Gary Fong AmberDome

On my last assignment, I was to shoot a wedding outdoors, however a sudden change in weather forced the ceremony to be indoors. The indoor location was good, however, I was faced with tungsten lighting from some spotlights above. This cast harsh shadows down upon the bride, groom and party. To resolve this, I set up two remote flashes on either side of the stage and used two amberdomes on my two lightsphere universals and set my white-balance to tungsten. The photos turned out beautifully and the happy couple were ecstatic with the end results.Gary Fong's amberdome saved the day and my wedding shoot. It never hurts to be prepared, and Gary Fong's system makes it compact, light and easy to port around.Using this outdoors, I was also able to shoot in the rain and capture some great portraits. Using the amberdome again I was able warm up the photos, making it look as if the models were looking into a sunset.I would recommend this to all professional and semi-professionals. For hobbyists who understand how to handle colour, this is also a good item. However, for the novice-photographer, I would suggest studying up on what these dome colours do to an image and how they change the image you capture first, before using it for the first time.Remember, it's not just about aiming a camera and pressing the trigger, it's how you can use the lighting to create the magic in a photograph and to prevent post-production retouching of your photos.

Several people have reviewed this product and commented that it cast too warm of a hue (which could be duplicated in post production) this is absolutely true! The purpose that most of us use this device for is to "match" existing light - making our electronic flash's "color" match a dominate ambient light - for instance if you use an electronic flash outside and want to "light up" the face of a subject to soften shadows and do NOT use the amberdome the resulting flash will look too cold compared to everything else in the shot...using the amberdome will allow you to get the proper amount of light on the subject and blend into the ambient light.By the way, you can use the amberdome in outdoor "golden light" situations and create a beautiful shot - the amberdome will match the golden light very well - in fact I turn by collapsible dome to fire the flash directly through the amberdome at the subject and get great results.You won't use it for most shots, however when you need to match the right situations - nothing else is nearly as good.

When shooting people, I generally like my on camera light sources color temperatures to match the background environment of the location I am shooting in and I bought this to bring the color temperature of the strobe unit to something similar to the interior lighting of homes, restaurants, churches, hotel rooms, and other similarly lit venues. The strobe color temperature, without some kind of warming is too cold and when the person is lit by strobe (bluish) and the surroundings and background lights are in tungsten(yellow-red) it does not look natural. Using this in conjunction with the GFLSC01 LightSphere Collapsible Diffuser warms the subject to more match the background and surroundings.I think it is a bit too warm and too saturated with color, I would like a bit less of both.I don't like it for warming skin tones in open shade situations as it leave the backgrounds and surrounding areas not hit by the strobe's light too blue... for these types of situations I prefer doing an overall color correction in post production...or as a camera color balance adjustment by changing the overall color temperature when shooting...

Beautiful , especially for indoor shooting ! Love this product ! Under soft light this AMBDOM is awesome with shadow casting scatter ! Can easily take the place of having to use a Kino light and umbrella lights to separate the subject from the backdrop without shadow casting ! Not saying it's completely better, but it is an alternative if your budget is small and you simply can't afford a Kino light , I'd definitely recommend Gary Fong's collapsible Light sphere !! Go to Youtube if your interested in this product and it's functions ! Very good tutorials on this product , and shows the difference between studio lighting to just a speedlight & Gary Fong's Light sphere !!Sincerely, Troy

I purchased this to test out the different colors with my Gray Fong that I love. I think this is an awesome product. It really helps create a different feel in your photos. I'm not sure I would spend the money again as it is pretty expensive for a piece of plastic but I am happy I have it in my bag.

this really gives an amber color to your flash, i have the white dome as well and really see the difference,, i use the amber outdoors sometimes during a sunset and gives the extra light needed without the white color,, use this rarely, but great when i do, would be great for beach photos! overpriced though,, its just plastic,

I have the white dome and I find that it is fine for use without really using this one, but I may find more uses for it as time goes on.

I haven't had a change to put this on my Gary Fong half cloud, but I'm sure I'll be OK with it. I'll write another review once I have the chance to use it.

I use the Gary Fong Light sphere all the time with my professional flash, this amber dome gives me an extra dimension and creates a warm feel to images when the temperature is not right and you need to warm the image up.

Simply Brilliant product!

good

Really good,but of course only use when strong tungsten ambient indoor light.

Già soddisfattissimo utilizzatore della Lightsphere Collapsible V generazione, ho acquistato il suo degno complemento, utile a rendere più calde le immagini. Dalle prime prove fatte sembra rendere molto bene, soprattutto per restituire vita agli incarnati un po' slavati. Va ovviamente utilizzato con criterio dove effettivamente necessario, e soddisfa pienamente il mio gusto per i colori più caldi.Amazon perfetta come sempre, primo utilizzo del Locker, semplice, pratico e intelligente.