The Broncolor Siros 800L is the champ when it comes to maximum light output. This ensured no hotspots influenced the results and that the lights all had an identical spread of light leaving the softbox and hitting the light meter. I metered the 3 lights in the same indirect softbox (A Cheetah RB-90 with Chopstick mount accessory). I compare these 3 models because they are very high powered lights that feature an attached battery, remote power control, and all of the features that photographers look for in a strobe designed for location-based work. I decided to put all three models head to head to help people decide which is the best option. Since then both models have had an updated release and Broncolor has also released the Siros 800 and 400. If you're passionate about taking your photography to the next level but aren't sure where to dive in, check out the Well-Rounded Photographer tutorial where you can learn eight different genres of photography in one place. If you purchase it now, or any of our other tutorials, you can save a 15% by using " ARTICLE" at checkout.In 2016 I made a video comparing the Profoto B1 and Godox AD600. If you browse through a lot of corporate and medical stock photos online, you will see this technique used a lot. Keep in mind, you can use different gel strengths to make this effect more or less subtle and you can also shoot at different times of day which will also have a drastic effect on the color in your background. You can also use this technique indoors if you want to make your exterior windows appear very blue but you want your subject to still appear to be lit with white light. This technique is extremely useful when you have clear skies like we had in this example because sometimes the color during sunset isn't as vibrant with clear weather as it might be with nice clouds in the atmosphere. White Balance 2600, CTO Gel on Flash - Photo by Lee Morris The gel used for this demo is the Rosco #3408 RoscoSun 1/2 CTO Gel. Below is a photo taken without a gel and the white balance was set to a standard 5000K. Instead of adding a blue gel to our flash, we can add a warm CTO gel which will allow us to lower our camera's white balance and dramatically cool down our background. This trick is basically the opposite method that we just used in the park. Color Temperature Orange GelsĪnother technique we can use out on location is using color temperature orange gels on our flash so that we can cool our background while still maintaining fairly white light on our subjects. Having a few CTB gels in your bag can be a life saver when you need to fake a warm, sunny day when you might have an overcast day or the sun has already set. Typically I try to avoid shooting in shaded areas that has a strong blue cast but every now and then it's completely unavoidable. Essentially what I am doing is bumping my camera's white balance up from 5000k to something around 7000k - 10000k so that my gelled light looks closer to white light than blue light. In a controlled studio environment, this effect might not have much use but when you are shooting out on location with natural ambient light hitting your scene, it will have dramatic effect on the color of your background.Ĭamera White Balance 10,000K, Flash gelled 1/2 CTBĪs you can see, this photo looks a little more inviting than the first photo where the background is blue because of the setting sun. The way I often use these gels is not as described above where I'm gelling warm lights and trying to cool them down, but rather I like to add cooling gels to my strobe light and then adjust my white balance to make my gelled light look white. My favorite brand of gels are those made by Rosco and I prefer the #3204 1/2 CTB gel for most occasions. They can be placed direct over or around your light source to help cool the color or warm hot lights. This gel, shortened to CTB, is primarily used to cool down warm incandescent lights so they appear closer to white light which reads around 5000k. The first gel I want to talk about is color temperature blue. Using "party gels" to create extreme color shifts Color Temperature Blue Gels
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