Swatchbook problems

Just got in new botero background and swatchbook from B & H.

You guys have any good ways of keeping these things stored once you separate them.

Any good DIY ways to attach swatches to sunpak 383? to change background colors. I used the diffusion cover on my Achiever but it doesn' have any real exposure control. I don't have a diffusion cover for my Sunpaks.

I use velcro to attach gels, sort of the way Strobist recommends (click here).

My flash units have a 1" strip of adhesive velcro wrapped around the heads (the fuzzy side). With this I attach various Lumiquest products, simple bounce cards, gels, or whatever else I dream up.

Curtis N wrote in post #2912028
I use velcro to attach gels, sort of the way Strobist recommends (click here).

My flash units have a 1" strip of adhesive velcro wrapped around the heads (the fuzzy side). With this I attach various Lumiquest products, simple bounce cards, gels, or whatever else I dream up.

DA.:o ....Every one of my strobes has the fuzzy stuff all around it.
How do you pick which colors to use. There are so many shades of each color. I tried a little last night playing around and I noticed right away that my main light and fill will add significantly to the background and try to turn it back white. I don't have a lot of room to get the background really far away from my subject.

I guess it's time for me and Matilda to do some experimenting.

So far, I haven't done much creative stuff with gels. I have only used them to try to match ambient light. The swatchbook should have a set of CTO (color temperature orange) gels which are designed to adjust a daylight source to some lower color temp, and this is described on the little paper inserts in the swatchbook. There are also a few green gels designed to match fluorescent light.

As for coloring your backdrop with gelled flash, I believe the usual approach is to use a dark grey or black backdrop, which allows you to use the gelled backdrop light to overpower your main and fill lights without making it too bright.

Curtis N wrote in post #2912206
So far, I haven't done much creative stuff with gels. I have only used them to try to match ambient light. The swatchbook should have a set of CTO (color temperature orange) gels which are designed to adjust a daylight source to some lower color temp, and this is described on the little paper inserts in the swatchbook. There are also a few green gels designed to match fluorescent light.

As for coloring your backdrop with gelled flash, I believe the usual approach is to use a dark grey or black backdrop, which allows you to use the gelled backdrop light to overpower your main and fill lights without making it too bright.

Thanks Curtis. Boy was I headed in the wrong direction.