky to set up a white background approx 2/10 into the blinkys.

[@GavinHoey]

If that works for you, great. The key (in my opinion) is to keep control of contrast by knowing how much light is reflected on to the back of the model from the background, not how much light falls on the background. A flash meter makes that easy but there's no rules in photography👍

[@jimcazares9464]

Please list the reflector holder you used so I can buy it.

[@GavinHoey]

Here you go www.adorama.com/fpxbkpr01.html

[@kennethnielsen3864]

That was a strange video, but I know exactly what you mean. I am lucky tho, my first Maiden album was SOMEWHERE IN TIME.

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Paul from Cumbernauld near Glasgow

[@archglencoe8557]

whats it called

[@MichaelHansel]

Yuh are so much easiuh tuh unnerstand den those guys from Brooklyn. Okay? 🙃

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Hi

[@tharunender]

Hello

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hello

[@cecilia_mackie]

I love you! Reach out to me.

[@roybush1]

Gavin love yours shows but …… do you ever work with any different models ? Why not ? Always Chloe

[@isoawe1888]

Bought that light meter with Godox transmitter along with newest Godox trigger because they “ Communicate “ with each other. What a waste of money !!

[@franzbornilla8509]

my alarm didn't work...i like to watch live

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Hi, from Philippines.....