Mastering the Art of Colored Gel Portraiture with Jake Hicks: A Step-by-Step Tutorial

[@samohyesss]

No way! Y'all really gave this one away for free! I'm a member and this is one of my favorite courses along with Chris Knight's lighting class.

[@proedututorials]

It’s just the first chapter, we didn’t give away the full course 😊

[@iamvyzion]

I’m a boudoir photographer and Jake your work with color gels has been one of my biggest inspiration to my style thank you for this wonderful course and tutorial

[@foRRREVerz]

Excellent step-by-step from capture to post. Time well spent whether you are a beginner or intermediate level. Thank you for the educational content and contribution to the creative community!

[@proedututorials]

Glad it was helpful! Check out the rest of the course at PROEDU.com

[@josephchan4198]

Awesome!! Great instructor.

[@jannamarano9151]

I love all the clear explanations & demos! I also really love the alternative post-production techniques as I finished a high-end photo retouching course recently and I also thought that their techniques with frequency separation and skin retouching did not have results as natural-looking as yours!!

[@marcwill8270]

I absolutely love this tutorial. Great detailed information. Answered all my studio questions. Need more tutorials like this

[@Ashraf-jn6vi]

Who Needs 'Mastering the Art' When You've Got Pure Bluffing Skills?!

[@andrefelixstudio2833]

Great presentation thank you for sharing your expertise, nicely done!

[@proedututorials]

Thanks!

[@stephencorley]

Yes it's in nature and beautiful. The main reason it's popular is Teal and orange compliment skin tones. 💯

[@stephencorley]

Appreciate all the info 🙏🙌 Great Job 👍

[@josephchan4198]

This sample course is really good. Good for personal work or campaign.

[@proedututorials]

Thanks!

[@isoawe1888]

Great video. Thank you. Did I miss you telling what strength your diffusion filter was? Thanks

[@Laurahoch2]

Its so good! Love it

[@RoyaAbraham]

Am an amateur and you explained everything very well from set up to the end perfect result I learned a lot thanks keep up the good work and your model is amazing

[@proedututorials]

Great to hear!

[@whereisdolce]

What battery pack is that? the blue pack on the stand! Thats awesome

[@maidinsydney]

any chance to know what is the exact brand of the diffusion filter you used? thanks any suggestions in the comments as I'm a newbie. thanks

Gracias

[@Johandeoleo]

What gel brand do you recommend?

[@proedututorials]

Rosco

[@Johannes]

Thanks for sharing this, lots of useful information. I have a question though, when you talked about the gelled lights you said that the most saturation is when the lights are turned down low. Is the reason that when you increase the power of the light then you start saturating one of the RGB channels, and thus you loose the difference in value between the channels?

[@proedututorials]

Colored gel filters exhibit more saturation at lower power and less at higher power due to the principles of light intensity and color absorption. At lower power, the light source emits less intense light, allowing the gel to absorb and transmit its specific color more effectively. This results in a richer, more saturated color. Conversely, at higher power, the increased light intensity can overwhelm the color characteristics of the gel, leading to less effective absorption and thus, a less saturated appearance. This phenomenon aligns with the Beer-Lambert Law, where the concentration of a colored solution dictates the amount of light absorbed; in the context of gels, lower light intensity parallels a higher 'concentration,' enhancing color saturation.

[@Johannes]

@@proedututorialsThank you, that was a very comprehensive reply. Appreciate it.

[@photoloco]

Their explanation isn't wrong, but it's not the complete picture. A lot of that depends on what gels you're using, how they are situated, and how far away from the subject they are. When balancing lights, for example, 3 gel lights, the more power the more color saturation you will get from that respective color. There is a point where the light can be so overpowered it basically washes out the color as they mention, but the power of your light has to be fairly high to reach this point.

[@carlodipaolo5826]

Well it started out in a good place and ended up a completely phoney manufactured image. But it underlines the true beauty of a darkroom silver print.

[@milkod2001]

All looks great and your technique plus PS skills are great but i can't get through the fact image is miss-focused. Your focus is on her hair but not on her eye :(.

[@richschmitt100]

When was this recorded? Your equipment seems really old-school, that Nikon camera has to be at least 10 years old, and you’re not even using a trigger where you can control the strobes from your camera, you have to keep changing your power settings every time by going up to the light.

[@djtoman6875]

Given that the Nikon D600 came out in 2012 and was soon replaced by the D610 due to manufacturing defects, my guess is that it was recorded around a dozen years ago. The D600/610 sensor is still quite good, though.

[@movementmatters.]

Great instructor. Out-of-focus shots. Mad PS skillz lol.

[@CrazieAsianBoi]

Andrew Tate

[@jamesg1974a]

Here is my critique- great info. WHEN you finally get to it. The video could have easily been an hour without a single bit of Iose of quality info.

[@paulchoccyt1303]

I agree... the constant talking was very annoying and made me lose interest fast and skip on and on.

[@iamgetsuyosha]

Wow that's really an awful photo.

[@SilentD1]

that music in between sections was horrible. I almost left the video due to it. Unnecessary, annoying, time wasting.

[@proedututorials]

Did you try listening to it with gels over your ears? Makes a difference 😅

[@SilentD1]

@@proedututorials sure, nice response to feedback, too.

[@chacha5497]

Thanks