A simple trick to create reflector photos, even when you don’t have a reflector handy!.How to position a reflector for flattering results.The different types of reflectors and which one you should buy.In this article, I explain everything you need to know to use a reflector like a pro, including: As a seasoned portrait shooter, I never leave home without a reflector, and neither should you. Many of them I did fix, but there are still many more that need to be addressed.How does a reflector work? And how can you use a reflector to capture beautiful portraits?Ī reflector is one of the simplest photography accessories you can buy – yet a basic, $40 reflector can make an insane difference to your portraits. What still needs to be done? Increasing the Dynamic Contrast, highlighted all of the white reflective highlights making them white specks all over the image. But, this shows enough to give the impression of what I would try to achieve. There is more that needs to be done to finish the picture. The big soft vignette was applied in such a manner to darken most of the shadows and unimportant areas on the right and highlight and surround the people in the picture. I applied a sunshine filter to increase the warmth of the sunshine, increased the Dynamic Contrast and then applied a Vignetter. With the basic picture done to my liking in Photoshop, I moved it into On1 Photo RAW 2020. If it was my picture, I would have taken more time to do a better job of matching the brick work. Not the neatest of jobs, but I cloned out the grey area including bricks. When I cropped out the ceiling, I did not want to have to crop out the top of that arch, which left a slim triangle shape of grey on the top right half of the picture. In Adobe Camera RAW, Highlights -100, Shadows +77, Whites +40, Blacks -40 and Clarity to +34. Then I did much of what Terry did, however, I did not go quite as far. 'Like Terry, one of the first things I did was crop them out. 'Ĭharlie was the next to respond with his version of the image he explains his actions:. The PS work is a bit shoddy so probably best not to look too closely.įinally I used my aging copy of Picasa to add the frame and also apply a very light cross process effect. Once completed I ended up using PS to extend the brickwork at the top right of the shot as a little of the canopy was still intruding and I didn't want to crop lower as I would have lost the top of the arch from the shot. Small increase to saturation of reds and a small drop in oranges and greens.Dropped the highlights,a little, and slightly increased the blacks and shadows.A small increase in clarity. Upped the whites around the area of the man's jacket with the intention of making the 'Avanti West Coast' logo stand out a little more (although I doubt this is an especially noticeable difference). Also cropped out the white/grey station canopy at the top of the shot. Slightly lightened the right hand side of the shot and cropped out the pillar on the left hand side. 'I adjusted the horizontals of the platform a little, with a view to getting the horizontal lines more level across the shot. Stephen was first off the mark with his version of the finished article with an explanation of what was done with the image.
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