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boywonder27
8th of June 2008 (Sun), 12:53
Ok is this right, I am using off camera flashes connected with PW.

When I am set up in hotel room which has Tunsten lighting, do I strap my stobes with CTO filter?

When shooting in a room with Florescent lighting strap my stobes with plusgreen filters, and syn 1/60 or below?

When shooting out side put CTB filters on my strobes, to match daylight.

Is this right, cause kind of confussed on when and what situations to use CTB and CTO in?

DDCSD
8th of June 2008 (Sun), 13:09
You got it for CTO. For fluorescent, I use CurtisN's solution found HERE (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=460248&highlight=plusgreen).

As for CTB, they are really not need for your strobe, as far as balancing color temperature. You can use them for effect, I guess. You most likely would use them over a tungsten light source (continuous lighting), to balance them with your strobes.

You can also use a CTO for effect, like making a photo somber and blue, with your subject still properly white balances. Like THIS (http://strobist.blogspot.com/2006/04/on-assignment-guy-on-boat.html).

boywonder27
8th of June 2008 (Sun), 13:23
Great thanks, that helps clear things up a little