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GELS FOR ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING

The most common use for gels is to match flash light to
either tungsten or fluorescent lighting. To match tungsten
lighting, which is warm, you should attach a Full CT
Orange (204) gel to the flash. Fluorescent lighting has a
slightly green tint, so add a Half Plus Green (245) gel to the
flash head. You can buy gels in strengths of a quarter, a
half, and full, which enables you to vary how much you
alter the flash light. You can also mix and match different
types of gels to suit more unusual types of lighting.
Combining different gels of varying strengths can reduce
the need for color correction in postproduction. ▲ WITHOUT ORANGE GEL ▲ WITH ORANGE GEL

THE RESULT CAMERA SETTINGS
The color balance of the image works well, as the WB of the flash- ISO
lit subject matches that of the background. Matching the WB of two Av f/4 1/125 250
different light sources makes fine-tuning in postproduction simpler. SEC

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