Pointless Photo Challenge, Episode 1
Photography can be a serious business sometimes, doubly so for me as it’s both my job and my hobby. But take things too seriously and run the risk of losing the fun factor and that’s often where the more creative side photography comes to the surface.
So when my good friend and fellow Adorama TV presenter Mark Wallace recently stopped by my house for a few days, we came up with a whole bunch of fun photo challenges to test our photography skills in a slightly pointless but hugely enjoyable way.
In this episode both Mark and I take part in a model shoot and background folding challenge. Sounds easy? Well there’s a twist.
For the model shoot we both worked with Kerry Allingham but with the following instructions…
Reverse model shoot.
Swap places with Kerry and instruct her on how to take the best portrait of you. You can not touch any equipment including your camera or lights and you can’t see the photos until after the shoot. You have 20 minutes starting now
The next challenge was much more straight forward…
Folding challenge
Fold these three reflectors whilst blind folded. Fastest wins.
While there’s no arguing I won the folding challenge, who won the reverse model shoot is open to debate. Let me know who you think won and why in the comments below.
Hey Gavin. I saw you messing about with a Em1 Mark 2. Have you made the swap over? I’m debating that or getting the EM5 ii. Any suggestions?
Hi Nathan. The E-M1 Mark ii is now my main body but my E-M5 Mark ii still gets plenty of use. More pixels, bigger battery, dual card slot are the main advantages for me but I could also live with the E-M5 ii, especially if it was going for a good price 😉
Hey Gavin. Hope that many good shots come your way. Wanted to reach out to you to say thank you for recommending the streak light 360. What a product! My wife and I are preparing to start our photography business. Looking for good advise from the best.
I saw your video on you tube on how to use the steak light 360 and now I can’t find it. Please sent me a link so I can practice and hone my skills with this awesome light.
Hi Gavin,
Thanks for putting all these videos up, after spending ages watching youtube videos to help my photography your videos have helped me the most by far. I am absolutely going to get booked onto the next event or course I can find you at !
Thanks for the kind words Jamie, next event info is here 😉
https://www.gavtrain.com/?page_id=5816
Good evening from South Africa. I have been following you on You Tube and have learnt allot. Question what is the size of the home studio you are using. I am looking at a 5×4 meter space
To setup a studio will that be sufficient.
Another if I may. Must the walls an ceiling preferably be white
Thank you fir sharing your knowledge
Hi Colin. Everything you need to know about my studio can be found here https://scottkelby.com/guest-blog-wednesday-featuring-gavin-hoey
The smaller the studio, the harder it is to control light bouncing around, so in theory black is best but This a miserable place to work. So I have black curtains and white walls 😉