- Joined
- Jun 28, 2012
Hey guys, when I got my new flash I knew I would want colors besides boring old white.
Being the engineer I am, I knew I could do this easily without special gels.
I was already buying a softbox to attach to the flash (nifty little piece of equipment).
My first thought was "This softbox could hold an insert!!".
In comes Solar Graphics. I found them through Google, and saw they had a section where you could buy samples!
For $18 I got the following assortment:
Naturally, when I received them in the mail today I immediately cut them to fit into the softbox (the original was 8"x10", I cut down to 4.75"x3.5") and proceeded to test them out.
All pictures were taken on the same camera settings (below), same flash settings (1/4 power), and same room lighting (none).
T3, EF 50mm, f/5, 1/2 sec., ISO-100
On to the pictures!
No film:
Grass Green:
Grape:
Midnight:
Fire Red:
Flame:
Amber:
SGXND20:
SGXND15:
SGXND5:
Solar Graphics has a TON more colors that you can pick from, these are intended for windows, but work amazingly for coloring your flash!!
Side note: Portal coasters can be purchased here
Hope this helped some of y'all,
-Austin
Being the engineer I am, I knew I could do this easily without special gels.
I was already buying a softbox to attach to the flash (nifty little piece of equipment).
My first thought was "This softbox could hold an insert!!".
In comes Solar Graphics. I found them through Google, and saw they had a section where you could buy samples!
For $18 I got the following assortment:
Naturally, when I received them in the mail today I immediately cut them to fit into the softbox (the original was 8"x10", I cut down to 4.75"x3.5") and proceeded to test them out.
All pictures were taken on the same camera settings (below), same flash settings (1/4 power), and same room lighting (none).
T3, EF 50mm, f/5, 1/2 sec., ISO-100
On to the pictures!
No film:
Grass Green:
Grape:
Midnight:
Fire Red:
Flame:
Amber:
SGXND20:
SGXND15:
SGXND5:
Solar Graphics has a TON more colors that you can pick from, these are intended for windows, but work amazingly for coloring your flash!!
Side note: Portal coasters can be purchased here
Hope this helped some of y'all,
-Austin
