Some things that allot of photographers neglect is gels. Its a simple piece of plastic that can have a dramatic effect to your photos. They can be something subtle as using orange gels on a sunny day to simulate the suns rays, or green to match the interior lights of an office, or bold reds, blues, yellows and anything else you can think of! Allot of gels one can buy are from Rosco to jazz up the lights that come out of your flash.
What I have done is purchased the pre-cut Strobist packs that you can get from B&H and the Cinegel kits since they were out of the swatch packs for photographers and this one is designed for the theater industry. To make them easier to work with i extended them with duct tape and put Velcro ends to make things much easier to work with. Also mark them up to know what is what so you know the effect that will happen since some gels in the dark look the same. A great time saving trick to splash some colors into your shots!
Here is a example of my hallway with my two SB-28's in a cross lighting situation with a dark green gel and magenta gel. CRAZY EFFECTS!!!
To help you with your imagination here is another picture. Here is a lame mug shot of myself with a two tone personality!
Just to make a note to all. In one of my pics i have a Cine Gel set. DO NOT USE THE GELS FROM THAT SET! They appear to be designed to be used with constant light like a normal light bulb, not high powered pops from strobes. If you put them on your flash, THEY WILL MELT!!! Try it, kinda funny how they turn out for 2 bucks for the sampler ^___^
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