Creating high-key portraits with LED lighting
Wednesday 8 October 2025, 11:22 by Elja Trum | 2,053 views | 1 commentThis article was translated from Dutch with the help of AI. Read the original.
Gavin Hoey has released another enjoyable video about portrait photography. In this video, he shows you how to create high-key portraits using two LED lamps instead of flash.
Gavin usually uses flash. The advantage of LED light is that you can see exactly what you are getting straight away, and you can also use the same light to make videos. Handy if you also want to make a Reel for social media straight away.
It's great to see how Gavin once again manages to create a nice setting for his photos in a small space and with minimal resources.
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Elja Trum is the founder of Photofacts and online photography course website Photofacts Academy. He has been writing about photography since 2006. Elja is also the author of (Dutch) books on composition, black-and-white photography, flash photography and portrait photography.
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1 comment
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Van der Wielen wrote on Monday 13 October 2025 at 15:39 | replyThank you for sharing this video! It is indeed interesting to see how LED lighting can be used for high-key portrait photography. The advantage of LED over flash is that you can see what you get immediately, which is especially useful for beginners. Gavin Hoey always knows how to explain very well how you can still achieve beautiful results with limited resources. I am also going to experiment more with LED lighting myself!
Translated from Dutch.
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