I tried this right away. I have the light sphere collapsible, but the gels I used are from my sunpak flash unit. I also did a few shots with the flash aimed at the ceiling. It made my models look like they had a tan. The only color that does not work well is using red on red, but I use blue red, blue blue green blue. Just have fun with it. I also used a corded off camera flash. I have a canon T2i and a 580 exII flash
Taking the custom white balance through a gel as he is doing, is only usefull if the light hitting the model is 100% coming from the flashgun, which is NOT the case.
If you want to do it right, shoot in raw, just take a grey card shot with the gel mounted on the flash, correct in raw converter.
@edtepas I had the shutter speed and aperture for ambient on Manual, and for testing both were severely underexposed so that the light coming from flash would fill the gel area with just the color of the flash light. That is super important, but extremely easy to do.
@GFIGARYFONG But you can see that in the comparison between different filters as you’ve shown, that the skin colors are different in each shot, which is caused by taking a wrong custom white balance. If you’ve done it right the skin color should be practically the same. This comparison proves my point.
@GFIGARYFONG But you can see that in the comparison between different filters as you’ve shown, that the skin colors are different in each shot, which is caused by taking a wrong custom white balance. If you’ve done it right the skin color should be practically the same. This comparison proves my point.
Fong's most likely using a EOS 7D which has built in control of the Speedlight. If you use Canon and your camera doesn't have wireless flash ability, you need to get the ST-E2 transmitter. As you probably noticed in the video, the flash didn't always fire, it missed a few times. That's the drawback using IR-wireless. Had he been using Pocket Wizards it would have been less likely that a flash does not fire.
Awesome Gary. I love your work and the contagious love of photography you so brilliantly share each time in your videos and products. Keep up this amazing gift of yours :)
Gary do a video for us beginners. I have the 7d and 5d. Your style of teaching is AMAZING
pboshell 4 days ago
MAGENTA WATER! wow..you are acting like a amateur who just figured out how to shoot in RAW. Be a bit more professional Gary.
orgazmo1009 5 days ago
I tried this right away. I have the light sphere collapsible, but the gels I used are from my sunpak flash unit. I also did a few shots with the flash aimed at the ceiling. It made my models look like they had a tan. The only color that does not work well is using red on red, but I use blue red, blue blue green blue. Just have fun with it. I also used a corded off camera flash. I have a canon T2i and a 580 exII flash
Jeffr1026 5 months ago
Taking the custom white balance through a gel as he is doing, is only usefull if the light hitting the model is 100% coming from the flashgun, which is NOT the case.
If you want to do it right, shoot in raw, just take a grey card shot with the gel mounted on the flash, correct in raw converter.
edtepas 5 months ago
@edtepas I had the shutter speed and aperture for ambient on Manual, and for testing both were severely underexposed so that the light coming from flash would fill the gel area with just the color of the flash light. That is super important, but extremely easy to do.
GFIGARYFONG 3 months ago
@GFIGARYFONG But you can see that in the comparison between different filters as you’ve shown, that the skin colors are different in each shot, which is caused by taking a wrong custom white balance. If you’ve done it right the skin color should be practically the same. This comparison proves my point.
edtepas 3 months ago
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@GFIGARYFONG But you can see that in the comparison between different filters as you’ve shown, that the skin colors are different in each shot, which is caused by taking a wrong custom white balance. If you’ve done it right the skin color should be practically the same. This comparison proves my point.
edtepas 3 months ago
Interesting technique and I use the Lightsphere often...but what I'd like to know is the name of the resort location...beautiful setting!
smwoodmd 6 months ago
@smwoodmd Hi smwoodmd, this is our horse ranch in Kelowna, BC.
GFIGARYFONG 3 months ago
Awesome Gary - now I have to upgrade my original LightSphere to a collapsible and get those filters too!
pxlpainter 6 months ago
How do you get the off camera flash to flash?
FocusOnTheArt 6 months ago
@FocusOnTheArt
Fong's most likely using a EOS 7D which has built in control of the Speedlight. If you use Canon and your camera doesn't have wireless flash ability, you need to get the ST-E2 transmitter. As you probably noticed in the video, the flash didn't always fire, it missed a few times. That's the drawback using IR-wireless. Had he been using Pocket Wizards it would have been less likely that a flash does not fire.
Jens369 6 months ago
@Jens369 Please keep in mind that the 60D has the wireless flash control as well
TheIamfrustrated 4 months ago
Nice.. I want my gels now =)
nanyleon 6 months ago
YES this can be done on a Nikon - or any of the SLR systems that support multiple flash TTL.
GFIGARYFONG 6 months ago
@GFIGARYFONG Can you show us how?
Cybercreeps 4 months ago
Awesome Gary. I love your work and the contagious love of photography you so brilliantly share each time in your videos and products. Keep up this amazing gift of yours :)
MaximumDiver 6 months ago
Nice Job Gary, as always.
toober1975 6 months ago
This is quite fascinating. Is this something that can be done on a Nikon?
NIKONGUY1960 6 months ago
@NIKONGUY1960 it can be done on any camera that allows an off-camera flash :)
GFIGARYFONG 3 months ago
I love how excited you are with the results cool......
susietalman 6 months ago