MagMod Gel Training: Easy Techniques for Correcting & Enhancing Light

Learn flash photography with MagMod Genius Trevor Dayley! Trevor shows us how to use MagMod's awesome magnetic flash modifiers and fan-favorite rigid polycarbonate gels for color balancing or creativity. In this video, you'll learn the difference between CTO and CTB gels. Using the MagGel and hassle-free rigid gels that pop right into the magnetic holder, you can color balance your flash to the appropriate Kelvin temperature to create flattering skin tones or change the color of the sky. You'll also develop an understanding of how to use MagMod's Creative or Artistic Gel Sets to turn boring backgrounds into moody, visually exciting spaces.
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[@henriklauritz1992]

This video open a New world for me, and im now working with Kelvin and ct's on portraits. Thanx alot! Regards from Copenhagen Denmark🙏

[@RoyMacro]

Thanks Trevor. Useful and informative and nicely presented. 😊

[@fingerstylefan]

I've watched several "color correction" videos and you had the best explanation of all of them. Thanks for the video.

[@MagnetMod]

Thanks so much for the positive feedback!

[@dayleyhighlights]

Thank you fingerstylefan!

[@EduardoMartinez-nv7go]

🤯 underrated basic skill👏🏻

[@one4allall4one91]

This is the best go to gel tutorial. Quick and useful.

[@MagnetMod]

+One4All All4One thank you so much. I super appreciate it. -Trevor Dayley

[@arthur6892]

Wow never any one has show this trick so comprehensive as you. BTW Emily is so beautiful too!

[@dayleyhighlights]

Thanks Arthur. I appreciate that.

[@whatkatdidnext2212]

Fantastic! I love my magmod, bought mine when i was a ‘back on the night’ photographer, where is was commission based work, and I saw a SURGE in my take home pay! Definitely will be getting some of these gels! Gorgeous!

[@DigitalConspirator19]

Great insight! Just purchased the MagMod Standard Gel Set!

[@ClaudeJabot]

Great tutorial Trevor, thank you. Very happy to see you again on magmod youtube channel

[@dayleyhighlights]

Thank you Claude. I appreciate the kind words and you taking the time to watch it. Hopefully we will be able to do more of these for the KZbin channel in the near future.

[@clevejacobs7173]

THIS IS PERFECT! Been educating myself on color inverse theory but you really made it easier to understand! Thank you guys!

[@dayleyhighlights]

Cleve Jacobs fantastic! Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@maymumk3618]

This is a heck of a tutorial!! Seriously dude ! What a great explanation of white balance, it just clicks for me 👌✌👋 Thx so much.

[@dayleyhighlights]

AWESOME! Thanks Maymù. Glad you enjoyed it and found it helpful!

[@VaughnDoyle]

I've lately felt that the things i could possibly learn about photography has plateaued. For months i just kept digging through so many videos trying to find something that i haven't learned yet. well now that i'm three minutes in to this video i've learned some incredible stuff thank you!

[@MagnetMod]

Thank you so much! Trevor Dayley is a great teacher!

[@dayleyhighlights]

Awesome! So glad to hear that it was helpful and inspirational for you.

[@jamespayne4759]

Mixing colors is fun but, I cheat some with color wheels. I got set of two from Amazon. Color Mixing Guides, Color Wheel and Creative Color Wheel. Both are 9-1/4" in Dia. $17.95. I still play with my colors too. Great video, I learn every time I watch his videos. He is very good and sharp as a tack. J. Payne Charlotte, NC.

[@TheJohnnieMedina]

AWESOME!!! Really helped me to understand the Gels better! Thanks MagMod!

[@dayleyhighlights]

Wonderful! Glad it was helpful!

[@angelahaig9227]

I've just watched this video while trying to decide on the full magmod set. I am now going to get all of the components. I love your colour temp changes and balancing with the gels. Thanks heaps. Angela from New Zealand.

[@a37346]

Very good !!

[@dayleyhighlights]

Thanks Salvatore! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@viciwo3396]

This is AWESOME!.....Just got my MagMod kits and I'm ready to go to work. Thanks for the great tips.

[@dayleyhighlights]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@priyadarsheesinha6176]

Loved this tutorial..... ❤️ Keep making more videos 👍

[@shadbeck7242]

Very informative Trevor. Glad I found MagMod and this community to learn creative OCF.

[@dayleyhighlights]

Thanks Shad. Glad you enjoyed the video.

[@sammadonline]

Excellent tutorial. You are a great teacher.

[@dayleyhighlights]

Samad Khan I really appreciate that. Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for the kind words.

[@tysonator5433]

Great video which has inspired me to use my gels. BTW Emily is one cute model!

