Single Speedlight Low Key Portraits | Take and Make Great Photography with Gavin Hoey

Can a small Speedlight be used in a larger softbox? It’s a question that often gets incorrectly answered with a flat no. But keep your light close to your subject and you might be surprised at what your little Speedlight can do. Low-key lighting gives photographer Gavin Hoey the perfect opportunity to put that theory into practice and take some beautiful studio portraits along the way. Gavin starts out by showing the distance limitations of his Flashpoint Speedlight and offers a quick fix suggestion to get the best low-key lighting from a single flash. He then goes on to show three variations of low-key portrait lighting that are perfect for large softboxes and little lights. Finally, Gavin has some top tips on how he maximizes the light output from a Speedlight and large softbox combo. Timestamps and Chapters 0:00 Intro 1:10 How NOT to use a Speedlight and large softbox 2:37 Simple low key one flash lighting 3:39 Simple low-key portrait session 4:17 Feathering the soft