Color Pop! Using Gels to Ignite Your Studio Work
Add drama, emotion, and style to your images with color gels in your studio lighting! In this lecture and live demo, Lindsay Adler will share her creative process for using gels to achieve bold, saturated light for eye-catching images that are in-demand. You'll learn how to utilize color theory for harmonious gel combinations, how to achieve vibrant colors while still maintaining flattering quality and direction of light, how to make a gray background ANY color using gels, and much more!
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