It is July 4 in the US, so my American friends will all be taking pictures today. So here is a quick tip for you flash users out there!
If you want a slightly warmer look – the “late afternoon light” look – to your flash pictures, simply do this:
- Put a slight warming gel (e.g. a quarter CTO gel, or a half CTO gel) on your flash (i.e. slightly yellow). I use a Honl gel with a Honl speedstrap on my 580EX flash.
- Set your white balance to “flash”.
Result: your subject (close by, lit by flash) looks slightly warm.. instant late afternoon “golden hour” light even at noon.
Student, slightly warmed up
That was a student at last week’s “Creative Urban Photography” course. In not very warm light!
Could you share your thoughts about camera straps. Do you have any favourite? What do you think of Black Rapid strap which screws into the tripod socket? Canyou use such a strap if you have a quick release attached to the camera? Some people say just clip the strap to the D ring on the quick release, but that sounds dicey to me. Do you have any experience with this?
Yup, I’ll cpm men on that shortly. And yes to advance on that, I do own a black rapid strap and I do use and like it.
I notice much of House season 6 is lit with CTO-gelled lights.