I think the two coolest things that a
photographer can do on a wedding day is
changing the lens...and this..
Hey I'm Vanessa joy with
Breathe Your Passion on AdoramaTV,
and I'm showing you how to use a
five-in-one reflector, and all the ways you
can use a reflector that you probably
didn't know about.
So this is Adorama's own
brand glow... it's a five-in-one reflector
So we've got a white side, a silver side,
and yes there is a difference, and it's
not just brighter and not as bright all
right and then we use the zipper here,
and on the inside you've got the black.
We've got a diffuser, and then we have
the gold and silver, so there's different
reasons why you use all of this.
First of all when should you be using a
reflector?
Well this is a great time to use your reflector.
I've got the couple up next to
a window, and I want to fill in those
shadows a little bit, so it's not so
contrasting.
I want to make that light and airy and
pretty.
This is what it looks like without anything.
Right here you can see the shadows.
right there you can see it underneath her
cheekbone, you can definitely see it here,
here, on his face...
Option one.. pop in a white
reflector, so bring in the white side
over to them, is just gonna fill in those
shadows...
look at the difference we've got
shadows here less, shadows here... you're
not exactly filling it in completely,
you're not flat lighting them, you're
just getting a little bit more light on
their faces, so it's not so drastic.
Make sure that you're not putting the
reflector underneath them, huge mistake.
I know what it's set to... it's just set to 1,
this is awful, I look like crap,
I've got dark circles happening right
here, right never do this..
oh my turn this off.
Opposite side... parallel... higher, anything
but throwing light underneath them like that.
People typically think if you don't
have enough light... hey I'll throw the
silver reflector on them, and it's just
brighter.
Yes it's brighter... but the silver side is
making it more specular, that little
highlight right there, this little white
part right here.. specifically on her face
all right,
And then lets go to the next picture...
that's what you're looking for... flip to
this one - look at it now...
look how much brighter those highlights
are, that's what the spectular means...
it's enhancing those highlights.
So yes... it's brighter, but it's
making it more specular.
Another reason that you would
use a reflector is actually using it as a diffuser.
Blocking certain light forms, so
we're in this hallway, and there is this
heinous light above them, bringing down
all this light on top of them, use a
reflector to block out the light.
There's the ick... they've got all of this light..
you can see the circles under their eyes
are a little bit darker, you've just got
mixed colors and yucky
and now tad-a.. we blocked it out,
we expose for the window light working
just with the window light.
Now looks good, the fourth way that you
can use... that's eight, the fourth way
that you can use a reflector...
is to block out reflections
that are coming from the ground.
A lot of times do you think hey...
I'll put my bride in this nice pretty
grass or maybe I'll stick the bridal party
somewhere where there's red brick all
over the place...
what happens...?
The light coming from above
smacks the ground, and then that color of
whatever's on the ground
smacks them in the face...
take that reflector flop it down..
black side up so
that nothing is gonna be reflecting
right in front of them back...
it will drastically change the color of the skin
tones, and well the dress...
you are photographing a white dress,
and your reflecting green or
yellow or whatever ick light on it...
gonna do a lot better when
you just plop it down.
The fifth way that you can use a
reflector is to diffuse harsh light, put
it right above them,
and then just kind
of angle it down, and then you end up
having basically this clamshell lighting
setup that I've got right here on my face.
See? Looks good, so you can do that
one in super harsh light,
You're looking at me like I should get this
permanently put on..
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