Colored Glass

[Arsène R.]

Hi,

I was wondering about what type of light to use with colored glass.
it's a conversation scène in quite a big room, where there is a large window in colored glass in an orangy color.

it's an exercise so there isn't really any budget.
Available light is possible, but since the contrast seems a bit too high (of course depending on the weather)
I was thinking of adding some fill or lighting some of the dark spots of the location.

Since the glass gives this orange tint I was wondering if I could get away with tungsten gelled with some 1/2 / 1/4 blue if necessary?
Or if I'm better off with some kino's if I can get my hands on them, and mixing the tubes.

 

[Marcus Friedlander]

It depends what you want the final look to be? You want to feel like orange light is coming through the window right? But the other important question to ask is, what type of light (color, directionality, hard/soft) you want hitting your subject.

Answering those questions will answer the question of, what type of source, if any, you need inside, and what color temperature you should shoot at.

 

[Ron Michaels]

If you can, just white balance to the light coming in through the window. See exactly where that puts you with kelvin and tint, and use the appropriate gels on what ever lights you have to match the source coming in from the window. If the window has an orange tint to it, it will lower the kelvin of what ever source is shining through it and possibly add a green or magenta shift to the source. If your tungsten lights are too warm/orange, add some CTB gels. If your tungsten lights are too cool/blue, add some CTO gels to the lights. Also you may need to add a plus or minus green to match the orange window. Alternatively, you could gel the window to match your lights. It all depends on your setup and the look you are going for, exposure etc....

 

[Maira Fravel]

I think, back lighting is ideal for shooting clear or colored glass.