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How do I gel my subject like this???
I'm just curious about color gels while shooting fashion.. There is so many people de-saturating their fashion shots almost to the point of B&Wing them.. But with these desaturated photos others are putting color gels on the subjects.. I love this technique and am very interested in experimenting, but I am wondering about 3 different things.. 1- Is is better to use a continuous light source with the gel?? 2- Is it better to use a strobe but just stop down 2-3 stops?? 3- what about gel light positon?? All of these things I'm sure I could figure out on my own.. But I thought I'd throw it out there to see if anyone might have some helpful insight or suggestions before I start testing.. Thanks! here's a photo of what I am trying to acomplish..  Mar 17 08 05:32 pm Link I'd use a strobe but I'd also find a way to keep the shadows off her body. Either a grid or a scrim or something. Paul Mar 17 08 05:39 pm Link Regular lighting with main light from the right (of the picture), and secondary light from high and behind left. Blue fill from near camera, slightly to the right and below. Red fill from the far left about eyelevel. Both red and blue fill are at reduced levels compared to the main and secondary lights. You can use gels designed for hot lights on hot lights, but it is tricky because of the intense heat. Even strobes can get hot so best not to have the gel in contact with the flash unit. I would recommend gels on electronic flash units with lots of chimping or tethered shooting and some pre-testing. Mar 17 08 05:40 pm Link What a great shot to choose to base your experiment from. I'd love to add some advice but the second post pretty much nailed it! Mar 17 08 05:47 pm Link there is a very soft diffusion gel to use in front of a gel as well,definatly do not use hot lights as the other poster said or the gel will burn out dead center,use a theatrical light or clip it way out in front of your lights,most of all have fun experimenting with it,for even more fun mix some theatrical gobo patterns. Mar 17 08 05:53 pm Link Paul Ferrara wrote: I like the shadow, it's another compositional element. Mar 17 08 05:55 pm Link Graham Vickers wrote: I use color gels on black wall or seamless and have for a ton of years. Mar 17 08 08:58 pm Link hey, just wondering, who shot the picture? would love to see some more of their work! Mar 17 08 09:26 pm Link Ok, Just on the image... It appears to be a red gel on the left maybe one-quarter or one eighth power and at a distance or you would see a lot more red. The red light is below the models face and angled up slightly. You can almost see its location in the reflection on her lips. The location of the red on her left breast and under her nose help support that location. Next is the hair light, white above and slightly behind. Looking at her hair and the light on her right shoulder and across her chest. The last is the main light. It appears to be just below face level judging from the reflection of her shoulder just below her chin. It also appears to be less than 90 degrees off to the right based on the shadow on her nose and left arm. The reflection in the eye supports this. Now the tricky part, only because of the amount of PS on the image, but I think there was a very light blue gel on the main. Mar 17 08 09:26 pm Link Looks almost like a CG to me. Interesting. Mar 17 08 09:38 pm Link its a beautiful image of a beautiful girl with a very capable photographer. I love high fashion done well. You should shoot gels and x process them Mar 17 08 09:50 pm Link The photographer's name is Mr. Wendell Levi Teodoro and his MM profile is here: https://www.modelmayhem.com/member.php?id=412676 @ OP: Why don't you write to Mr. Theodoro and ask him how he lit the scene? Ronald N. Tan www.ronaldntan.com Thomas Calder wrote: Mar 17 08 10:09 pm Link |
