Although I've shot with blacklight/UV before, this was actually the first time I used a blacklight source and visible light sources. It's surprisingly easy to blow out the UV-responsive materials... that was probably the hardest part of this shoot. The camera sensor works so much differently than the human eye... very counterintuitive!
Mixing Blacklight and Colored Light
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Nice! How'd you do it? What were the sources for each; bare bulb, existing light, soft box, etc?
Blacklight (395nm) was an Elation SIX062. The other light was a Hexolux Xum7 (5300°K) set to full flood with a colored gel (used several colors on this shoot). I briefly tried a hair/edge light, but it was cancelling out the blacklight too much (smallish room, lots of bounce).
Thank you so much for sharing!
Did you find a gel color you felt complimented the black light best?
I think the yellow and the red worked the best for the costume/location. I don't recall the gel #'s... and it was either Rosco or Lee brand gel (most likely Rosco). I originally tried a couple greens, but they were awful. ;p
Thank you again for sharing!