today i wanted to explore using a colored flash as a rim light. i've done this before, but only with cto gels, trying to mimic the color of sunset light (usually just after sunset). this time i went a different way, putting a 1/4 cto on my fill light, and a blue gel on my rim. it was good, but not intense enough on the rim color. so i double stacked, a blue and a green gel on the rim. i think it worked out well, the colors still seem correctly balanced, and the blue/green rim really contrasts nicely with the warmed up fill tones.
i'm a fan of being able to see the flash in my pictures.... it destroys a bit of the illusion, but i still like it. and you can always hope for cool lens flares.
strobist info: nikon d60 on a tripod. f4.5 1/200th of a second. iso 100. one sb-28 at 1/4 power through a 42" shootthrough umbrella high camera left, with 1/4 cto. one sb-28 behind the very attractively lit model, with a ctb and green gel stacked up on it firing at 1/8th power.
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