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When Color Temperature Does Not Need To Be Precise – Beaker!

Jan 28, 2008 by Udi Tirosh Leave a Comment

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colored_tumblers.jpgBoth the Strobist and Rui talk about the virtues of using gels on strobes to create atmosphere in a shot. Either cold blue or hot read. Uber photographer David Tejada uses gels on a regular basis to spice up his shots.

Reader Tony Bell has an interesting idea on color correction gels. Even though they are cheap and available, you can still beat the price, if you are going for Lomo style and Lomo level color accuracy.

Use beakers. Yes colorful beakers. (Now I have to admit, that I had to look "beakers" up – it’s that cylindrical thingy that chemists use for making potions. Luckily, plastic cup will have the same effect. So instead of beakers you can use tumblers :)

Here is how it looks like on a flash head. As you can see, It also functions as a flash diffuser or a bear-bulb modifier.

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And here is some nice art made with different tumblers.

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About Udi Tirosh

Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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