Matthew

[Wandjina]

This is my first foray into gels.
I have attached the original very under exposed image for comparison.

I had a blue gel on camera left (7" standard reflector) and an orange gel on a gridded softbox on camera right (4' x 1'). There was a red gel on a speedlight behind Matthew pointed at a black backdrop.

The idea was to create a hard blue light and a soft orange fill light with some separation from the backdrop.

Canon 5D Mark 4, 1/200, f/11, ISO 100
Lens: Canon 24 - 105mm L



Original

[Manfred M]

I've had limited success when using gelled lights and conquering that technique is still something on my "to do" list.

The two areas where I have had some success are in actual theatrical sessions where the lighting was done by someone other than me and in a case where I was doing a pro bono shoot and used gelled lights to match the white background I was using to match the colours and mood of the people I was photographing.

I find that the mix of cool and warm tones on your model's face are not working for me that well; sort of mixed messages. I suspect blue lights for both the key and main lights might have worked better. The lighting has to match the "story" and the image does not really tell enough of a story to give the viewer an understanding of the lighting work.

[selig1656]

Interesting, yet the colors really don't seem to fit from my perspective the subject. Not sure I am clear enough.