Studio: Filters and Gels. (WK 7)

Filters:

-U.V filters, protect the lens of the camera. Does not effect the colour of the photograph.
-Polarising filters, cuts the reflection in an image.
-Red filters, for black and white photography, creates contrast.

Studio Gels: Are a simple way of changing the light in the studio. The gels go over the light to alter the colour in the studio rather than in post production. Can also be used to colour the background and/or to change the colour of the light on the person.

Gel on the background-

ISO 100-F/11.0-1/80

Gel on the person-

ISO 100-F/5.6-1/80

Gel on both the background and person-

ISO 100-F/8.0-1/80

The above are three examples of gels used in the studio. They are all very different because of the difference in lighting situations. The lighting adds and retracts depth from the image, the final image has a lot more depth than what the first two do. This could be because of the colour choice as well the purple is quite deep all on it's own. The orange and blue added very little to the images, the lights had been turned down quite a bit to actually see the colour on the background at all. The light on the figure looks a little gimicky so it's probably not one I would use in a serious situation. The different colours also add different feels to the image, some of them look more child-like, such as the green, but I guess in the right circumstance it wouldn't look silly at all. I'm not sure if I'll use gels in the future, maybe for a fairytale-like scene.