Tag Archives: Gels
How to Use Lighting and Gels for Modern Portrait Photography [video]
The post How to Use Lighting and Gels for Modern Portrait Photography appeared first on Digital Photography School. It was authored by Caz Nowaczyk. In this video from Lindsay Adler Photography, Lindsay deconstructs an image that she has lit using … Continue reading
How to Get Maximum Saturation from Gels
In this video, photographer Ab Sesay explains his technique for getting maximum saturation from using gels. If you want to skip the needlessly lengthy video (not all of the meter readings taken were necessary to explain the concept or … Continue reading
How to use Colored Gels to Create Unique and Creative Portraits
We’ve all seen the usual studio set up – beautifully crisp white light, maybe some strobes, diffusers, and other things of the sort. However, what can you do beyond that to make your portraits stand out? Add some color! In … Continue reading
4 Ways to Add Color to Shadows Using Gels
Are you stumped on how to add some creativity to your portraits? The Slanted Lens demonstrates how Jay P Morgan includes gels in his photography work to add color to the shadows. This is a highly effective tactic that can add … Continue reading
Lighting 103: Using Gels to Shift the Ambient
Abstract: By combining a white balance shift in your camera with a complementary gelling of your flash, you can easily and efficiently alter the ambient color temperature of an entire environment. In addition to controlling the color of light from … Continue reading
Lighting 103: Use Gels to Tune Your Home’s Lighting
Abstract: You can use your knowledge of color temperature and gels to improve the quality of light in your home. So far, everything we have done has centered on gelling a single light to create a single desired color shift. … Continue reading
Flash Photography with Gels for Portraits in the Shade
Have you been noticing that the portraits you shoot in the shade just don’t look quite right? Maybe part of the image looks like the right color temperature, but other parts look too cool? If so, you’re probably noticing how … Continue reading
How to Use Lighting Gels to Change your Background Color
If there’s one thing that bugs me about shooting in studio, more than anything, it’s that you need to have tonnes of backgrounds, taking up loads of space. I’ve even gone as far as having a painter come in and … Continue reading