Diy photo reflector

One of the biggest suggestions I got from my reader survey (which you can still take here and enter for a chance to win free money and suggest tutorials like these!) was more photo tutorials. Well, today I've got a super easy tutorial that you can use to make your portraits (or selfies!) look brighter and more professional. A reflector is used in portrait photography to spread more light across your subject's face. As you can see in the above before & after photo, without a reflector, I have…

Light reflector DIY.

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This is a simple Do-It-Yourself reflector that I made from chipboard (E.g. A cereal box) and aluminum foil. The reflector is attached to the chin of the pop-up flash on my Canon T3i DSLR using an elastic hair band (or rubber band). I suspect this technique will work on most DSLR's with a popup flash. I found a box that was white on the inside instead of the normaI gray to make it look a little nicer and I attached aluminum foil to the side with printing using spray adhesive. I then cut out…

Create Your Own Reflector (Environmental Lighting) Reflectors are a very nice tool to have. You can pick up a professional reflector at any photography equipment store, as well as online. What's nice is that they don't cost that much, usually around the US$50 mark. But if it's your first reflector, you might want to build your own. It's very easy to do and a fun DIY...

Have you ever wondered how to use a reflector in photography, or what a reflector even does?! Then check this out:

If you want a reflector to play with lighting, but don't want to shell out money for a real one, you might want to try making an aluminum foil reflector.

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