Adorama TV LIVE!
It’s been a busy few weeks for me with trade shows and travel filling my diary. Top of the list was a flying visit to the Adorama store in New York, a city like no other!
I’ve never been to New York before but of course I’ve seen it many times before. I’ve seen it in Hollywood movies, I’ve seen it in music videos and I’ve seen photos taken by other photographers but nothing compares to actually being there… I absolutely loved it!
The main reason for the visit was both to meet the amazing people who work at Adorama and to talk to the brave group of photographers who endured the freezing New York weather to spend a few hours with me. If you were there I’d like to thank you for making me feel so welcome.
The Adorama team wanted to share the event with those that couldn’t attend in person and so they organised a live stream.
The video above is about 90 minutes long and is a recording of my lighting demo on how to get the best from just one light. You can skip the first 7 minutes as they are blank!
Not having done live streaming before there were a few technical glitches, particularly with the audio but that aside the video contains 90 minutes of amazing tips.
My model is an Adorama employee called Damian who excelled himself by being amazingly patient and a total pleasure to work with. All the photos you can see in the post are the actual shots taken during the Live Stream.
I’d like to say a huge thank you to Adorama for making the event happen, particularly to the team who worked tirelessly before, during and after the live event. I won’t embarrass them by naming them directly but they know who they are and I’m hugely grateful for all that they did.
Hi Gav
I watched this on you tube ‘catch up’ last week
It goes without saying the photography is flawless, but lets not forget you’re a comedian too!
Thanks for this vid, hope you enjoyed the rest of your stay there
Had a great time Gavin! Look forward to meeting with you again next time you visit New York. Hopefully it’ll be a little bit warmer.
Did the red dye wash off your hands before going through airport security?
Hi Mike, thanks for coming along. Red hands matched my red eyes after the flight… loved every second of being in NYC and can’t wait to return 🙂
Gavin,
The video is excellent, so many great tips and some superb results. For us amateurs, it fantastic to see what can be achieved with just one speedlite and a cardboard grid!
I will defiantly being trying this at home!
Brilliant as always!
Hi Gav,
when you switched to manual mode w/ flash, didn’t you have to worry about the metering and such?
Thanks.
Yes, that’s one of the problems but as long as the flash to suject distance stay more or less the same, the exposure stays more or less the same 🙂
Hi Gavin.
Enjoyed it including the audio errors, at least you know it was a live event.
I’ve past the link on to all the members at my camera club in Ebbw Vale South Wales.
Probably hard work but more of the same would be great.
Best Regards
A big elderly fan.
Really interesting video, thanks for sharing!
Hello,
How do you cope with autofocus when using off camera flash in dark conditions when the flash’s red AF beam doesn’t work?
If you’re using the pop up flash to tigger the off camera flash it will emit a burst of light to help the autofocus 🙂
Thanks for the video, Gavin. I enjoy all of your tutorials, and have learned a lot through them.
Great video Gavin, you’re very easy watching and very informative.
I need more 15 min challenges….love them.