I bought a nice pre-cut gel pack from at www.photogels.com
Since I got them, I’ve been looking to do some creative effects with them. I had the opportunity the other day, when I visited a fellow photographer Pablo Vicente and his girlfriend Stefanie. She was very patient with us while we tried and shared many different flash techniques.
It was a good opportunity to try a cross-color technique, using complementary colors on the lens and flash to achieve a radical result.
This image was made using the CTO gel on the flash and a blue cokin filter on the lens.
Thanks to Pablo and Stefanie for the good day.
-Gerard .
Sorry but yellow and blue are not complementary dolors, they are primary colors. Orange is the complementary color for blue.
http://www.artsparx.com/color_basicprinc.asp
Hi Ted, Many thanks for the comment. You’re absolutely light. The CTO filter is indeed orange. (I did balance the remaining difference between the blue and the CTO filter using a gray card to get a white balance measure.)
-greetz, Gerard.