How to get Perfect Rembrandt Lighting: Take and Make Great Photography with Gavin Hoey

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.

Learning studio lighting patterns for portraits isn’t an essential skill but using them a a starting point for your photo shoot is a great idea both for experienced and beginner photographers. Of all the lighting patterns you could try, Rembrandt lighting is one of the most timeless and popular. In this video Gavin Hoey walks you through exactly how it’s done with clear and simple instructions.

Gavin also covers the potential pitfalls of Rembrandt lighting and demonstrates just how quickly the look you’ve so carefully crafted can simply disappear. He goes on to show how Rembrandt light can be created with hard light, in profile portraits and with soft light.

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