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Visit Danella Photographic’s “Accessories” page for information and pricing on Smith-Victor’s Chameleon Line of photographic reflectors

The reflector, as an accessory, has a definite place in your camera bag, home studio and general bag of photographic tricks.

The usual use of a reflector is one of natural light augmentation or modification. Window light photography becomes balanced and enhanced when a reflector is used to direct light onto the shadow side of the photo.
The usefulness of a reflector, however, is not limited to portraits.

Field photographers can bounce light into flowers or other flora by carefully aiming light at the subject. The shadows are either opened up or eliminated and more detail will be rendered. Flash photography also can be greatly enhanced and softened if a shoe mount flash is tilted up and a reflector is positioned behind it. The resulting light is very soft and covers any photographer’s widest lens.

Reflectors may be purchased or home made. Commercial photographers, working far from home, will use anything that reflects light as a reflector. A white pizza box or a piece of rigid silver insulation will open up shadows on location assignments. With today’s reflector designs, however, they are easily carried in a camera bag.
Luckily, new generation reflectors are made to collapse and are easily transported at a third of their working size. This eliminates both the bulk of transportation and the excuse for not to take one along. Even large 42″ units are easy to manage once they are collapsed to their folded 16″ size.

Generally speaking, a 32″ reflector is capable of redirecting enough light to improve available light window portraiture.

Visit Danella Photographic’s “Accessories” page for information and pricing on Smith-Victor’s Chameleon Line of photographic reflectors