Lighting with Gels
Color has a way of making the ordinary extraordinary. In this course, Clay Patrick McBride will explore the power of gels. He’ll show how to light and create dynamic images by balancing and accentuating color.
Lessons
Class IntroductionColor Theory
Shoot: Introducing Gels
Shoot: Adding Warmth with Gels
Shoot: Dual Colored Shadow
Shoot: Gelling Background Color
Combining Light Sources Overview
Shoot: Light Shaping Tools
Shoot: Red Gel on Red Background
Shoot: Grid Spot, Defining Color
Gradient Color Overview
Shoot: Creating Gradient Color
Shoot: Split Gels, Warm and Cool Color
Long Exposure Overview
Test Shoot: Long Exposure with Gels
Shoot: Long Exposure with Gels
Critique
Reviews
- Great class if you're wanting to learn how to work with gels! This class will take you through the process step by step as you build your shooting playbook. I enjoyed Clay's honest and simple approach. Clay and his assistant, Chris, make a great team as they show how gels work and show you what not to do. They make learning fun!
- Enjoying every minute of this class.
- Disappointed. The instructor stumbled through much of his presentation emphasizing trial and error, experimentation, figure it out on the fly, etc… I expected to learn step by step exactly how to make shots very similar to the amazing cover shot used to to sell this course. This course does not even come close to that expectation! While I did pick up a few pointers, those pointers could have easily fit in one, five minute video.