DIY photography
 

In one of the early issues of Photo plus Chris George showed how to make a home made defuser for your pop up flash, works great Chris, someone's copied you and selling them now for £10!

As I must do photography on a budget is there a way of making a portable reflector as I have a friend who wants some pics taking and I may need one.
thanks to all who reply.

DIY Portable Reflector
 

How about a bit of Aluminium foil - shiny side OR matt side, scrunched OR unscrunched.
Just about as portable as you can get, provided you want it scrunched that is. ;) :D

Cheers, Sie

[quote=Smith;4961]How about a bit of Aluminum foil - shiny side OR Matt side, scrunched OR unscratched.
Just about as portable as you can get, provided you want it scrunched that is. ;) :D

Cheers, Sir[/quote]


Yep I agree
For Macro work I use a bit of white card with foil glued to one side for larger studio shots I have an old projector screen which I also use to control daylight coming through windows when i need to

Ed

If you're into your DIY photography I would strongly recommend checking out the [url=http://www.instructables.com/photography]Instructables[/url] website. It's full of ideas on making things from tilt and shift lenses, through flash diffusers to digital photo frames.

[QUOTE=chris-p;4980]If you're into your DIY photography I would strongly recommend checking out the [url=http://www.instructables.com/photography]Instructables[/url] website. It's full of ideas on making things from tilt and shift lenses, through flash diffusers to digital photo frames.[/QUOTE]There are a lot of great tips on that site.

thank you all
 

thank you all for responding I will be working on this over the weekend;)

[QUOTE=swan lover;4875]
As I must do photography on a budget is there a way of making a portable reflector as I have a friend who wants some pics taking and I may need one.
thanks to all who reply.[/QUOTE]

I've used a wide range of things over the years as an impromptu reflector

– a sheet of white paper is great for small still life subjects
- a white bedsheet can be hung on any convenient item, or held by an assistant to create a large reflector
- a wall mirror makes a very strong reflector, create a spotlit effect on your subject
- sheets of white foam (often used for packaging) are light to carry around for reflectors (but break easily)
- a more durable portable material for reflectors is Foamex, or similar. The plastic-coated board they use for shop signage. You can use the reverse side of old sales material or exhibition signage.
- painting a sheet of wooden board white makes another useful studio-style reflector

Any other ideas, anyone?

Chris
Chris George
Associate Editor
PhotoPlus