WB Trick
I haven't got any coloured gels so maybe the Sainsbury's carrier bag I was using wasn't the best substitute.
Used the manual WB function, and managed to make the orange blurred image of the bag over the lens go a neutral colour, but failed to get the camera to use that as the 'base' WB on a subsequent shot when I put the bag over the flash. I just got orange highlights.
I would be interested to hear if anyone can get any further with it. Must admit I haven't consulted the manual yet to see if that helps.
this is perfect for shooting "day for night" shots... I made everything lit by ambient light dark blue, and my subjects normal with an orange gel to create my vampire scenes with one light source.
Pentax K-1 + K-5 and some other stuff
Algi
Just put a coloured gel over the flashgun on the background
what if... your background is too big and or you do not have enough lights to pull it off?
this is where setting a custom light balance to discolor EVERYTHING then gelling the lights you do have on your subject to correct the color on the subject comes in handy..
in my example I mentioned vampires and day for night... in order to shoot my subjects in the evening, in a cemetary, I set up my cameras white balance to turn the whole scene BLUE, then used ONE portable flash unit to light my vampire, giving the illusion that my sole normal colored vampire was in a moonlit night scene...
it really works, however the cameras sometimes have trouble doing the white balance with the gel in front of the lens (using white paper to read off helps)...
Cokin used to have a balanced filter set you could use for this effect with film. you basically got two filters in the kit, one for your lens the other for your flash.. any two colors work as long as the colors are opposites on the color wheel...
They used to do some weird stuff I've got a prism somewhere,
no idea what it's for
Pentax K-1 + K-5 and some other stuff
Algi
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tb0y0RXe_I&feature=player_embedded
Anyway, I have had no luck with this using a K5. Anyone out there know how to do this with a K5 I would be very interested.
Thanks