Thanks for buying the gels. The key light for your subject should not light the background too or you will just get washed out colour. I use a beauty dish or a soft box at 90 degrees to the background and I make sure that the background is way back from my subject. More than 2m is a must to have from subject to background. I hope this helps. More info is here.

Regards, Damien.

I’m loving the work you do. Once I saw the gel collection, I snapped one set up. I love the vibrant colours for the background.

I was thinking if I were to do this as a photobooth at an event with a vibrant background like image 1 & 3, would it be best to use possibly 2x white umbrellas with 580exII with flexes for the front (or ezybox) and 2x 580exII gelled onto a grey roll for the background? I don’t own any studio strobes or spotlights. Was thinking maybe renting Hedler Traveller Set (3×1250w). Would greatly appreciate your thought process on a lighting set up?

It’s the first shot lighting set-up that has me scratching my head,

Do I have this correct?

2 lights placed at right angles to the subject (was that what you mean by 3/4?)

thanks

If you ever have a silhouette situation just open the lens 3 or 4 stops and see what happens. I never stop experimenting and making pictures like this is fun and clients love them.

Damien.

Thanks for your kind words. The gels are made by Lee filters. I buy sheets or rolls of the stuff. I’ll be putting a collection of my favorite colours together and making them available online at some point soon.

The key to getting great saturation is to put coloured light onto a light grey background and not a white background.

I hope this helps.

Pete