Colour Correcting Gels

"Troy Piggins" <usenet-0911@piggo.com> wrote in message
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>* Dudley Hanks wrote :
>> Well, I finally bit the bullet and picked up a set of colour-correcting
>> gels
>> for my strobes. The first couple of shots I've taken sound promising,
>> but
>> there are just too many masks around tonight for me to get a good shot of
>> real skin.
>>
>> Just wondering how many shooters out there prefer gels, reflectors or
>> umbrellas for perfect portraits?
>
> I'm not a portrait photographer, and will never take a perfect
> photo, but I do use flash and colour correcting gels. Mainly to
> balance flash light with ambient light. You may have seen it
> already, but this is a good page on the topic:
>
> http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/03...o-correct.html
> http://strobist.blogspot.com/2008/04...uorescent.html
> http://strobist.blogspot.com/2008/05...-tungsten.html
> http://strobist.blogspot.com/2008/06...-that-cto.html
> http://strobist.blogspot.com/2008/06...iscussion.html
>
> --
> Troy Piggins

Thanks, Troy, I'll bookmark the links and check them out.

Really appreciate the info.

Take Care,
Dudley

On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 06:49:37 -0500, sligoNoSPAMjoe wrote:

> I would say that lighting is only one of many factors in portrait
> photography. While it is important, I would not consider it prime.
>
> To impress me, a portrait must bring out something inside the
> shell of a person we normally see from the outside.
>
> A portrait may show what the photographer sees, but someone
> else who may know the subject in a different context may well visulize a
> far different image.
>
> Many years ago I worked for a photo studio. We turned out
> good work and never would the boss allow second rate work. That said
> there was little or no of what I would consider trully geat portraits.
> For examples of some of what I would consider great work,
> check out the work of Karsh. Often some of his best work was done with
> nothing more than the artist inside him and minimal equipment. My favort
> is the Churchill photo.

I wouldn't have called that minimal equipment, he used a 10" x 8" plate
camera with a first class lens.



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