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Dal
24-08-2007, 12:56
Came across this site Link (http://www.lostamerica.com/index.html) and i loved the effects on the pics with the lighting.

i have done a few search's for the 'gel strobe flashes' and have come up with nothing.

Are these something that only professional's use.

the reason i am asking is i am thinking of buying an SB800 flash gun for my nikon D50 but i don't wanna spend that money if i can spend it on one of these gel flash guns instead.

Thanks in advance.

Dal :thumbs:
CT
24-08-2007, 13:15
Gels are just coloured acetate or sometimes hard plastic sheets with fit in front of your flash head to give a light of a given colour. You should be able to source a variety of suitable stuff in several colours with a Google search. It's easy enough to adapt and fasten them to any flash head with Velcro pads which you can get at places like B&Q, so I wouldn't cancel your SB800. ;)

There's some cool pics in that link of yours but some of them have been done with a single flashgun with a gel of one colour and a simple flashlight (torch) with a gel of another colour to produce the effect, so a bit of ingenuity and imagination is all that's required.

I do see why you like the shots though. :)
Venomator
24-08-2007, 14:26
:agree: ... some really interesting and unusual effects on the linky ... :thinking: ... all very well if you are into effects ... :shrug: ... that said I do really like some of them ... :D


And the method has now been revealed by CT ... :suspect: ... ingenuity eh ... :thinking: ... ingenious ... ;)



:p
CT
24-08-2007, 16:16
I've just remembered - I have some of these - orange, green and red I think. They don't fit any flashgun I currently have and I've had them that long I'm buggered if I can remember where/ when I got them.

I could take my own advice though and Velcro 'em. :D

Hmmmmm.
Kev M
24-08-2007, 20:40
I used this guy for my gels and he's very good.

http://www.flashgels.co.uk
dougdarter
24-08-2007, 21:01
I used to go to my local stationers and buy OHP acetate cells in different colours. They are very cheap, and you can get about 20 gels to a sheet.

OK, I'm a cheapskate, but they work!
whiteflyer
24-08-2007, 21:24
There was an piece about this in EOS magazine a few issues ago "Painting By Light"

For the gels , do a search for Roscolux gel sample swatch book. They do a pack with what I guess is several hundred gels on various colours and colour temperature altering gels.

They are just the right size for a 580ex flash and they are free too :) Took several weeks for mine to arrive, but some folk seem to get them in a few days.
Dal
29-08-2007, 16:38
There was an piece about this in EOS magazine a few issues ago "Painting By Light"

For the gels , do a search for Roscolux gel sample swatch book. They do a pack with what I guess is several hundred gels on various colours and colour temperature altering gels.

They are just the right size for a 580ex flash and they are free too :) Took several weeks for mine to arrive, but some folk seem to get them in a few days.

cheers guys for the help.

i've been on this site http://www.rosco.com/uk/index.asp but i can't seem to find on there where i can request a sample swatch book.

any ideas? cheers.
ConfusedChicca
29-08-2007, 16:42
Can you just stick something coloured over your flash? Always after the cheap option me!
Dal
29-08-2007, 16:50
thats why i'm dead interested in this swatch booklet, looking at thier site they do hundreds of the things. i've requested a catalogue but i don't know how to request a sample swatch booklet.
IanC_UK
29-08-2007, 17:29
thats why i'm dead interested in this swatch booklet, looking at thier site they do hundreds of the things. i've requested a catalogue but i don't know how to request a sample swatch booklet.

http://www.rosco.com/uk/filters/swatchBookRequest.asp?type=roscolux
RobertP
29-08-2007, 17:30
http://www.rosco.com/uk/filters/swatchBookRequest.asp?type=roscolux

at a guess :)

edit: too slow - yet again!!
IanC_UK
29-08-2007, 17:35
heheheh great minds Robert :)
Kev M
29-08-2007, 17:48
You might have a long wait for the swatch books. They've got wise to us flashers getting the swatched and buying nothing else. I know of a lot of people who've given up with waiting and just gone out and bought the purpose made packs.
Ally
29-08-2007, 22:50
I've often thought about gels for my flashguns, I really like dave balcks web site he uses them all the time and does some great stuff.

http://www.daveblackphotography.com/