Hate how your Flash kills the lovely ambient color of a room or a location? This episode, master trainer Andrew Boey shares WHY this happens and HOW you can. By using a CTB gel, we can balance the flash color with the ambient color. By adjusting the color temperature, we will eliminate all the unwanted blue colors on the subject, and also have a more.
This is purposely done, so that I can use flash without much concern for the ambient light giving weird color casts. In deciding on my basic exposure, I simply needed the background to appear bright enough. Turn your computer screen into a color-changing, music-detecting light! Choose colors to match your mood, set the speed and share with friends! In a couple of days I will be shooting a group of friends in a theatre.
I know for sure that I won't be able to bounce the light off the ceiling due to it being too high. I also won't be able to bounce the light off of any walls because of their colour. What can I do to create a soft light? I won't be able to bring in any umbrellas, just the flash mounted on top of the camera.
As far as I know. Studio lighting hack: Use off. Flash gels play several important roles in photography.
They can convert the color temperature of your flash, helping you balance your flash's output with any ambient light sources. They can reduce light output without impacting color for times when even a low. I tried to focus on reducing the flash look without loosing the pop.
Besides that there is a lot going on in that pic. Like where does the green halo on her hair come from? For a next shoot diffuse the flash, flash from side (off camera flash) or maybe a reflector (bright jacket) might be sufficient. If you have time, prepare more.
Incandecent ambient light, Flash gelled with full CTS gel, RAW file adjusted to 3050K in post. Here we gelled our flash - bounced from camera left - with a full CTS gel to bring the flash much closer to the ambient light. The skin tones look quite good, without any weird color shift.
here you'll find: Tricks for using FLASH without KILLING Ambient Color Beginners Guide to Event Photography in 5 Steps Shooting Portraits with One Speedlight.