"Now if you watching this in the future, and you have no idea what I'm talking about by social distancing... that's really good." Just hilarious loved it so much !
@@GavinHoey Love the fact that if somebody actually sees this in the future and don't know jack about social distancing, Gavin said crap about it, leaving them in limbo. Don't know if this transfers, but that's so funny to me.
Thanks Gavin for sharing so valuable information, I have been watching your videos since six months regularly & it helps me to boost my confidence & experience as well .
Although I have a very good understanding of mathematics, I love the way you conceptually demonstrated the inverse square law. That was absolutely GENIUS! That's what makes you such a great teacher. Thanks again for another great video!
Thanks for the kind words Joe. Seeing the inverse sqaure law is how it all made sense to me, I love a good maths problem too but I don't like problems in my photography 😉
Hi Gavin Hoey. My name is Francisco Mauro, I'm from Brazil and I'm learning a lot from your videos how to use a speedlight flash. His compositions are excellent. I've already bought a good flash and I'm going to start doing my experiments according to your techniques that you demonstrate with great skill in your videos. Grateful.
AdoramaTV, you guys seriously always have the BEST tutorials with great visual explanations! A big, fat thank you to all of the awesome photographers making these happen❤❤❤ Thanks, Gavin!!
You've been using the same music track for years - and that's not a complaint. Every time I hear it in one of your videos, it makes me pleasantly nostalgic for the days when I first discovered your channel a couple of years ago and was introduced so eloquently and elegantly to the world of flash photography. I hope you live forever, Gavin, and I'll keep watching as long as I live, too! Thank you and your family for the great content!
Great presentation Mr. Gavin Hoey! What I like most is that your studio space seems to be in the smaller side giving great visual for those of us who do not have large spaces to use as studios. Thanks ADORAMA for having great Professionals like Gavin Hoey on your channel!
Thanks. This was really helpful. I hadn't paid that much attention to the amount of light fall off. The inverse square law does make one's eyes glaze over. This was perfect at visualizing the effect.
I understood how light falloff works, I just watched the video because I knew that Gavin would show in an easily understandable way how to mount a flash hidden inside an umbrella, and I've always wondered where the flash was hidden in umbrella rain shots. :)
Very good video Gavin. Explained & demonstrated with your inimitable style. Aided & abetted by our lovely mutual friend, Fern Dack. 😷 I'm smiling under this mask.
This is just what I've been contemplating with my own photo shoot. I want some dramatic fall off using one speed light focused on the head (my dog) of my subject. Thank you for the visual explanation. I learn something new each time I watch your videos.
I really enjoyed this video, so much helpful and you make it sound easy and exciting so much i wanna try it as soon as i can .. great work and thank you
I thought whenever I saw your sneak peak it would be a light up inside. Simple and obvious, but makes a really cool shot that I plan to try myself. Another great episode Gavin, and why I keep coming back, and the pictures are amazing!
Great tutorial - starting with the exposure reference levels and working out the distance is very effective. The markers give a great visual explanation of why the light drop-off changes so much with distance - the nearer Fern gets to the light, the closer the next f-stop marker is right behind her. Gavin I love your "small home studio" - it makes your tutorials so much more interesting than a big fancy studio; I always start to think, 'hey, I could do this myself with my own small home studio!" Thank you!
Thanks Gavin. Great demonstration of light falloff. Sometimes a clear simple visualisation like this just makes it click for those who weren't sure. Using light falloff it's easy to get a black background for a low key type shot in just about any location.
Thanks Tim. Making a black background out of thin air was one of the very first lighting tricks I learned a long, LONG time back and I still use the same technique today 😉
Thank you very much for the visual illustration of inverse square law. It was very helpful. I always find videos from Adorama very much on point and explaining everything really well.
As always - practical and clear explanation with great photos. I always look forward to see what you do next. In this world of madness right now, it's always fun to forget about it all. Thank you from a fellow Brit.
Hi Gavin! I am a novice and I can't begin to tell you how much I've learned just watching your videos! Thank you! I have this same umbrella and was curious about what did you use to attach the bungee to the top. I know I can remove the cap and I was wondering if you replaced it with something else? Cheers!
There should be a standard 1/4"-20 thread at the top of the centre rod, and you should be able to get a 1/4"-20 eye bolt or hook at a hardware store (although you may need to go online in some areas that are fiercely metric-only). "Gender changers" (male-to-male adapters) are standard grip parts, but any long nut/hex standoff with a 1/4"-20 thread will do to join the two together.
As always, really informative video from Gavin and Adorama. Loved the idea of showing the relation with the f-stops on the wall, makes it really obvious. I really liked that last bit of music in the video, any chance you could include music credits in video description?
Mr. Gavin thanks for what you do, you’re great man, you have all the skills as a techer and in another hand all the knowledge of a professional photographer, and have humble way to transmit. If you think in make a Year Full course i’ll be in without doubt
Great video. Thank you, Gavin. Question. The light fall off makes the shadows fall off more quickly. How would different sized modifiers affect this demonstration? I often hear "The larger the light source, the softer the shadows, so get the light close for soft shadows." However, how does light fall off affect that? I.E., closer make the source larger, but, also makes the light fall off faster. My head hurts! Any thoughts? Thank you, again!
