Reflector
Substance from which light can be reflected. It also describes a white or gray card used to reflect from a main light source into shadow areas.
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Black Reflectors: These are useful for making sure light isn’t reflected on shiny surfaces or areas which might ruin the shot.
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Reflectors in photography are simply any item used to reflect light towards your subject. Reflectors can be used with a flash or in lieu of a flash.
A reflector is a light modifier used to bounce light into an area where it is needed. The most commonly used reflectors are portable, collapsible panels with several different surfaces to choose from such as white, silver and gold.
The reflector scatters the light and returns in towards the object and produces smoother pictures with fewer shadows.
The reflectors come in a variety of surfaces, white, silver and gold are the most usual to see. The idea is to bounce some light into the shadow areas thereby reducing the overall contrast of the shot.
A handy reflector to have around is an inexpensive shaving mirror.
Fill cards and reflectors can do two important things — soften light by enlarging the source and redirecting it to open shadows and lower contrast.
-The position of the discharge tube in relation to the reflector. different distances from the subject. Generally, they are designed to provide maximum efficiency at distances of from 6 to 12 feet from the subject.
Reflector
A typically circular device that acts to reflect light back at a subject; reflectors are designed to control contrast and color saturation, and boost luminance levels. There are two types of reflectors - lamp and board.
Reflector
Any device used to reflect light onto a subject to improve balance of exposure (contrast). Another way is to use fill in flash. Any material or surface that reflects light.
Reflector Any device used to reflect light onto a subject.
Reciprocity Most films are designed to be exposed within a certain range of exposure times-usually between 1/15 second to 1/1000 second.
Reflector An object or device-it can be a piece of white paper or cloth or a foil-wrapped piece of cardboard-that directs light toward or away from a subject. Often used to fill in shadows; also often used for outdoor portraits.
REFLECTOR - Material used to reflect light onto a subject. A flash reflector is a shiny surface situated behind the flash tube that reflects light in a specific direction.
Reflector - a device used to bounce light and reduce shadows
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Reflector
A surface used to reflect light in order to fill shadows
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Reflector
Any surface from which light can be reflected. Used to reflect light from a main source into the shadow areas.
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Reflectors
Reflectors are, in fact, lighting controls, but I want to talk about them now because when you're on a budget, they can be used in place of an additional light.
Reflector Flood
An incandescent, Internal-reflector Lamp (Flood, Spot, or medium Beam). The diameter is indicated in 1/8-inch units, thus an R-40 = 5 inches across the front.
Gold Reflector: Another problem with using an overcast, winter sky as your main light? Its typically blue color temperature. Cool-toned light can be lifeless, wan, and unflattering to portrait subjects.
[edit] Reflector and condenser lens
A curved reflector redirects light that would otherwise be wasted toward the condensing lens.
A positive curvature lens concentrates the reflected and direct light toward the film gate.
Reflector: Reflectors are used to bounce bright light back onto your subject to fill in the shadow areas. This softens the contrast as light is added to the dark portions of the flower.
Reflector
Any kind of surface that helps you to reflect light onto a specific portion of a picture, such as a person's face in a shadow. Reflectors are available as professional photography equipment or can be handmade.
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Reflector: Small, collapsible reflectors (see Figure 6) are great for reflecting some extra light onto flowers (especially the undersides of the flowers). These reflectors generally come in white, silver, gold, or a combination of these colors.
Reflectors are available in many forms but my favorite is the circular, collapsible types that are easy to carry.
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Reflectors are placed to "catch" light that has passed by the subject, and the light is then reflected back onto the subject to reduce shadow intensity. It's a simple yet brilliant concept because it's convenient, cheap and effective.
A reflector is constructed the same way as a diffuser but is covered with either solid white or silver/gold material instead of translucent cloth. This allows you to reflect additional light on your subject by aiming it like a mirror.
The reflector also introduced secondary catchlights into the eyes. The light on the white, seamless background was balanced with the main light to produce the clean, white background in the image.
the reflector/illuminator helped to fill-in shadows and provide more even lighting, which softens the models' appearance without 'flattening' the face. Gorgeous!
