Whether you know the season as Fall or Autumn it’s a great time of year for all sorts of photography. If you’re lucky the beautiful colors will be accompanied by perfect weather but in reality, that’s not always the case. So in this photography tutorial, Gavin Hoey brings the outside into his small home studio.
Using leaves hand-picked from his garden and allowed to dry, Gavin is able to keep very tight control very the color scheme for the session. That extends to the choice of a warm-toned, warm-looking outfit for his model and similarly colored props.
With everything set Gavin shares three lighting techniques that make use of the same setup but create very different looks. Starting with lighting that simulates an overcast day, Gavin moves on to soft and directional evening light before switching lenses to make use of high-speed flash and backlight.
Timestamps and Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:15 The leaf background set-up
2:08 Creating flat “overcast” daylight with flash
3:25 The overcast light portrait session
4:05 Creating soft, directional light
6:05 The late afternoon light portrait session
6:35 Creating backlit, shallow depth-of-field portraits
8:07 The backlit, high-speed flash portrait session
8:56 Conclusions and Subscribe
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✘ PRODUCTS USED:
OM SYSTEM OM-1
Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro
Olympus M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.2
Flashpoint XPLOR 300 Pro
SmallRig RA-R6090 23.6×35.4″ Rectangular Softbox
Flashpoint R2 Pro Transmitter
Glow S2 Round Flash S-type Bowens Mount Bracket
Kupo 20″ Master Raiser C-Stand
Flashpoint Junior to Baby Adapter
Glow 5 In 1 Collapsible Reflector
Tether Tools Pro 16′ USB 2.0 Active Extension Cable
Sekonic L-308 Flash Meter
Lexar Professional 1667x 64GB SDXC UHS-II/U3 Memory Card
Savage Widetone Seamless Background Paper Mocha, #76
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Model: Chloe Kerley
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Comments
14 responses to “Fallen Leaf Portraits | Take and Make Great Photography with Gavin Hoey”
Brilliant work Gavin Hoey.
Creative problem solving too.
Keep it coming.
I don’t know much about photo editing, is it difficult to remove tattoos in programs such as photo shop, I find them distracting (the photos are great).
Very beautiful video + photos.
She looks great.
Beautiful pictures
I finally subscribed – but with the caveat that it's only because of Gavin! I love these tutorials, and I wish you had been my teacher I would have done a lot better at school!
Thanks Gavin and Chloe.
Brilliant 👍👍😍
I always try to watch Gavin and other instructors here since they give great information and give back to the community. Kudos to Gavin and his team.
Highly appreciate the professionalism in both preparation and constant communication with Chloe during every step.
Excelent! As always.
I would like a lesson on how to make the images so dreamy in post production.
You never fail to amaze me sir! I always look forward to your videos!
I see all your videos. thank you for inspiring photographers
Interesting concept, v informative, great photography content (studio based) well done Gavin.