How to Build a Photography Lighting Reflector

This article will explain how to make a reflector (commonly called bounce cards) for photography.

Steps

1
Buy a large cardboard
2
Get a white sheet of paper, or gold or silver, depending on the type of light you want. Gold gives faces a very warm light, and silver gives it a more cold type of light. White just gives you harder light.

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3
Lay the silver or gold film on the cardboard.
4
Tape it or staple it to the cardboard.
5
Go outside, or into a studio environment, whichever is available, with your subject and either shine the light onto the reflector and angle it so it hits your subject, or work with the ambient light.
- Adjust the focus and composition of your photo, and take your pictures.