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Gels, Parabolic Reflectors, and Movement: What I Learned From This Creative Portrait Session
Color gels have been sitting in a drawer in my studio bag for longer than I’d like to admit. I bought a full set after seeing some editorial work I loved, used them once, got muddy results, and quietly moved on. The problem wasn’t the gels — it was that I had no mental model for how to layer them intentionally across multiple light sources without everything turning into a murky mess.