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Colored background using gel
Iâm a little bit confused. If I shoot against white wall and Iâd like to use gel to get colored background Should I set background light to the same F-stop as the key? May 07 07 05:17 am Link Quick answer, yes. However, there are some things to consider, make sure you have enough distance fm model or you get bounce back color, also if you want to lighten the color you can up a stop or so,, etc. May 07 07 05:36 am Link LJO studio wrote: actually, it depends. May 07 07 05:46 am Link It's not that simple, because saturation is a factor as is bleed from the main light. The easiest approach for me has been to make the background exacly as I want it to appear in camera by stacking gels etc... and then add the model and the entire lighting system that the model will be lit with and very carefully control the light leakage between the two lighting zones. This requires quite a bit of space usually so the colored background may need to be a bit bigger than you initially think especially if you shoot on a "normal" lens. For head to toes gel is just not an option and colored paper is much easier. In fact, colored paper is almost as cost effective as gel is and makes life much simpler. May 07 07 06:14 am Link Grey background paper. Used two different colors on the background. I am sure there are those who could rip it to shreds. But it does some redeeming qualities. I kinda like it.  https://www.modelmayhem.com/pic.php?pid=2661175 Other examples of grey background and colored gels here. http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/Modules … &albumId=0 My suggestion however, go with the Savage brand. I have both black and white by Savage and in my experience that is a much more durable product. The grey I have is another brand which tears much more easily. It requires more careful handling. May 07 07 06:33 am Link LJO studio wrote: Gelled light meters differently than white light. (That used to mean shooting a lot of polaroids to get make sure the gelled light really did what you expected. Now with digital you can see your results much quickly and cheaply.) May 07 07 06:43 am Link You'll have a very hard time getting intense color from gelled lights against a white background. Much easier with black:     Just bring the lights up and chimp while varying intensities until it looks good. May 07 07 06:48 am Link Sean Armenta wrote: YEAH! what he said! May 07 07 06:55 am Link I too use black for most of my gelling. I have 3 colors of paper rolls hung in sequence above my shooting area. Black, white and green. I used to use Grey but it's to easy to get that color from the white or black rolls. May 07 07 07:01 am Link bang bang photo wrote: What distance do you keep from background? May 07 07 10:17 am Link I try to set the lights a couple feet from the background -- usually one on each side, sometimes with a different shade of gel on each side. I always flag the background lights, but tend to feather the edge so that a little of the gelled light hits the subject -- or not. Depends on the effect I'm going for. LJO studio wrote: May 07 07 10:20 am Link Gels work best on dark greys and blacks. May 07 07 10:28 am Link Another way would be to light from behind against an RP screen. In the experimental shots in my port, the screen was a piece of smoked plexi with one side sanded with 120 grit. Lighting was done with hi-intensity LEDs. May 07 07 10:47 am Link |
