I loved this project. For this assignment, me and my team used a variety of reflectors such as black, white, and gold, to create nice lighting for a yummy portrait. Black reflectors add nice easy shadows that are pleasing to look at. White reflectors brighten and lighten the subject, while keeping the background at a lower exposer, and GOLD (my favorite) adds that tan, shiny, golden look to the subject. Reflectors can make any photo instantly better, and any person look instantly cooler.
The Before.
As you can see, this picture looks bad, and it doesn’t do the model justice. Everything is over-exposed, and trying to fix this in photoshop will leave a bad-quality, corrupted photo.
The After – Black
Great. Now our model looks mysterious, is in proper lighting, and is more human looking. This black reflector added some dramatic shadow that changed the entire look of this picture.
White.
Our young model here is bright and crisp, with this white reflector. the background isn’t over exposed or under exposed, and neither is she. White reflectors add a nice light glow to this photo, leaving our girl here in the focus point of the picture (obviously, haha.) and the outcome hasn’t been changed by the sunlight.
Gold.
The beautiful gold reflector. It makes every hour look like sunset hour. The shine and tan that this gives adds a very nice look to any portrait, and helps add some warm color to cooler lighting.
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