20. CREATE FILL LIGHT
REMEMBER THAT REFLECTOR I encouraged you to buy in the previous chapter? It’s one of the natural light photographer’s best friends. It’s certainly one of mine, and it always comes with me on my shoots. In fact, I usually have two reflectors in different sizes.
The reflector’s main purpose is to reflect light in a variety of ways. Three ways that come to mind are using the reflector to create fill light, using it to create primary (key) light, and using it as a backlight.
I imagine a reflector is used most frequently as a fill-light source. A fill light is simply a source of light that helps fill in the shadowed side of your ...
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