From Ordinary to Extraordinary: Quick and Easy Photography Tricks Using Gels

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Күн бұрын

In this video, Pye Jirsa of SLR Lounge demonstrates a simple yet incredible trick for photographers using gels on flashes to transform the entire scene. By employing this technique, you can easily adjust the scene's temperature, creating warm, cool, or even magenta tones. This invaluable trick empowers photographers to capture breathtaking sunset shots for their clients using a flash and gels. Discover how to enhance your photography skills and create stunning sunset imagery with this essential technique.
00:00 Intro
00:27 Setup of the Shot
01:18 MagBox Pro Gear
01:44 Setting Up the Test
02:30 Natural Light Image
03:05 Flash Image with No Gels
03:31 Flash vs Ambient Comparison
03:38 Gel Trick Explanation
04:30 1/2 CTO Gel in MagBox
05:33 1/2 PlusGreen Gel in MagBox
05:59 1/2 CTB Gel in MagBox
06:10 Comparison of Images
06:33 Wrap Up
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@user-og2ws3kq2h 11 ай бұрын

Master of Photography Sir.Pye

@magicmayheim8357 Жыл бұрын

I just bought a MagBox and Creative Gels right before this came out. I'm so so excited to try this out!!! Thank you for bringing these recipies to life, it's truly MAGnificent!! 🙏😃👍 Big thanks to Pye as well for explaining the framework clearly and all the awesome personality he brings 😎

@MagnetMod Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the great comment. We can't wait to see the MAGic you create on your next shoot.

@kennethnielsen3864 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing.

@alexpierantoni8663 11 ай бұрын

Wow thank you for explaining this so precise 👍🏼

@user-ij3ie6gw8h 10 ай бұрын

Thanks

@Jwitherow1964 Жыл бұрын

Much love ❤️ thanks

@MagnetMod Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome

@kuyslloyd2019 6 ай бұрын

well explained. thank you sir 📸❤️

@JuanLopez-oz9kh Жыл бұрын

Real tips

@MagnetMod Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it.

@markparris5255 10 ай бұрын

Quick thought. So you were keeping your skin tones more natural but you have different ambient color. That’s the gist of what I’m getting. The photos are fantastic by the way thank you. I haven’t learned how to mask and or remove objects. Thanks again.

@MagnetMod 10 ай бұрын

Yep exactly. It’s a great method to create the ambient you want.

@radshoesbro Жыл бұрын

Veronika!! woo!!

@MagnetMod Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@AverageXboxGamer 10 ай бұрын

Love the video ❤. Any way to have a video on using corrective gels in real estate photography?

@MagnetMod 10 ай бұрын

Hi there! We don't currently but we will add it to our idea list :)

@yoemichelp_yoe 9 ай бұрын

Hello there! Excellent teaching. Let’s see if I got it right. 1-The correction you do in camera is with white balance only? 2- The correction put emphasis on keeping more or less the subjects the same to just change the scene’s ambient color different, right?

@ArsenijeRadenovic 3 ай бұрын

Every gel has its temperature in K, so yes you change only the white balance. For example 1/2 CTO you should put your cameras white balance on 3200K. This works for changing the complete ambient for creative result like in this video, or to adjust your flash for correct white balance when artificial lightning is bad (very warm lightbulbs or similar).

@adiljay9542 10 ай бұрын

Does anyone know what is the process called at the 3.22 mark. With the plate shot and how it can be later removed with photoshop! Trying to find the tutorial for beginners! Thank you 😊

@sullivansnortherncaliforni227 4 ай бұрын

hate mag mod stuff way overpriced, but great vid!

@danielgray1874 2 ай бұрын

I get what you’re saying here but I think the question I have is…why would I add gels if I’m just going to have to cool down or warm up the image in post or in camera! Why not just leave the flash alone and warm up subjects in post? I’m new to flash photography and clearly don’t have a good understanding of white balance. Is the goal to just change the look of the entire scene, with the goal of getting the same skin tones, regardless of flash gel color? Someone give me the why and when we would want to do this and make the corrections!

@Notmy00000 10 ай бұрын

1000👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@josh3212b 2 ай бұрын

Is the AD200 strong enough to use with gels if you're not shooting in mid-day bright daylight?

@manoharmgr8235 Жыл бұрын

SUPER. SUPER , THE BEST VIDEOS நன்றாக இருக்கிறது வாழ்த்துக்கள் ,CHENNAI -R.MANOHAR(MGR) INDIA,*

@MagnetMod 11 ай бұрын

So glad you like them!

@Zetaphotography 10 ай бұрын

I wish they were made for Broncolor. Can they handle the strong power?

