Strobes and Candles and Gels

[fotogenik]

Anyone know what gel I would need to convert a studio strobe that has a daylight balanced flashtube to give off a light closer to candlelight?

 

[KevinR]

Are you talking about focusing a very tight light like candle light or replicate the color? Because you can get Snoots. Something like this:
http://www.alienbees.com/lmsnt.html

 

[Rob]

You'd probably be better off using a tobacco filter I would have said?

Rob

 

[Philip Weir]

Buy the cheap gel material people use for wrapping xmas presents and tape over your lights. Simple, but that's all I have used for the last 40 years.

 

[Big Mike]

If that is your only light source (or only temp) you could just use the flash without a gel and change your WB setting.

 

[boris152]

Present wrapping material???

BRILLIANT!!

 

[fotogenik]

I tried shooting in nothing but candlelight but found I needed a little umph so I added a strobe on a very low setting but the light from the strobe is A LOT bluer than the candle light. I want to balance the color of the strobe to the color of the candles.

Cheers,