[@rochiellebevans1783]

Awesome video tutorial. Thank you.

[@cyrillius123]

This is gonna change the game. Thanks for sharing.

[@MagnetMod]

For sure! Enjoy!

[@dayleyhighlights]

Glad you enjoyed it Jonathan!

[@jalcanites2939]

Excellent tutorial. I already have the Magmod starter kit. I will be getting the modifier kit.

[@MagnetMod]

So glad you liked it! Thank you for the feedback :)

[@VamsiKrishna-xf6ew]

Great explanation bro

[@yeseniasplace]

wow! I met you at the show this week. You helped me with my order. Great video

[@MagnetMod]

Thanks so much Yesenia. It was great being there at PhotoPlus and seeing everyone there.

[@delmarray1147]

Maybe you can help me with I got sunset engagement session like is your iso 100. Like what is your aperture and shutter speed. How do you know what gel to use. I'm going to outside and practice

[@NatashaAlouqua]

My mind is blown, this is amazing

[@MagnetMod]

Thanks for watching Natasha! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@kaushalenterprises3107]

How to use mugmod photography in wedding night shot ..pls tell me sir

[@reginabishop4998]

I am learning so much through your videos. Thank you!

[@minkymott]

I wish you had donea with and without picture on these, otherwise, great video. I learned from it. Thanks.

[@deanpatton5681]

I simply love the MagMod systems... you have taken my photography to a new exciting level.

[@tannguyenphoto]

Amazing tutorial with very informative knowledge !

[@MagnetMod]

So glad you like it!

[@AlleyKatPhotographyPensacola]

I love Trevor Dayley, I wish he was still doing the " how I shot this ". Love my magmods use them all the time, so simple so easy..

[@dayleyhighlights]

Alley you are too sweet! Thank you. I just started up the How I Shot It videos again this week back in the MagMod Community. I love doing those as well and learned so much and was constantly inspired by the work being shared there.

[@edmundoerick]

Love the shirt. “Velcro is for grammas shoes” , Ouch!!

[@MagnetMod]

ha! :D

[@kathysimindinger8753]

Great information as always! I am always grateful when you share your knowledge. Thank you Trevor.

[@dayleyhighlights]

Thank you Kathy!

[@DavePruett]

Very well done-clear explanation. And I love the Flashpoint/Godox AD200s with my MagMod system.

[@dayleyhighlights]

Thanks Dave. Yes the flashes are a great price point and have done a wonderful job for me.

[@nito2501]

How bout the setting? Can you share your settings like: ISO, SS & Aperture?

[@KIDSonCONGAS]

Excellent thank you.

[@robjkrt]

Excellent and easy to follow. Thank you

[@MagnetMod]

You're welcome!

[@dayleyhighlights]

Thank you Rob. Glad you enjoyed the video. Be sure to subscribe to the channel because we do have quite a few more in mind that we hope will be useful.

[@rodrigoBH]

I've never seen before! Great. You killed my doubts! Thanks guy!

[@MagnetMod]

You're welcome! Give MagMod a try!

[@rodrigoBH]

Sure! I alread bougth complete kit!

[@MagnetMod]

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[@deanhps]

Great tip- I would have never thought of this. I’m defiantly going to give it a go!

[@alessandror9385]

Have you tried it out yet?

[@vinzaputra]

Very informative, great explanation

[@dayleyhighlights]

Thank you Vinza. I appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment.

[@rajmarathe1]

Question: Everything was straightforward but when he showed the one white/one colored flash for the artistic portraits, he didn't mention if the color temp. changed in-camera for those. So were those 3200 degrees kelvin also or something else?

[@wavyharbdul5078]

Definitely want to get these

[@danielhenrichs6778]

Very good explanation!

[@jbello9398]

we need more videos like this, thanks

[@MagnetMod]

Thanks! We are working on more.

[@janetdoherty9911]

Wow you just gave me that ephinany moment on Kelvin!!!!

[@dayleyhighlights]

Love it! It's fun to have those moments when things suddenly click. Glad the video was helpful.

[@cesarebonazza]

Great reminder thank you

[@SoleMediaTalks]

I was looking for this from long back. THANKS man, U made my day .. Love from India

[@MagnetMod]

You're welcome ☺️

[@dayleyhighlights]

Glad it made your day! Thanks!

[@brandondupont21]

I love my magmod gels and magmod products as a whole...so awesome!

[@TheBlackice38]

Perfect Video!!!!!

[@mortenpedersen5625]

brilliant tutorial

[@NapalmAtSunrise]

Would love to learn how to do the flares at 6:58. Great photos and great video

[@manish4777]

what an awesome video. mind blowing. will b trying this weekend during a shoot.

