Here's
just a small sample of the variations you can get from putting
a color filter over your background light. The background on
all these shots was a pure white muslin. The color intensities
can range from a heavy, deep color, to a light tint, depending
upon the settings you choose, the angle of your background light,
and the distance of the background light (the AS-32B) from the
backdrop. I made these exposures with a relatively light tint
(and I purposely included the AS-32B/BB-50 in the shots, something
we usually don't want!), so you could see it. If you'll
notice, in the blue exposure (on the right), how I angled the
AS-32B (by pointing it up), resulting in a tonal gradation of
deeper color at the top, and lighter color at the bottom, to
show you one of the many techniques you can use to give you all
sorts of different coloration effects. Also be aware that these
shots were made with a cheapie digital camera; your 35MM or medium
or large format pictures will have much better results. Heck,
you can spend a whole week just playing around with this stuff!
Just be sure you keep careful notes (you DO keep notes
on your exposures, don't you?) so you'll be able to duplicate
your favorite effects!
Just to be 100% clear on this, these color filters DO NOT
come with the AS-32B Bare Bulb Strobes; they're just an option
I thought you might like to know about (they usually run under
$20.00, a worthwhile consideration for your future photographic
growth, and it's nice to know that your new equipment has additional
capabilities, right?).
Please don't think I'm trying
to "sell" you something extra; I'm just trying to make
my auctions as educational - and as much fun - as I can. I'm
really surprised at how few photographic items are ever explained
to us (are other photographers afraid to share their "secrets"
or something?). Anyway, after spending years being confused about
photography, and finally learning how to do it, I was really
shocked at how rare it was to find understandable educational
material on the subject! So maybe I'm obsessed with helping
folks understand how to make good photographs; if so, then so
be it. If you don't like it, then please accept my most humble
apologies; if you do like it, then go make some a great photographs.
And if you have any questions, feel free to ask - and NO you
don't have to buy anything! Thanks. |
