Lighting
Creative Gels for Studio Photography: Beyond Color Correction
Creative Gels for Studio Photography: Beyond Color Correction I’m going to be direct: most photographers use gels wrong. They treat them as an afterthought—a last-minute color correction when white balance doesn’t match. That’s not creative lighting; that’s damage control. Creative gels are an intentional ingredient in your lighting recipe, and they deserve the same precision you’d apply to aperture or key light positioning. Understanding Gel Density and Transmission Here’s the mechanical reality: gels reduce light output.