how to tint light colours

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hey everyone, i dabble in portaits and modelling photography... i have studio lighting, i just wondered if there is a way to colour the lighting for example using coloured cellophane over the softbox or whatever... i only really do family and friends so im very amateur, i dont really want harsh colours just slightly tinted pink lighting or slightly warmer (yellow?) lighting... cheers for looking everyone :D Joe
 
Give Garry Edwards a call at Lencarta, he is very helpful on these matters of light .... 01274 608822


Malcolm
 
You need a set of gels...
 
Yes, you need a set of gels. They come in full sheet and half sheet sizes and there are usually a few people selling small sizes on fleabay - use Lee lighting filters as a search term.

There's an incredible range of different colours, my advice is to stick to the primary colours and ignore all or most of the subtle shades. The reason for this is that the colour saturation depends on the level of exposure - the higher the exposure the less effect the gel will have, and the reverse is also true - if you want a deeply saturated colour then you simply underexpose. You can of course also combine colours, assuming that you have enough lighting power, to give different effects.

If you have large sheets you can simply clip them to the front of a softbox with clothes pegs, or use masking tape. If you only have small pieces, put them close to the flash head. If you're not using a softbox just fit them to the front of the light shaper, again using masking tape. Don't bother with those fancy gel holders, they're a waste of time and involve cutting the gel.
 
Garry Edwards said:
Yes, you need a set of gels. They come in full sheet and half sheet sizes and there are usually a few people selling small sizes on fleabay - use Lee lighting filters as a search term.

There's an incredible range of different colours, my advice is to stick to the primary colours and ignore all or most of the subtle shades. The reason for this is that the colour saturation depends on the level of exposure - the higher the exposure the less effect the gel will have, and the reverse is also true - if you want a deeply saturated colour then you simply underexpose. You can of course also combine colours, assuming that you have enough lighting power, to give different effects.

If you have large sheets you can simply clip them to the front of a softbox with clothes pegs, or use masking tape. If you only have small pieces, put them close to the flash head. If you're not using a softbox just fit them to the front of the light shaper, again using masking tape. Don't bother with those fancy gel holders, they're a waste of time and involve cutting the gel.
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thats excellent thank you very much (: also, as a guide how large should a backdrop comfortably be? i do believe mine may be too small :S
 
As large as possible.

You should have as much space as you can manage between the subject and the background, and the more space there is, the larger the background will need to be.

Ideally you should probably be using a medium telephoto lens, but if you don't have enough space you will need to use a shorter lens, and the shorter it is the larger the background will need to be.
 
You can get telescopic poles, these can be joined together giving potentially unlimited length. Telescopic poles will give about 2m each.
 
Al Brum said:
You can get telescopic poles, these can be joined together giving potentially unlimited length. Telescopic poles will give about 2m each.
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Wicked, are they a universal fit do you know? So I have like unlimited amount of questions haha!
 
Lastolite do them, so do calumet and various others. Speak to Anthony at Spa Photo (google it).
 
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