Gavin Hoey
Gavin Hoey is a freelance photographer, writer and trainer of all things photographic. His work is regularly featured in photography magazines, websites and videos.
Gavin has a real passion for sharing his photography and Photoshop knowledge. In 2008 he started recording and uploading video tutorials to YouTube. These quickly gained a large following and to date his videos have been viewed over 20 million times.
In 2010 Gavin was the winner of Adobe’s “Next Photoshop Evangelist” competition and since then he has given training demonstrations in Photoshop, Lightroom and Photoshop Elements in the UK, Europe and the US.
In 2012 Gavin joined forces with Adorama as a presenter on Adorama TV, where he inspires and teaches photographers from around the world in the art of photography and post processing.
If you’re looking to create dramatic effects in your studio with minimal cost, a smoke machine, fog machine or hazer could be the perfect tool. Gavin Hoey gives some great advice and some simple lighting tips that can work wonders on your smoke photos.
After Gavin has completed his fortune teller photo shoot he takes one of the final photos into Photoshop and has some great tips on controlling contrast and using the Patch tool to clone out larger items such as softboxes.
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- Canon EOS-5D Mark III Digital SLR Camera Body
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- Black rapid RS-7 Strap
- Flashpoint StreakLight 180 + battery pack
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Photos by Gavin Hoey
