Re: Gel'in saves money!
Along the lines of Brooks' comments, if you get a meter reading of three stops less exposure from your main light on the background, your gels will really be well saturated using a background light. Creating a series of exposures with your gels can help you control the color, and intensity of your background. Just think in terms of difference in stops from the main light.
I wish you could see this explained and demonstrated by Ed Pierce, which is where I learned of this. His video explained, and demonstrated it very well. He could mimic any color to match an article of clothing brought in by a client. Cool stuff!
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