From the course: Portrait Photography: Ten Styles with One Light

Reflector as the back light

From the course: Portrait Photography: Ten Styles with One Light

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Reflector as the back light

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- Most of what we're doing in this class has the main light shining on the face, but that leaves a lot of light falling behind your subject. You can catch this light with a reflector and shine it back forward on them. It looks great in a head shot, like a business portrait. It also looks great in family portraits or in couples portraits. I would use it for weddings. I would us it for senior pictures. We can also use it in the studio and get, again, that more edgy kind of a look, that rock and roll kind of look, with the soft light in the front, and then the reflector from behind. In this case, you can use the white reflector. You can also use the silver, or even the gold, for a little different kind of color, and a crunchier, harder kind of light. Any of the three look good, but make sure that you choose the right one for the right situation. I would use the silver or gold reflectors for the more rock and roll kind of a look, maybe for the senior pictures, and I would try to use the white when I'm doing a bridal portrait.

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