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Or rather, RED ROOM! The people in the photos I took during the first two hours at the Stymie & the Pimp Jones Love Orchestra gig looked too red.
When I entered the club, I noticed there were red tungsten lights along the walls and on the ceiling, so I placed a CTO gel over my flash. My goal was to try to match the color of the light cast by the flash with the color cast by the lights in the club. Unfortunately I did not notice that the ceiling was red.
I think that because I bounced the light of my flash off of the ceiling, the CTO light plus the red ceiling combined to create a very orange/red tint on the subjects. I can't be positive about this until I test the CTO light on a white ceiling.
Take a look the following two photos. The first one was taken with the CTO gel, the second was taken with just the bare flash. You can see that the piece of paper looks very red in the first photo, but very white in the second photo.
Some retorts you may have:
Who cares? During post, modify the color temperature to reduce the redness. The red pictures were so red that there was less latitude in Lightroom for me to adjust the color temperature.
Instead of using a full CTO gel, you should have used a 1/2 or 1/4 CTO gel. I only brought my full CTO gel. Next time, I'll bring lower intensity CTO gels.
The red photos look more realistic, so you should have left the CTO gel on the flash. I agree!
The lesson I learned here is that I need to be more aware of the surfaces that are reflecting my flash.
When I entered the club, I noticed there were red tungsten lights along the walls and on the ceiling, so I placed a CTO gel over my flash. My goal was to try to match the color of the light cast by the flash with the color cast by the lights in the club. Unfortunately I did not notice that the ceiling was red.
I think that because I bounced the light of my flash off of the ceiling, the CTO light plus the red ceiling combined to create a very orange/red tint on the subjects. I can't be positive about this until I test the CTO light on a white ceiling.
Take a look the following two photos. The first one was taken with the CTO gel, the second was taken with just the bare flash. You can see that the piece of paper looks very red in the first photo, but very white in the second photo.
Some retorts you may have:
Who cares? During post, modify the color temperature to reduce the redness. The red pictures were so red that there was less latitude in Lightroom for me to adjust the color temperature.
Instead of using a full CTO gel, you should have used a 1/2 or 1/4 CTO gel. I only brought my full CTO gel. Next time, I'll bring lower intensity CTO gels.
The red photos look more realistic, so you should have left the CTO gel on the flash. I agree!
The lesson I learned here is that I need to be more aware of the surfaces that are reflecting my flash.
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