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1) Reflector Par on a Pulso G lamp base as the main light to the ceiling
2) Reflector Par on a Pulso G lamp base as an accent light to the back wall
3) Reflector Par on a Pulso G lamp base as a fill-in for the foreground
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Another reflector was used on the shadowed side of my subjects to bounce light across the faces of my subjects, creating the highlights on their dark skin. That's Preston Dickenson on my left, holding the reflector.
Obtain a Reflector. Now you will want something that you can use to reflect some of that light coming in through the garage door back onto the subject. Get a piece of white foam core or even a full-length mirror.
(a) Midday reflectors and curtains are a must
(b) if in low light, without flash, hold a firm grasp of your camera, or use tripod
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Use A Reflector To Control Light
When traveling, many photo opportunities may occur during less than ideal lighting conditions. You can control the look of many of your photographs, however, by using a collapsible and portable reflector.
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a direct light source reflector used in UV curing for focusing the energy onto a specific area.
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We can use a cheap reflector to direct light into the foreground and middle ground of our scene, reducing the harsh contrast between the shadows and highlights.
bounce flash - reflecting a flash from a wall or ceiling (or perhaps a special flash diffusing reflector, such as a brolly) to soften the harsh shadows and contrast produced by direct flash.
Reflecting Telescope (Reflector) Telescope that uses mirrors to magnify and focus an image onto an eyepiece. Reflection short pass Filter Are interference filters that transmit short-wave light while reflecting long-wave light.
For one, you obviously can't bounce flash outdoors unless you carry a reflector or something with you - it's most immediately useful in interior spaces.
In the studio I sometimes use a couple of 250 watt blue lights (daylight balanced) in 10" reflectors to light up a much larger piece of matte board. In this case I will position the matte board and lamps well behind the subject.
Because the quartz bulbs are either within or adjacent to the strobe reflector, so long as the strobe is aimed at the subject (as it should be), you'll have plenty of light for composition and focus.
This can be a professional, collapsible white, silver or gold reflector or a large white poster board.
It will also provide a perfectly good drain on your funds to purchase, so as an economic alternative I'd advise the use of a reflector. I carry a folded up square of tin foil in my kit for this job.
You will also need reflectors to redirect light as they give that impression of having more than just one light. It will help you get good lighting on all sides of your subject. You may also need diffusers.
Bouncing the flash off a white ceiling or a bounce reflector gives a soft effect. You can also soften the light by adding a diffuser in front of the flash.
It works like a typical reflector to bounce off wall and ceilings. I have had much luck with this method and it's flat so it fits into a pocket.
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Bounce lighting can also be created by reflecting light off a ceiling or an aluminized reflector. Overall, portraits taken with bounce lighting present the central object or person in a natural looking light.
Traditional reflector style tungsten lights are not appropriate for a SoftBox, since they focus the light forward and do not hit the side walls of the SoftBox.
A few notes about this sample shot: Lighting - 2 x 800W studio lights with dichroic daylight filters bounced off a white ceiling reflector.
" flash reflector / diffuser. After reviewing the Flip-It flash reflector/diffuser, I'll be adding some more information here about the advantages of bounced, diffused and reflected flash photography.
Additional light from a lamp, flash, or reflector; used to soften or fill in the shadows or dark picture areas caused by the brighter main light. Called fill-in flash when electronic flash is used. Also see Balanced Fill-Flash.
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Mirror. A polished metallic reflector set inside the camera body at a 45-degree angle to the lens to reflect the image up onto the focusing screen. When a picture is taken, the mirror moves so that light can reach the film.
Floodlight
An artificial light source with a dish shaped reflector and a 125 500+ watt tungsten filament lamp producing evenly spread illumination over the subject.
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Fill-In Light
Additional light from a lamp, flash, or reflector; used to soften or fill in the shadows or dark picture areas caused by the brighter main light. Called fill-in flash when electronic flash is used. Also see Balanced Fill-Flash.
The airborne moisture softens the overhead light while the snow acts as a reflector fill and bounces the light up into any shadow areas that may exist.
Special techniques include selective focus, selective filter use, and use of reflectors and diffusers. These will all be illustrated and discussed.
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