I do child and family portrait photography. One of the tools in my gear bag is a set of reflectors…basically discs you can
use to reflect light onto your subjects. On a recent photo shoot, I took a photo of my subject and then added the reflector and took more shots. My husband was amazed at the difference the reflector made and made me promise to write this blogpost 🙂 So here it is…
It was overcast the day of the photo shoot. Overcast skies give nice soft even light on your subjects but can also create weird shadows on their faces. You can use a reflector to reflect more light onto your subjects’ faces and fill in those shadows.
This first photo is my unedited image without the reflector. Do you see all the shadows on his face?
BEFORE REFLECTOR (UNEDITED)
This next photo is my unedited image after I added the reflector to shine more light on his face:
AFTER REFLECTOR (UNEDITED)
And here is the final product – the edited image:
FINAL EDITED IMAGE
Reflectors can be a very budget-friendly addition to your photography tools. Here’s a link to the set I got on Amazon for under $20.
That’s all, folks! For more information on how to use reflectors, here’s a helpful post at digital-photography-school.com.
You can check out my personal photography website at www.cstokes.photography. If you need some updated family photos and you’re in the Nashville area, give me a call or shoot me an email (contact info on my website). I’d love to meet you!
Simply Stokes 