![]() ![]() The color color gels are mainly going to be seen in the shadow areas you want the key light just bright enough to tone down the color. When using gels you don’t want too much light to get on a subject because it will cancel out. That’s so I can control the amount of light that was spreading out in my frame. I chose a 22-inch white high output beauty dish. You can have your model turn in different directions to get more or less of each of the color gels. Maybe you might want to mark a spot on the floor so your subject and stay in a certain place after you set up your lights. It’s important to direct your subject during a shoot. But that’s OK because the colors Bill could look nice in the background and you can make the background darker in post. And the subject far enough away to get a completely black background and no color spill. Because of limited space I could not move the lights. But now for me this is where I had to adjust my vision. I made the choice of using the Savage fashion grey seamless background paper. If possible, you don’t want color spill on the background. The way you have your lights position is going to be important if your vision is to have a black background, you might want to position the lights and the model so that they are not too close to the background. You can use the Rosco gels, but for this particular light and reflector this size works well. You can tape the gel on the outside of the reflector or you can use a rubber band to attach it. And for these lights this reflector is going to work well. Because I’m using gels, this is the seven inch standard reflector that is attached to my alien bees. ![]() And with the gels, you get that colour pop as the rim lights. I like it because it gives the added specular punch. My modifiers are silver inside, and I’m using the Paul C Buff 64 inch silver umbrella. ![]() Of course, that’s going to be different for your strobe light. This is a B800 and the power output that I’ve been using is about 1/16th. For my strobe lights I’m using the Paul C Buff alien bees. Take advantage of your modeling lamp to help you to see a preview of your lights and try to get the angle you want. I worked with the background lights first, then added the key light. I added my rim lights with color gels angled about 45 degrees behind the subject. Now that you have your camera settings and all the ambient light shut out, you can use the modeling lamps on your strobe lights as a preview of the final results using color gels. Its going to give you a good range of focus for my camera. The aperture on this particular lens only goes down to F4, but that’s still a good aperture to choose. My F stop is F4 and I’m using a Canon 24105 F Four lens. So my camera settings are ISO 100, shutter speed 200. So before you start shooting this is something you should do so that you’re controlling the ambient light that’s coming in. Close your blinds, curtains, anything to make your room as dark as possible. The first thing you should do is to block out all the incoming light from the outside. I have a 70 square foot space that I’m using. ![]() Camera Settings And Ambient Light Considerations. The next one is going to be teal and purple. One is going to be teal and orange you have teal and orange right here. So based on this, what I plan to do for my shoot is going to have three setups. You can click through these and see what the different combinations you can get. What I like to do is I like to use Adobe Color and and that’s at. Something like teal and orange is common. If you don’t know what colors you’d like to use for your gels. I’ll show you how to change the modifyers and where I use red gels and purple and teal gels. Now show you how I enjoyed making my space work. That being said, no matter what lighting setup you want to try, you can adapt it to the size of your home studio. This is a series on shooting in a small home photography studio. Hope you enjoyed the behind the scenes and the photos. Home Photography Studio Portraits Using Color Gels
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