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PHOTOGRAPHIC LIGHTING REFLECTOR & DIFFUSER x DIFFUSER (PHOTOGRAPHIC LIGHTING) x LIGHT REFLECTOR & DIFFUSER (PHOTOGRAPHIC) x PHOTOFLASH REFLECTOR & DIFFUSER x REFLECTOR (PHOTOGRAPHIC LIGHTING) xx PHOTOGRAPHIC LIGHTING Using a childs "flying saucer sled" in place of an umbrella reflector in a lighting setup. Using reflectors outdoors. "Larson Reflectasols" is the brand described. The look of light. Taking a studio approach to lighting in the field. Tips on using natural reflectors and careful placement of camera. Using light modifiers. Looks at lightbanks (softboxes), umbrellas, and reflectors. Portable home-made reflectors and diffusers are cheap, easy to use, and can solve many large format color problems. Photographing your woodcraft projects. Selecting camera, lens, lighting, location, etc. A companion article describes a shop made lighting boom with reflector umbrella, plus tips on lighting. A flexible lighting system designed by photographer Alan Brooks. Called the "Brooks Bank", it consists of a skeleton of aluminum poles, covered with snap on canvas panels, supported on tripods. Used as a reflector, it can be assembled in any length and simulates good north light. Sketches illustrate the basic construction. Take control of your lighting. The right accessories make all the difference. A brief review of reflectors, umbrellas, light banks, light tables, and reflector panels. Tip shows how you can place a plastic food container over the reflector of a flashgun to make a diffuser. Collapsible lighting tent is made from wooden dowels, small blocks of wood with holes for assembling the dowels and a tent covering of white rayon. How to build the "body light" bounce strobe units designed by photographer Peter Gowland. These roll around units are made from aluminum angle, white Formica and plywood. Aluminum foil acts as the reflector for strobe light. Two 100-watt bulbs serve as pilot or modeling lights. The units roll on casters, have the power supply in the base and can be used singly or in pairs. Make an inexpensive cardboard bounce device to fit any professional "potato masher" type of flashgun. Various colors of paper or foils glued to the cardboard can alter the color output of the flash. Tip: White elastic stockings can be cut up to form easily attached diffusers for any flash unit. Make the sun work for you when filming outdoors. Some tips on camera position and makeshift reflectors. How to control light for nature photos. Use black background, foil and white reflectors, and a plastic diffuser over lens. Make a small-size soft light box for use when doing close-up photography of flowers, etc. Made from a cardboard box, aluminum foil and opal glass. Uses your existing flash unit. Make your own soft-flash reflector card from paper and wire. How to attach the Sunpack collapsible, cloth umbrella bounce reflector to a different brand of flashgun. Tip: Build a pyramid-shape cardboard refelector for your electronic flash unit. When covered with a piece of thin, white cloth, it effectively softens the light. How to use fill cards (reflectors) to get light onto a still-life object in order to eliminate unwanted shadows. Make a bounce flash reflector for your electronic unit from the reflector portion of an old flash bulb unit. Tip: Convert a white plastic bleach bottle into a bounce reflector for your electronic flash unit. Build a bank light for glorious studio soft lighting. Made from foamcore board. Est. cost: $20. Make a paper funnel and line it with aluminum foil to increase the range of your flash unit. Tip: Use a telescoping antenna from a radio or T.V. set to hold a reflector card at the correct height. Better ways to bounce your flash. Here's how you can easily adapt the two best compact bounce devices to your flash. Tip: Use a white, plastic bottle bottom, cut to size, to provide a handy diffusion unit for small flash guns. Tips on using homemade reflectors, made from cardboard and aluminum foil, to control outdoor lighting. Use a projection screen as a reflector for bounce flash. It will provide flat, even, nearly shadowless illumination. Make a wide-angle flash diffuser from a translucent plastic film can. Plastic milk jug is used to convert your flash for soft light and wide coverage. Make your own diffusion panels from the plastic panels found in overhead light fixtures. Tip: Use a black mask to hold back (tone down) overbright fluorescent lights. Tip: Direct or mask flash and floods with aluminum foil. Make a gadget for holding backgrounds, diffusers, reflectors, etc. from aluminum. Tip: Bounce light from mirrors when photographing small objects. Build your own super-compact reflector with a flexible frame that allows you to reshape for whatever your subject demands for fill or diffusion. Selecting a flash system for home or commercial studio. Advice on determining how much flash power you really need. Tips on selecting the correct reflector for a given situation. Flash diffuser is made from a white plastic container. Tip: Make your own combination 18% gray card and portable reflector by spraying foam padding material with aluminum paint. Tips on using a flash umbrella. It's done with mirrors. A bit of reflective "wizardry" produces multiple-light effects from a single light source. Soft light box made from Fome-Cor is ideally suited for use with a Vivitar 283 or similar strobe. Creating large-size reflectance gray scales. Painting large surfaces to produce a desired reflectance value. How to make a miniature "broad light" from your flash. A dishpan and a plastic reflector that change raw flash light into soft, even light. Make your own umbrella reflector from a rain umbrella and aluminum foil. Does NOT