I used these for the first time at a local photography meetup. We had a model show up offering to pose for us TFP, so I took the opportunity to test these gels, which I had just purchased.

I had already purchased a MagMod starter kit a few months ago, and I was very pleased so far. I had been watching MagMod's video tutorials and I wanted to give correction gels a try, especially so I could experiment with changing my color temperature for sunsets while still keeping the model color correct.

Unfortunately, the sky was very cloudy and overcast at sunset. I decided to change my settings to 3500 K to try to make the sky look bluer, and I took some quick shots of another photographer with the CTO gels to find the right one to make the model appear color correct (this proved to the 1/2 CTO in my case). The gels were super easy to pop on and off, but stayed on when I moved my lightstand.

But I had to wait my turn to get to shoot with the model, and by the time she was available, the sun had already set, and the other photographers had moved her to the other side of the park, with her back to the east. I decided to keep the settings I had already set up for sunset, since the dark blues in the background conveyed an even deeper impression of night. I used the 1/2 CTO gel and grid on a single AD200 to light the model.

I am really pleased with the way that these shots turned out. This was just practice, but I hope to be using these in the near future when doing paid work.

The CTO gels are my go-to for wedding receptions. They've helped countless weddings in which I needed to ensure I captured the essence of the room/theme. The bonus of having them with the magnets embedded, making my setup time even faster than the previous version, makes these gels a must have for any wedding or event photographer.

I'm a huge fan of MagMod system, have been using it for 2,5 years now on weddings and sessions. Love how easy it is, and have been using the correction gels for beach sessions (using the 1/2 blue one makes the sunset even more "sunsetty").

Thus, when the 2nd generation of these correction gels came out, I was more than excited to use them, as they're so easy to mount now. However, I was very frustrated by the result from the first wedding I took it to. The gel is not 1/2 blue at all, but like full blue or more - the example shot is the out of the camera file with temp at 6050. To balance this blue hue now, I had to pull the WB temp all the way to the top (or use masks). This never happened to the 1st gen correction gels that I eventually had to come back to.

You can also see on the photo how different the 1st and 2nd gen gels look even from the outside.

I reached out to MagMod support and they didn't comment much on the issue itself or if it would be resolved shortly (3rd gen gels??), and the end result was a 50% refund for the gels that I still got to keep. As I'm most frequently using the 1/2 blue one, I'll just have to set aside these gels and keep using the 1st gen ones.

I still love MagMod products and keep using them on the weddings (the new MagSphere 2 is amazing!), just that this one in particular did not work for me, and if you're a photographer who is looking for a similar solution, be aware that this 1/2 blue is much more intense (I haven't tried the…