Photography while an art, is full of advanced techniques that not all can or will use. It is also full of equiptment that I hadn’t even heard of until recently. For this post reflectors are the main focus, reflectors come in different shapes, colors, and sizes. The most common being the few mentioned below.

The white reflector has one of the more minor effects on a model. Looking at the side of the models face in image 1, there is a very slight bit of brightness on the models face when looking at image 2 it is obvously darker when the reflector is removed.

The golden reflector is more for color than it is for light, it adds nice highlights and with the combination of background colors, this reflector can greatly enhance an attempted portrait when comparing image 3 to image 4 the change can easily be seen

Not all of these tools are meant to reflect light; some are meant to diffuse light. In image 5 the model looks almost underexposed, unfortunately it is, I didn’t expect the diffuser to make such a change so i quickly took the picture and didn’t notice that the picture was taken improperly. But it is an amazing example of what a diffuser can do. This tool has the largest effect on a model.

The silver reflector is the brightest of the group, even with a very small amount of light, the amount of light reflected seems almost like magic. The silver reflector is very similar to the white reflector, but it can be used to destroy shadows rather than dampen them.

Another tool in this set is a Black Absorb-er, it is the oppisote of a reflector, rather than utilized light as a tool, it uses the absence of light instead. In Image 9 on the right side of the models face, it is relatively dark but when looking at image 10 the light off the wall is relfected onto the models face, The black absorber hides this relfected light.