Today I experimented in the studio for my first portrait shoot for the new brief. When creating my work last year I had used a piece of A2 card for the background and used ambient light, shooting at home rather than in the studio. This limited the space I could use without the model going off the edge of the available background and the distance between the model and the card behind her for the same reason. This close proximity caused unwanted shadows and was difficult to work in. Although I did produce some really good results I felt limited and was after an alternative.
This year I chose to experiment with gels. This is something I had only previously done in workshops and didn't feel very confident doing, I was unsure about how I could achieve the colours I wanted and weather I would be able to do it at all, but I persevered and for a first attempt, was very pleased with the results.

My set up was as follows: