Adorama | Try This Torn Paper Portrait Hack! | Take and Make Great Photography with Gavin Hoey @Adorama | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 6 days ago.
If you’re after a fun and creative portrait technique that makes use of a random roll of colored background paper, then you’re going to love this! But as photographer Gavin Hoey suggests, before you start ripping holes in expensive seamless background paper, practice the technique on a small, inexpensive roll of thin white paper.

Once Gavin has mastered the basics of this portrait look, he moves on to a large, bright yellow background paper for the final shoot. Starting with a small opening, Gavin carefully enlarges the hole, taking lots of photos along the way.

Gavin Hoey is a freelance photographer, writer, and trainer of all things photographic. His work is regularly featured in photography magazines, websites and videos. Gavin has a real passion for sharing his photography and Photoshop knowledge. In 2008 he started recording and uploading video tutorials to YouTube.

Timestamps and Chapters
0:00 Intro
1:01 Camera settings for the whole session
1:45 Making the first hole on white paper
2:26 How to correct flash power for white paper
3:10 Enlarging the paper hole
4:01 Shadows and the flash position
4:44 Photo session with torn white paper
5:35 Testing the yellow background
6:40 Making the first hole on yellow paper
7:35 How to avoid a very dark background
8:30 Photo session with torn yellow paper
9:15 Outro

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