Useful Tips:-
- A grey background can be easily coloured using a filter gel
- Remember to think about how the colours of the gel will work with other colour in the image
- Gels can reduce the flash output, so make sure that this is factored into the exposure
- Certain coloured gels can be used to replicate certain types of light, such as a sunset or moonlight
Equipment:-
- 3x lights
- 3x tripods
- 3x gel light holders
- Gel sheets (colours of your own choice)
- Beauty dish
- Backdrop
- Reflector
- Camera
- Macro lense
- Light meter
- Computer
- Capture One Software
- SD card
- Hot shoe adapter
Step by step:-
- Set up the computer and get up the software Capture One and click on create a new project
- Place the tethering lead into the back of the computer and the camera
- Set up the tripods, one in front of the model and one either side of the model
- Secure the lights onto the tripods making sure they are screwed on tightly and plug the cables in
- Secure the light holders onto the front of the lights
- Clip the coloured gel sheets onto the light holders
- Switch on all of the lights
- Pull down your chosen backdrop
- Set the camera up by firstly setting it to manual, then make sure the ISO is on 100 and alter the aptitude to suit the images
- Always alter the aptitude and the power on the lights to get the correct exposure for the images
I found this lesson very useful and was happy that I had learnt something completely different and new which I feel will come in hand when shooting my looks. In this lesson we used the colours pink, blue and green to represent spring/summer 2016. We struggled slightly with getting the correct exposure, however once we overcome this we had great fun experimenting and working with the different colour gel lights.
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