fold up. Make a plastic diffuser for your electronic flash from a translucent pill bottle. The portable studio. A do-anything, take-anywhere reflector that gives professional results. Four panels, each measuring 45"x21" are attached together with hinges. Made of 1/4" plywood, they are painted white on one side and black on the other. They may be folded and arranged to give the needed reflective properties. Tip: Use a white card to direct some light straight forward when using bounce flash. This will prevent dark circles under peoples eyes. One-source lighting. How to get maximum effect with minimum lighting equipment. How to use a flat or reflector to reflect illumination from the main source onto the subject. Includes tips on constructing your own flats. Build a portable, adjustable reflector to provide fill-in light for outdoor portraits. A simple wooden frame supports a white window shade or some other reflective material mounted on a window-shade roller. How to build a soft-light diffuser box for an electronic flash. Built from cardboard, tape, white polyester fabric, and spray paint. Basic one-light illustration. How to use one light source and a fill card (reflector) to illuminate small objects adequately for advertising photos. Includes plans for building a soft-box for your strobe. How to build and use a portable diffusion tent. Made from aluminum poles and white muslin fabric. Tip: Make photo-light reflectors from stainless steel mixing bowls. Tip: Soften the quality of your electronic flash by fitting a soft-drink cup over the head. Add sparkle to your photos by using mirrors for fill light. The versatility of using "sweet light", that flattering ambient light that lasts about 20 minutes after sunset. How to create "sweet light" almost any time of the day using a reflector. Build a portable tent light from PVC tubing and rip-stop nylon. Est. cost: $150 (including lights, table, diffusion materials). Custom-make a photo reflector. 36"x36" reflector is made from wooden dowels and white cotton cloth. It disassembles easily and is supported by a folding light stand. Use simple reflectors of paper or aluminum foil to soften harsh shadows in outdoor shooting. A 3x3-ft. umbrella (kite) reflector made from cloth and curtain rods. Est. cost: $3. Use a paper plate as a flashgun umbrella. Using umbrella type lighting in a compact home studio. How to make your own reflector umbrella from aluminum foil to simulate the natural north light. Inexpensive, but reliable, reflector made from crumpled aluminum foil on a sheet of pegboard. One light plus simple reflectors. Six ways to make a single light source serve as two. Using paper, aluminum foil and mirrors as reflectors. Try direct, diffused illumination (soft light) when ceiling height, room size and colors present tough problems. Arrangement of both commercial and homemade diffusers shown. Basic lighting. Open up the shadows. With a reflector you can bounce flash light around, thus molding your subject and creating mood. Use an autoflash, homemade reflector, and common sense for best low-light pictures. Use an ordinary umbrella to turn a small light source into a giant one. Some tips. How to effectively increase light output for making long-distance tele flash shots. Includes description of a home-made light concentrator. Build a versatile, three-sectioned reflector from a 4x6-ft. piece of foam-core board. Varying one light's quality. How to change the quality of a single photoflood or an electronic flash by using reflectors, diffusers, bounce light, etc. Portable light reflector is made from canvas stretcher strips and silver Mylar. How to carry bright overcast with you. Tips on using collapsible translucent light panels. Idea for producing all the soft, controlled studio lighting you could want from portable flash units. Involves the use of flexible diffusion material and colored gells attached to the flash unit with "Velcro" tabs. Tip: Use space blankets as portable reflectors. Tip: A homemade snoot attachment for an electronic flash unit. Tip: Uses for an old projection screen including a portrait backdrop, reflecting panel and copy stand. An acrylic mirror converts a front-pointing (direct-firing) flash unit into a bounce-flash setup. Plastic mixing bowl is converted to a flash diffuser (light tent) for use with outdoor macro subjects. Make a flash reflector from clear plastic which lets most of the light pass through for ceiling bounce, but still reflects a fraction for fill. Convert a polyfoam cooler into a softbox-type reflector. Make a diffusion screen from a preformed aluminum-screen window frame and some fabric. Flash diffuser made from a translucent 35mm film canister. How to select a flash diffuser accessory. Flash diffuser made from translucent plastic bottle material and attached with hook-and-loop tape. Flash diffusers. Test results illustrate the pros and cons of using various light-modifying gadgets. How to use a light reflector. How to make a reflector from foam board. Fan-fold umbrella light. Heatproof floodlight diffusers. Spring clothespins and a white handkerchief become a light diffuser for photo floods. Light modifier roundup. An overview of manufacturers' key diffusion devices. What is a bounce card and when should you use one. Bouncing back. Tips for using reflectors. Building a large softbox (light diffusion box) from foamcore. Est. cost: $15. Reflectors and diffusers. Bouncing and adding light where it counts. Fill-in light. A guide to using reflectors as fill light. Light reflectors for video. Both commercial and do-it-yourself options are discussed. How to make a simple sunlight diffuser. PVC frame supports a panel of plant shade mesh. 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