Correct gels on strobes for outdoor...

[Mick_I]

I'm having trouble balancing the right gels wit the sun? any suggestions so peoples skin tones don't come out to warm? I 've got the Rosco pak.

[nouse4aname]

try and search. i saw a thread a while ago about this. there were pics and some instructions about using the rosco gels with the subject backlit by the sun.

[tim]

Show us a pic. I use bare flash outside as sun and flash are both about 5500K. I only gel for tungsten.

[René Damkot]

I only gel for tungsten.
Same here, or for effect (http://www.dg28.com/technique/mixed_colour.htm).

[SkipD]

I'm having trouble balancing the right gels wit the sun? any suggestions so peoples skin tones don't come out to warm? I 've got the Rosco pak.There is really no reason to change the color of the light from your flash when outdoors, as the flash emulates sun light pretty closely.

If you need to tweak the overall color of an image, that's simple but by creating a mixed-light situation in the first place you are probably creating problems for yourself.

[tim]

Same here, or for effect (http://www.dg28.com/technique/mixed_colour.htm).

So you also only gel for tungsten, but you also gel for effect :p

[René Damkot]

So you also only gel for tungsten, but you also gel for effect :p

Hey, in this case, it's the same filter :p

[rabidcow]

That gel would be darn near perfectly transparent. When shooting outdoors with flash I use flash white balance. It works out wonderfully.

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-05/sj/index.php

5500 K Sunny daylight around noon
5500-5600 K Electronic photo flash