Corners are the perfect place to shoot portraits and compared to a flat wall they have a number of hidden advantages. From a models point of view, a corner opens up extra posing options. For the viewer a corner adds a feeling of 3D to our two dimensional medium. And photographers get the opportunity to play with light bouncing off two surfaces at once.
In this video Gavin Hoey will show you how to set up three simple lighting styles that maximise the usefulness of a corner. Working in his small home studio, Gavin creates soft light, hard light and symmetrical lighting with just one flash. All he needs is a Octobox, Strip Box, a grid and an empty corner to work in.
Model
Sophie Daly
Gavin Hoey
Products Used:
Olympus E-M1 Mark ii
Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro
Flashpont Xplor 400
Glow ParaPop 28″
Glow EZ Lock 12”x56” Stripbox
Glow 7” Honeycomb Grid Set
Production Equipment Used:
Olympus E-M1 Mark ii
Olympus M. Zuiko Digital 17mm f/1.8 Lens
Olympus LS-P4 Audio Recorder
Sennheiser Wireless Lavalier Microphone System
Godox 100W LED light
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Comments
43 responses to “Three Ways to Light a Corner Portrait: Take and Make Great Photography with Gavin Hoey”
Great model!!!
Love the pants ❤️
what can I say.. fab!!!
Always love it.
Gracias
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Yes ……..
Great video. Thanks for the tips and your time spent in providing it
Hi
What an extraordinary photographer and teacher!! You are always very inspiring!! Thank you so very much to share your precious knowledge so generously!
Do you have any videos showing how you created the background?
Great video. Good ideas.
So good Gavin Sophie.
good to see u again, gav
amazing footage with light
Another great video. You make it look so effortless.
Great video Gavin and Sophie. And a good testament of less being more 👍
I have learned so much with you Gavin Hoey!! Thank you so very much for your so clear explanations, the share of your brilliant and so creative ideas and of your precious knowledge!!!
Sophie smiled!!! Can a bad shot be taken of her? I think not.
Soooo nice to see 😊 👍
Must admit Gavin, I love your teaching style. Straight to the point, no flapping around, and easy to understand and a model that didn't need any direction.
Can I ask three questions.
1. What's the chances of you doing a tutorial on how your setup to record these youtube videos, camera, audio, video editing software etc…
2. You used a 10 degree grid on the light. Now I see grids advertised on places like Amazon but I personally have not seen them advertised
in varying degrees like 10, 20 30 etc.
3. GELS. I have them and I've tried using them but I never get the vibrant gel colors or indeed even a wide spread over a background. So what's the secret..?
Anybody nows what boom arm he's using, or any recommendation on one?
That was great, thank you. And excellent modelling – very dynamic.
ok…looking for a corner now! Regards…Jan in NYC
Another awesome video Gavin, it’s defo an idea I will give a try
One of my most favorite and creative videos that he has made
Terrific shoot! Can you give us a BTS tour of your studio, the working space including dimensions? Is this a separate building? Heated and air conditioned? And, space for where you prep the models for hair and makeup? For those of us who have limited space, including me, this would be helpful!
Gavin you’re a true star ! Love your videos and “here we go “ sentence !! 🙂 apart from giving me a fantastic tips with flash photography you put a smile on my face ! Thanks a bunch!
Corner portraits make me think of Irving Penn. Wonderful work as always, Gavin. 👏🏼
Great stuff as usual Gavin. Is the next upgrade going to be skirting board?
The corner shot popularized by Marc Hauser who got it from Irving Penn.
i see gavin hoey i click on video
Great video Gavin, some amazing shots of Sophie as well. I love dark edgy shots like that. The last lighting set up I would have done a close up of her face with the beam of light shining on her. She has such amazing eyes.
With the boom of all the photography tutorial videos on youtube … I love the way you keep things so practical and inspiring … I was just about burnt out on all the photography videos until I watched this one .. thanks Gavin for relighting the spark
clean and simple.. nice work!
The return in the corner could be a very large mirror 6' x 6' on wheels (covered or not with fabric) which I have anyway 🙂 Two lessons in one lateral thunking & lighting-disaplines 🙂
How to figure out who is the photographer just looked at preview image? Simply know the model 🙂
Wot!.. No Smoke!
Is this a real floor with real floorboards or is it a laminate/vinyl flooring ?
Cool
Goodness Gavin, you outdo yourself with each video. Fantastic tutorial, so easily explained that even the most amateurish photographer can understand it. This is why you are the favorite of so many here. Keep up the good work 🙂
thanks for sharing this video, your work is so amazing & this model's posing is also amazing.
Great and inspiring video as usual! I have a question. What is the corner background made of? Is it permanent or changeable?