So. When you gel your flash for the dominant light, do you set your camera's WB for flash or whatever the ought is you're gelling for (tungsten, etc)?
Feb 01, 2014 18:22 | #1 So. When you gel your flash for the dominant light, do you set your camera's WB for flash or whatever the ought is you're gelling for (tungsten, etc)? Michelle Brooks Photography
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Feb 01, 2014 18:25 | #2 Yes. Flash is gelled according to the ambient light we're trying to match, and in-camera WB is set to same. 5D4 Gripped | 16-35 f4L IS | 24-70 f2.8L II | 70-200 f2.8L II IS | 85 f1.8 | 600EX-RT | 430EXII | YN-468II | YN-622c | 'Stuff'
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umphotography grabbing their Johnson  More info | Michelle.My flashes all have gels on them. I use live view and the K settings. I take a few test shots and I match the color at the back of the camera. It is much more accurate that the base WB settings. Mike
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Feb 03, 2014 06:47 | #4 That sounds accurate but hard, Mike, lol! At least for me. What is a photo vision calibration? You mean like a custom WB shot? Michelle Brooks Photography
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umphotography grabbing their Johnson More info | Feb 03, 2014 07:19 | #5 Michelle Brooks Photography wrote in post #16659717  That sounds accurate but hard, Mike, lol! At least for me. What is a photo vision calibration? You mean like a custom WB shot? One of these Michelle. I shoot raw and set WB with live view. I throw in one of these in the scenes more for " just in case " than anything else. With LR its one click for the 3 reference points. But if im being honest, last year i used the calibration target a handful of times. Brides usually wear the best calibration targets ( dress ) so i can always click on her dress. Calibration targets give you some peace of mind more than anything else. Mike
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Feb 05, 2014 17:02 | #6 Oh yeah, gotcha, Mike. Michelle Brooks Photography
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Feb 05, 2014 17:38 | #7 you need to consider a WB tool like ExpoDisc or a similar. PHOTO-TIPS-ONLINE.com – photo tips, photography reviews
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drvnbysound Goldmember 3,316 posts Likes: 12 Joined Aug 2009 More info | Feb 06, 2014 07:23 | #8 The intensity will depend on both the color of the gel as well as the flash power. You can find varying levels of color in gels. For more saturated colors, look at the darker colored gels. The higher your flash power, generally, will wash out the color; lower power will generally create more saturated colors. I use manual exposure settings on the copy machine
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How do you get a flash to have a really colored light, like show up in the image as red or purple or whatever? I tried putting a blue gel on my speed light at a reception & all it did was give the subject a kind of blue tint. Not at all sure how to go about that.