[@dayleyhighlights]

Manish Arora glad you enjoyed it. Much success on your shoot!

[@Ian-wr8ob]

I want to learn, about magmod accessories, bounce and sphere,

[@marilynzanca7712]

Hi, if you use the gels on the flash and your aiming it at the couple wouldnt you think that the couple would be same colour as the gel?

[@hollyjostudios]

That’s why you change the settings in the camera to counter it it seems

[@GTacticalJody]

How is it that you used two different color gels and the skin tones were still correct? What Kelvin did you set your camera to?

[@errole]

Is this from the pro correction pack or creative?

[@hollyjostudios]

Right

[@frankiealex11]

Ugh, Trevor your so freaking awesome man

[@kingbasilkawangu]

Wow this is great and I leaned more from this video. Please tell me, how many meters do we have to position the light from the object ?

[@Jenniferleephotography]

Can you help explain 1/2 straw snd diffusion gels?

[@andyh5533]

Thank you for sharing!

[@MagnetMod]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@pwr24]

Great explanation and tutorial of using gels!

[@MagnetMod]

Thanks! Trevor's great! :)

[@Jeff_H_the_Guitarist]

Boom! I get it now. Thank you!!

[@Jayyhhl]

I don’t understand! I threw my Kelvin to 10 thousand then added a blue CTB Gel my the subject is still blue. Do I move the flash farther from the subject? Do I need a 1/2 CTB ? I am currently using a full CTB

[@onlysublime]

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I'm cranking the WB as low as possible (2500K) to get the blue sky and then using the CTO gel and the person is way too orange. Conversely, I set the WB as high as possible 10000K with a CTB gel and the person is way too blue. What am I forgetting?

[@chancypants08]

Excellent tutorial! New to the MagMod community- where is the best place to find other tutorials?

[@MagnetMod]

Thanks for being a part of it! SLR Lounge offers some great courses! magnetmod.com/blogs/news/3-dramatic-lighting-setups-using-the-magbox

[@eurobotch]

Great video, thanks. When shooting with two different flashes each with a different colour (orange and blue), how do you correct the WB to ensure even tone on the model?

[@Bibekkunwar7]

what would be the temperature of the light? will it be 5500K in the whole video?

[@LozaFoto]

What are the flash hes using! Thx

[@passiveincomeempire3747]

How much u put power on flash? N does it work in bright sunlight?

[@seaport10]

Magmods are fantastic and so is this video. Could you share with us what light stand/tripod you were using that I saw in this video?

[@dayleyhighlights]

Hi Brian, the lightstand I use is the Manfrotto 1004BAC. I have been using them for about 4 years and absolutely love them. A little more pricey than some stands, but they have been worth it.

[@snaapographycam1212]

Nice video.. can u tell me about over all manual settings please

[@dayleyhighlights]

Hi Rakesh, every photo is a little different. But generally, I am shooting at around 1/60th of a second, ISO 800, f2.8. I will adjust as needed to darken down my ambient sky or lighten things up when needed.

[@snaapographycam1212]

Trevor Dayley thank you sir...

[@BrentSchmidt1]

Who down votes this? Such a great and instructive video.

[@delmarray1147]

Where you get the full ctb gel from mines not in the kit I got all 3

[@ADPX24]

This is great! Helps me understand them much more. When you were photographing Emily around the 8:20 mark, what was your in camera WB?

[@Ladywrip]

This was f**king awesome! Thank you, because I now understand the process of how to PROPERLY use my wb (in combination with color gels) to enhance my photos.

[@MagnetMod]

That's great! So glad we could help!

[@cinemaismywife]

MagMod It's a wonderful technique.. Can we do that with a video? I mean what should we use instead of flash for achieving this amazing result...

[@dayleyhighlights]

You could. You would need to put gels over constant lights that you are using to light up your subjects.

[@brucehargrave4837]

Excellent! Thank you!

[@steveworkman1339]

Excellent lesson. Thank You!

[@martinaee]

Good explanation, but I personally think not trying to neutralize the warmth at a wedding reception is the way to go . I like the warm background lights with more bluish (than the incan lights) flashes. Good video overall though. I actually have been wanting some different gels so I'll check these out.

[@MagnetMod]

Thanks for checking us out!

[@ganesha8186]

my camera is d3500 (entry level) the option also not in d3500 camera, is there any chance to achive your work on this camera

[@stefanfranke1901]

Really good explanation :)

[@evenaicantfigurethisout]

how do you know which tone of orange or blue will cancel out exactly which kelvin temperature though? what i mean to say is that for example if you use a certain shade of blue gel to exactly cancel out 10,000K, that same shade of blue will no longer be sufficient to cancel out 20,000K correct? is there a look up table of corresponding Kelvin temperature vs say, and RGB numeric of the gel itself?

