Shooting Using Reflectors And Natural Sun Light

In this video, photographer Jay P. Morgan from the website the Slanted Lens demonstrates how to shoot using a relativly simple setup made out of natural sun light and reflectors to add highlights and interest.

Reflectors are a great source of light for both stills and video. Using a translucent reflector to soften hard sunlight and a gold white reflector to reflect into your set for pleasing highlights is a great place to start. When you use the sun as a backlight you can control it with your exposure. Then you will add the highlights on the talent.

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Iddo Genuth

Iddo Genuth is the founder and chief editor of LensVid.com. He has been a technology reporter working for international publications since the late 1990's and covering photography since 2009. Iddo is also a co-founder of a production company specializing in commercial food and product visual content.