Create Dramatic Headshots with Color Gels

Опубликовано: 30 Июль 2026
на канале: Professional Photography & Lighting: Made Easy
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Need to create some dramatic headshots for models, actors, artists, musicians, etc. This video shows you how to use color gels to make your head shots pop.

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Lights Used
Key: Strip soft box + diffusion + gel
Hair: 7" parabolic reflector with 10-degree grid
Background: 7" parabolic reflector with dark red gel
Metal Element: 7: parabolic reflector + 30-degree grid + gels
Light Bounce: V-Flat from www.vflatworld.com
Camera Settings: ISO100, f/3.2, 1/200
Lens: Sigma 105mm f/1.4 ART
Model: Kevin O'Connor - Actor
Camera Op/Assistant: Gillen Waldeck