While on the general subject of freedom in lighting, here is an example of a different way to
produce a direct reflection. To explain it, we made two versions of the same subject.
When shooting Figure 6.19A, we used a soft box placed to the side, and in the upper left, of
our set-up. When making Figure 6.19B, we added two white reflectors to our set-up—one above
the guitar and the other below the camera and to the side of the guitar.
It is the light from the soft box reflecting off these reflector cards that provides most of the
direct reflection that brings out both the detail of and the shine ...
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