Adding color to a scene is a great way to exercise your creativity and add visual appeal to your portraits. One of the easiest ways to do so in real time involves adding colored gels to off-camera flash. The colors you choose can vary based on your mood or the mission of the shot, such as complementing the subject’s wardrobe or matching a brand’s color scheme for an ad campaign. In this article, we’ll share a step-by-step, advanced guide to using gels in the studio to help you create interesting, stylized portraits.
Video – Cinematic Portraits: Mastering Coloring & Light
Gear List
Here’s a list of the gear used to create the images featured in this tutorial:
- Canon R5
- Canon RF 28-70mm f/2 Lens
- Profoto B10 Plus OCF Flash Head
- Profoto B10 OCF Flash Head
- MagMod Dome Gels
- MagBox Pro 42” Octa
- MagMod Beauty Dish XL 20 Pro Kit
- MagMod Professional Strobe Kit XL
Like always, you can sub in whatever gear …