[@TobiasKhatete]

great Skills Bro..

[@dayleyhighlights]

Thanks Tobias!

[@ToonX]

What white colour absorbs colour ? I think this is a wrong info . White have all the colours it reflects the exact light colour but softer from the light source

[@dannyxuan2008]

It's creative, thank you

[@edwinscott6500]

I had magnets drop out only after using it three times, help desk got back to me when the warranty runout

[@glennedward2201]

Well done and great tutorial. Thank you.

[@dayleyhighlights]

Super appreciate it Glenn. Thank you!

[@gurumoorthy1875]

great teacher.

[@MagnetMod]

Trevor Dayley is great!

[@dayleyhighlights]

Thank you! It means a lot to me to know that the videos are helpful.

[@davidzeya]

can you take it in raw setting with 4000k temp and duplicate the same picture to low and high K and edit the colors instead of using the gel?

[@ihcrenrut]

Woah

[@rodemadepaul9019]

do those gel work with all brands of flash or you have specific flash

[@alessandroromo168]

Question when using your gels in your flash. Do you set the zoom on the flash at 50 or higher mm??on the subject.

[@MestreMur]

Great one

[@dayleyhighlights]

Thank you Gustavo!

[@MKANDRESTINPEACE]

AWESOME VID

[@lloydlausa5314]

Is there any way on how to determine which color gels should i use for different situations?to match colors?

[@dayleyhighlights]

Hi Lloyd there are some general ideas, but because photography/art is so different for everyone it is kind of subjective. What kind of situations do you have in mind? Happy to let you know what I would usually use.

[@lloydlausa5314]

How about if im gonna take a photo shoot in a forest where i am surrounded by trees, grass which is mostly dominated by color green.

[@dayleyhighlights]

If you want to cancel out a color or neutralize it you will want to use the complimentary color which in that sense would be magenta. So in your situation maybe using a Lavender or Pink from the Artistic Gel set would help a bit if you were using just a tiny bit of light. But usually when I find myself in a similar circumstance I will just use the White Balance Shift on my Canon Camera. From there I can add Magenta's to the colors in the camera in order to offset the green skin tones. Usually for color correction with gels I only use the CTB (Blue) or CTO (Orange) gels. The other ones I mainly use for special effects.

[@elevationdynamics]

Very cool. Just one doubt though. From what I've learnt about the kelvin scale and color temperature in general is that as you go higher up the kelvin scale the bluer the image gets. But in this video. Its quite literally the opposite. Shouldn't 3200K mean the image should have a warm yellowish reddish tone. As opposed or blue?

[@dayleyhighlights]

Hi Sri - it would take me a couple paragraphs to explain it all but a few years back I did write an article on Fstoppers that should help. So if it's okay I am going to leave that link here. fstoppers.com/post-production/learn-shoot-proper-white-balance-using-kelvin-temps-3328

[@elevationdynamics]

Trevor Dayley thanks. Yes this makes it clear. I suppose its slightly counter intuitive at start to understand immediately.

[@dayleyhighlights]

Exactly! Thanks Sri.

[@prasadreddyyerragonda2753]

Had the same doubt, thanks for asking Sri and ty for explaining Trevor 😊🙏

[@libafried5840]

Thank you for this great tutorial.

[@MagnetMod]

Glad you liked it!

[@libafried5840]

MagMod I wanted to let you know that I really enjoy your products. After buying two basic Magmod sets , I bought another Chinese knockoff magnetic gel set which didn't last too long. That filter bent quickly because the filter holder and filter were too thin and cheaply made. So I bought a third Magmod set. Your stuff is tough and built for pro use. I use it to quickly color correct my flashes but your tutorials inspire me to use your gels more creatively and to use the grids and your snoot which I bought and never used.

[@MagnetMod]

Thank you so much for the positive feedback! MagMod creates the simplest, easiest, fastest, strongest speedlight modifiers. Which kit did you recently get?

[@libafried5840]

MagMod I got the Magmod 2 basic modifier kit a few weeks ago. Last year I purchased 2 basic modifier kits and a snoot. I use the basic kits all the time for color correction. I have one on each off camera flash that I use. ( My Nikon flashes that I use on camera come with gels that clip onto the flash). I never use the snoot, but I should really start using it. I'm just used to using parabolic umbrellas for portraits all the time.

[@kalilsuyan871]

great tutorial. thanks bro!!

[@dayleyhighlights]

Thanks for watching!

[@goboss]

Thank you, great tutorial!

[@MagnetMod]

So glad you liked it, thank you!