Bring your studio pictures to life with the Lovegrove studio collection

Here at the Lovegrove studio, Damien Lovegrove and his team have put together a collection of gels from literally hundreds of candidates. Each one has been chosen because of the mood or character it evokes in a digital image. The way a gel photographs is often very different to it’s visual appearance. All the assessing was done using digital files straight from camera. The gels were photographed illuminating a grey background whilst a model posed in the foreground to give a true skin tone reference. The gels were simply clipped to a flash head with a 60 degree reflector and the power of the flash head was adjusted to reveal a range of luminance values with each colour. “I’m amazed at

just how much control there is with each gel” says Damien. “With the background light switched off the background was completely black and with the light on half power without a gel it was pure white. This gave me full control of the light density and is key to being effective with gels”.

With such vibrant colours to hand, it is vital to be in tune with subtle shade and hue changes. A small hue shift can have an enormous effect on the mood a picture evokes and putting together a great collection of gels has been like creating a paint collection for houses.

It’s easy to see colours that work when you are looking at real photographs rather

than gel swatches.

The Lovegrove team has done the hard work so you can enjoy creating beautifully lit masterpieces to transform your clients homes.

Also available:

Sets of 8 croc clips to keep your gels in place. Available combined with the gel pack or sold seperately if you need more.