Using a reflector on location
Shooting outdoors scares many photographers. It really shouldn’t though. Think of it as recreating your studio light outdoors. Yes you can use strobes but why lug out all that gear when you can achieve nice results with just one reflector, sometimes two. My choice of color is white. It looks the most natural and you can just use a piece of white poster board. The larger the poster board, the softer the light because the source projects a broader spectrum of light. So in this example I was lighting my subject from head to toe. I opted for a 6 foot tall white board, very inexpensive btw. My assistant was standing about 15 feet away from the model, which is far however he had no choice because the model was sitting under the roof of the stables. So my assistant moved away until he caught the sun.
Tags: fashion, instruction, mens adertising, simple lighting outdoors, white board reflector
May 15th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Now this is something fun I would like to try! Now that I know how to do it! LOVE the image!!!!
May 30th, 2008 at 1:06 am
I like the color pallet used in this image. very nice.
June 12th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
I’ll have to try this, thanks again for the tips…I’m so glad I stumbled onto your blog!
July 6th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
I really love your work! Yes I really do prefer working with the sun’s natural light, instead of anything else, and I’m one to take my one reflector on every photo shoot, I just can’t understand those photographers that don’t.
I would love more tips on shooting Guy’s fashion shots… I just got my canon Xsi with a 50mm lens. what is the best F-stop and ISO for outside shooting?
Thank you so much.
July 7th, 2008 at 8:51 am
Thank you Jahaira !
In answer to your question, there really is no “best” f-stop and ISO for any situation. It all depends on the look you are going for. Remember this: art is all subjective. If the shot looks amazing and the rules were broken then it doesn’t matter. Use whatever settings you want to achieve the desired look you want.