Comments on: Use your Christmas cellophane as gels http://www.fotohacker.com/2007/12/27/use-your-christmas-wrapping-for-lighting/ Digital Photography Geeks Wed, 01 Sep 2010 11:36:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jason http://www.fotohacker.com/2007/12/27/use-your-christmas-wrapping-for-lighting/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Jason Thu, 27 Dec 2007 23:25:40 +0000 http://www.fotohacker.com/2007/12/27/use-your-christmas-wrapping-for-lighting/#comment-26 Depends on the density of the wrapping and on the power of the flash, really. You'll certainly lose some light when you shoot through a diffused gel like this, and therefore you'll lose some distance as well. Try turning the flash to manual and increasing the power output incrementally until you get something that looks good. If it's pretty shiny, you can also try using it almost like a bounce card or flexifill, which will still color the light - though less dramatically. Depends on the density of the wrapping and on the power of the flash, really. You’ll certainly lose some light when you shoot through a diffused gel like this, and therefore you’ll lose some distance as well.

Try turning the flash to manual and increasing the power output incrementally until you get something that looks good. If it’s pretty shiny, you can also try using it almost like a bounce card or flexifill, which will still color the light – though less dramatically.

]]> By: John Flinchbaugh http://www.fotohacker.com/2007/12/27/use-your-christmas-wrapping-for-lighting/comment-page-1/#comment-25 John Flinchbaugh Thu, 27 Dec 2007 20:29:36 +0000 http://www.fotohacker.com/2007/12/27/use-your-christmas-wrapping-for-lighting/#comment-25 I've tried using red and blue wrapping cellophane, and it just didn't really do the trick -- it was very washed out. I was trying to do a nifty colored background. Maybe I was just overpowering it. I’ve tried using red and blue wrapping cellophane, and it just didn’t really do the trick — it was very washed out. I was trying to do a nifty colored background. Maybe I was just overpowering it.

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