@1NATURELOVERJ Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial. I shoot mostly family portraits on the beach during sunset. I try to blur out the background, using 2.0 or wider f-stops. Why did you use f14?

@MagnetMod Жыл бұрын

Pye might be able to add to this, but our guess would be that because he was shooting quite a bit before sunset, that he needed to darken the sky down a bit in order to get some color in it. So he brought his ISO as low as it goes, put his shutter speed at the flash sync speed which is typically 1/200th or 1/250th speed, which left him with closing down the aperture in order to darken the scene down even more. In this case all the way to f14. Had he shot this photos closer to sunset or even after sunset he could have used a lower aperture. So the short answer is he used f14 to simply darken down the exposure in camera, after he had already pushed ISO and Shutter Speed to their lowest settings while using flash.

@StephenRansom Жыл бұрын

@@MagnetMod But he began at ISO 400. Why not widen the aperture and shoot at ISO 100?

@thedelicatecook2 7 ай бұрын

I think this way he can have sky details kept sharp and in focus with the f14. He specifically underexposed the scene to bring out those sky details, so I understood the goal here was not to make the background blurry. Just my guess

@Garbid Жыл бұрын

If i add blue and green gel at the same time I have to compensate with warm + magenta tint? Is it possible?

@MagnetMod Жыл бұрын

Great question and idea. Try it out tonight and let us know how it goes. We'd love to see your results!

@Jcruzcaptures 9 ай бұрын

Why are these gels discounted on the magmod website?

@hollyjostudios Жыл бұрын

Would this work with the darker gels??

@MagnetMod Жыл бұрын

It would you would just need to make even more dramatic shifts in the white balance, something that often times are cameras don't have the ability to do, so you would need to make the change in a program like Lightroom later. Ideally the correction gels are best for these scenarios but I once had to use an Orange and Blue gel when in a pinch and was able to get it to work in Lightroom.

@itspeache 8 ай бұрын

In the first pic without gels why did you shift magenta +14? The light is white outside

@claudeIsbell 5 ай бұрын

Nice. Also, there's no Instagram for your assistant. Here we always support any way we can

@delmarray1147 Жыл бұрын

So when using these gels, the 1/2 blue orange magenta, what will I change my Kelvin to.

@MagnetMod Жыл бұрын

Often times it depends on the time of day and personal preference in the look. But as a starting point when using 1/2 blue (trying to get warmth in sky) I usually will push my Kelvin to 7000, and Full Blue to 9000K. When using 1/2 CTO (trying to get coolness in sky) I will usually go about 4000K and full CTO to 3000K. From there I will shoot and make minor adjustments to the white balance to get the look I am after. Hope that helps. - Trevor

@delmarray1147 Жыл бұрын

@MagnetMod when you using a green and orange, what would you put your Kelvin to

@loco46m Жыл бұрын

rookie question: Why would you change white balance in the camera after gels instead of just doing it in Lightroom afterwards?

@MagnetMod 11 ай бұрын

You can definitely do it afterwards as well. I enjoy doing it camera because it is super fun to turn the camera around and share with your clients. It's always a great reaction to the sky you were able to capture with a little bit of light and color magic.

@Lyleestling 9 ай бұрын

You may not want the effect all over the photo, and cardinal rule, do as much as possible during shoot, reducing the amount you have to do in post

@besmorpheous 4 күн бұрын

2 AD200s ???

@hollyjostudios Жыл бұрын

This doesn’t seem to work. It’s lighting up the whole scene. So if I change the color or temperature, the whole scene changes with it.

@MagnetMod Жыл бұрын

That is correct. Use the white balance to change the entire scene. Then pick the opposite color (complimentary color) as the gel for your flash. Now wherever the light from your gelled flash touches it will offset the white balance change you made in camera to make the light on your subject look regular while leaving the rest of your scene (like the sky behind them) change.

@hollyjostudios Жыл бұрын

@@MagnetMod Understandable.. I believe I have to turn up the saturation as well to get a deeper color?

@MagnetMod Жыл бұрын

@@hollyjostudios two things to help with saturation of color. Make sure you are shooting the scene underexposed a bit and the closer your flash is to your subject will help with that as well. We have a few other videos highlighting this same trick that might be helpful to watch as well as there might be some tips in there that can help you out.

@salserodoscientosseis1028 Жыл бұрын

as a photographer I really appreciate the learning curse!.. BUT customers dont really care for this kind of stuff..

@MagnetMod Жыл бұрын

Actually it's super fun to show your clients the back of the camera after making an epic sunset behind them and letting them see your ability to create magic in the camera. Every time I do it my clients get super excited.