Kevin Stiller Posted January 24, 2015 Share Posted January 24, 2015 Hi all Considering using Straw Gel on an upcoming short for a sunset look. I've never had the opportunity to see the way it looks on skin though. Does anyone have examples? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Brereton Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 I always prefer Straw (CTS) over CTO for late afternoon sunshine looks, although for actual sunset, CTO is essential. I think either look great on skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Stiller Posted January 25, 2015 Author Share Posted January 25, 2015 (edited) Interesting. Thanks for the input Stuart! Seems like I'm just going to have to order some and test it myself :) Edited January 25, 2015 by Kevin Stiller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Padraic Barr Posted January 27, 2015 Share Posted January 27, 2015 It depends on the ethnicity of your subject as well.If the individual has fair skin or light skin, the color added will read a lot moreon their face than if the skin already has an orange pigment as can be seen in many of the more tan ethnic groups. Subjects with very dark skin often havea blue pigment in their skin, which would make adding orange or straw much moredifficult. Every individual is so different, that it's always best to test before hand.You may find adding 1/8 CTS will be enough, or that you need 1/4, 1/2, etc. Also, I'm not sure straw will give you a sunset look. I would look into Coral.A straw filter is more yellow and less red, coral has more red, which is morelike a sunset for the most part. Another important consideration is the geography. On my last film, I was shootingin Arizona which has a beautiful mixture of reds, oranges and violets at sunset. I found that adding some red to the tungsten source yielded wonderful results. I also used color grad filters to keep a constant color for the exterior shots formultiple takes since the colors were fading as we were shooting. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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